The Accessing Strategic Resources Offshore Act (“ASTRO”) is astronomically bad in many respects: Revenue from offshore drilling is redirected to coerce reluctant governments and certain coastal states (VA, NC, SC, GA, and Alaska) to accept the risks of drilling accidents and routine pollution off their coasts. The closer the rig to your place the more…
The Ocean River Institute is raising a cacophony of savvy voices to be heard by decision-makers. We are speaking out to the Governor to stop the South Florida Water Management District from closing the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Politics is personal. You can save wildlife and natural places by joining with us for $5. We…
Please write a personal thank you note to the President in the comment section below. Please include your town and state, so the President will see that saving this ocean realm is more than of local interest. Top Ten Comments Calling for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument, a wondrous Atlantic Ocean 4,900…
Don’t fertilize lawn June 1- Sept 30th Do not pour chemicals into storm drains Do not use or limit use of pesticides Pick up plastics on shorelines Plant native plants (less thirsty for water) Install rain barrels for watering plants Wash car with bucket and soap, not a hose Leave grass clippings on lawns Use…
Liz Stebbins, one of two ORI spring interns, spent Spring Break in Bocas del Toro, Panama. I’ve invited Liz to be guest blogger and here’s her report: Each day we went to one of three types of sites: mangroves, sandy beaches, or coral reefs (usually finger corals or staghorn corals). My favorite were the mangroves…
George W. Bush forever protected Pacific Ocean seamounts by proclamation creating the Northern Hawaii Island National Marine Monument. Now the rare earth elements and high-tech metal mining-eye of Mordor is turning to seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean off of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The four pristine seamounts are named Bear, Physalia, Mytilus, and…
10. Once the oceans go black, it’s hard to go back! Laura, Palo Alto CA 9. I am Canadian and I hope you will read this petition and implement this conservation motion. Victor, Quebec CANADA 8. I believe the planet is one system. Damage to one part has a ripple effect world-wide. John, Daly City …
The newspaper was handed to me over a plate of fish and chips with loose peas at the Coffee Pot in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. “Dredging row turns bitter as ban ‘broken’” was the headline of The Press and Journal.[1] The “bitter row” had broken out about a week earlier and turned more bitter…
