Seismic surveys used to locate fossil fuel and manage their extraction are exacting a steep toll on marine life.
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Ocean Climate Revisited
I first dipped into the ocean noise issue back in 1992, when the US Navy was funding a project that would ensonify a large portion of the Pacific Basin, purportedly to measure “ocean climate.” Without the benefit of more complete…
Keeping the fires lit under the Seismic Survey Proposal
We’re not really waiting for the smoke to settle on the Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHAs) issued a week ago last Friday before sharing with you what to do next. We’re actually enjoying watching the continuing conflagration – for the simple…
Seismic Survey permits issued for the Mid and South Atlantic
PGS “Ramform Titan” Seismic Survey Vessel After eleven years of effectively blocking the geophysical (seismic) survey off the Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) the shoe has finally dropped. Last Friday morning the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued “Incidental…
What the sea conceals
Scientific inquiry has always been characterized by reaching out into the unknown and illuminating our findings. From Galileo fixing his telescopes into the firmament and Leuwenhoek peering at the microscopic denizens in a drop of water; from the Phoenicians setting…
My Predictions and the Chaos Heading up The Hill
If you thought that the last two years have been off-the-hook, hang on to your hats; the traffic in chaos is just beginning. In the next 60 days of the “Lame Duck” congress, the corporatists will rush through a whole passel…
An Honest Broker
When OCR was founded I was given some wise advice by sacred tree-monkey Julia Butterfly Hill. Hill had become a celebrity on account of her particular act of courage – which she attributed to her deciding what she wanted to…
Travel report – the Republic of Georgia
I’ve recently returned from the Republic of Georgia where I was invited to give an environmental “keynote” address to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting at the bi-annual Georgian International Maritime Forum (GIMF), and take a chair in a panel…
Those Pesky Corporatists
We’ve just filed our comments on the Administration’s efforts to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act (ESA or “The Act” hereinafter). For me this was a challenge because most of my comments on proposed actions are reviews and critiques of Draft…