The gist of what they are proposing puts temporal, geographical, and circumstantial constraints on the meaning of the word “habitat.”
What’s in a word?
Are the wheels falling off the oil industry?
While it is 30 years too late, we may be saved from the worst of climate catastrophe as the wheels fall off the petroleum industry.
Dropping the NEPA Bomb
As anticipated, the Administration released their revised version of the National Environmental Policy Act. This has been a long-sought-after plumb for the oilmen, and really, they have been polishing up for this moment for 40 years.
Welcome to the Virtual Life!
Since the end of April I have avoided the airport numerous times, and I’m sort–of getting used to it. Will “Zooming” replace scientific conferences?
Happy Juneteenth! – Excavating the layers
When I started writing these newsletters back in 2008, I was determined to focus exclusively on ocean noise and bioacoustics issues – and the work we were doing to address them. A decade later 2017 arrived, and the work migrated down…
Report from the Whale Jails
Late last week Daniela, OCR’s Communications Director, posted a tragic video taken from above the Miami “Seaquarium” of Tokitae (a.k.a. ‘Lolita’), a captive orca. The video has stirred up a lot of emotions – and comments, because the captive plight of…
A rainy day like no other – The sounds around us
As the state slowly opens up, we hear the elevated noise of our society in the ambience. Savor the quietude we have and remember it. We could wake up to a calmer, quieter world.
A rainy day like no other V – Listening
There are many things that make these times remarkable. I am sure by now, well into week six of our “shelter in place” routine, that our own patterns have settled into their unique social and temporal texture. Those of you…
Earth Day at 50 – Evolution is a state of mind
Who would have imagined that we would be in these circumstances 50 years after the first Earth Day? We all thought the ceremonial designation of a day to honor the Earth was advanced specifically to avoid this grim horizon –…