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Past ORI Action Newsletters:

Natural Rights for Forests, Rivers, and Fields, March 4, 2024

A whale of a challenge for Leap Day, February 29, 2024

What’s under the waters of New England?, February 27, 2024

Tell the NOAA: it’s time to protect right whales! February 18, 2024

Every day is a good day to show your love to the whales! February 14, 2024

We can keep them coming back year after year, February 12, 2024

The Kraken and the Erie Canal, February 3, 2024

Fluking along, flipper by flipper, January 31, 2024

Go slow, whales below! January 27, 2024

We need broad, standardized, and enforceable rules, January 16, 2024

Tell them: Stick to the commitment to phase out fossil fuels!  January 10, 2024

What happens in soils and forests does not stay in soils and forests. December 30, 2023

Biden’s Ocean Justice Strategy is Launched, December 15, 2023

The high stakes for the right whale, December 12, 2023

Just the facts on right whales, December 5, 2023

6,000 square miles for right whales, November 22, 2023

The Right Whale is on the verge of extinction, November 17, 2023

Enough blooming guacamole on Florida’s waterways! November 4, 2023

Regenerating Life with Planet-Cooling, Holistic, Restorative Practices,
Ukrainian advances holistic management with local farmers. October 5, 2023

How to Get Rid of Bugs Without Pesticides, September 23, 2023

How We Created the Hottest Global Average Temperature Day – July 17, 2023

Heavy weather sailing ahead, the time to act for climate change is fading fast – July 12, 2023

Slow Water Drought Relief Carbon Offset Fund– June 28, 2023

Soils, Residential Lawns, and Groundwater Together Are Reducing the Climate Catastrophe; It’s a Global Climate Change Project – June 22, 2023

Winning the Fight for the Lives of Whales; MA officially declared April 24 as Right Whale Day to raise awareness about the endangered. – April 13, 2023

Atlantic Ocean Off Florida Spawns a Giant Sargassum Blob Due to Climate Change and Nutrient Pollution – March 25, 2023

Relist the manatee as endangered, not threatened, with more than 800 dead in 2022; relisting obligates the government to act. – March 17, 2023

Three Right Whales in the Cape Cod Canal; all canal traffic stopped Sunday and Monday. – March 6, 2023

Stop bill preventing climate change metrics for pension fund investors – March 2, 2023

Whales need you to act locally, even the whales at the bottom of the world. – February 24, 2023

Rescue Right Whales from Entanglements – January 14, 2023

Glimmer of hope in a reindeer story – December 27, 2022

Slowing Water for a Greener Massachusetts – December 2, 2022

Top Gun at Cop 27, It’s not the plane. It’s the pilot. – November 28, 2022

Biden’s Game-Changing Administrative Actions for Climate at COP27 – The Sun Chronicle November 29, 2022

Act for More Ocean-based Climate Solutions Right NOW! – August 31, 2022

Why the Inflation Reduction Act deserves your support – August 10, 2022

The Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind – July 28, 2022

We need Massachusetts lawmakers to take this drought seriously – July 25, 2022

Speak out for Right Whales – June 29, 2022

A Day for Right Whales – June 20, 2022

We can’t let them destroy Florida’s Oculina Coral Reef – March 17, 2022

Tell Congress to Rescue Right Whales, call for passage of the SAFE Seas Act – March 10, 2022

“11th Hour Calling” – Ring Out and March for Climate Justice – February 21, 2022

Cheer for Massachusetts Right Whale Day, Menhaden Dead in the Mystic, and an Ocean Innovation Prize – September 30, 2021

In the planetary pot of warming water, it’s time for frogs to get hopping – October 1, 2019

Chasing Waterfalls Off Greenland – September 13, 2019

Cleaning the Waters of Martha’s Vineyard – August 14, 2019

Troubled Waters, Our Ocean Needs Guardians – July 27, 2019

After Storms, Toxic Chemicals Enter Our Environment…And Us – July 19, 2019

Stop ship strikes killing sperm whales & a tragic summer for right whales – November 18, 2017

Climate Emergency – July 14, 2019

How to have a red, white and green July 4th

Extreme Weather in Medford – June 22, 2019

Patios beware, bare feet prefer lawns that fight climate change – June 15, 2019

Stop Trump from fracking Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks – June 1, 2019

Meadows Clocks Climate Change – April 28, 2019

In London, 682+ Climate Activists Arrested, Extinction Rebellion Looms Large – April 20, 2019

Extinction Rebellion Take Action Apr 15-22 – April 11, 2019

Polly’s MISSION LIFEFORCE One Earth One Law, Champion for the Universal Declaration of Place Rights – March 31, 2019

Cleaning the Waters, Eliminating Ocean Dead Zones – March 24, 2019

School Strikes, Outrage, Hope and Vision in the Face of Climate Change-Induced Societal Collapse – March 17, 2019

International School Strike for Climate Justice is March 15, Where will you be? – March 12, 2019

Jem Bendell’s Deep Adaptation film Oskar’s Quest – February 28, 2019

“I’ve learned that you are never too small to make a difference.” Greta Thunberg – February 17, 2019

Twenty articulate savvy individuals speak at COP-24 in Katowice, Poland.  View the videos and hear what needs to be said to save our planet – January 8, 2019

“This Friday, the 14th of December, I am calling for an International Climate Strike,” says Greta Thunberg – Katowice, Poland – December 13, 2018

Put up your ducks in Harvard Square.– November 4, 2017

Stop anti-ocean bill raging in Washington – October 10, 2017

Tell Congress Not to Cut Funding of National Ocean Programs – March 17, 2017

Meaningful Words to Save the Loxahatchee – March 11, 2017

Why for the love of river herring I went to frigid Plymouth for a sea herring meeting, Clam Chowdah Blog, February 10, 2017.

Rob’s Clam Chowdah Science Blog – where the clams are sweet, dialogues memorable, and science fulfilling (oyster crackers optional)

Last Call to Save Turtle River, the Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge – November 28, 2016

Stop Florida from Axing the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge – November 12, 2016

Clam Chowdah Science Blog Post: Atlantic Seamounts Eyed for Deep Sea Mountain Top Mining Destruction

Top Ten Yard Actions for Clean Water, Participatory Management of Newfoundland Fisheries – August 27, 2016

Get the Muck Out of Florida, Give Clean Energy a Spin on Your Electric Bill – July 21, 2016

Earth Day is the Day to Save Our Waterways – April 22, 2016

Save Our Waterways for Earth Day, April 14, 2016

King Scallops of Wester Ross are Victorious  – March 31, 2016

Stop Offshore Oil Drilling Rally in New Orleans – March 4, 2016

Crying Wolfish in a Wondrous Ocean Place – November 12, 2015

They’re Back, Cod in Newfoundland – October 30, 2015

Letter to the President to Protect Wondrous Ocean Places – September 25, 2015

Renewed Call for Dredger Ban for Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas – September 21, 2015

Stop Harmful Algal Blooms – Save Striped Bass – July 31,2015

Save the King Scallops of Wester Ross – July 16, 2015

Act to Stop Killing Striped Bass – July 8, 2015

Save Scotland’s Wester Ross Marine Protected Area – June 26, 2015

World Ocean Day is Monday 6-8, what’s in your ocean? – June 4, 2015

ORI Intern Noa attends ocean planning meeting in Salem MA – May 26, 2015

For Public Access to Transportation, Clean Water and Clean Air – April 28, 2015

Join with me at Healthy Ocean Citizen Lobby Day in Washington – April 26, 2015

Act to save the most important fish in the sea – April 23, 2015

Shark Stewards in Dire Straits of Florida – April 2, 2015

Act Today to Protect Florida’s Waters – March 31, 2015

Save Sharks in the Straits of Florida – March 25, 2015

Tell us your fish tales and listen to Captain Nancy Beaver – March 13, 2015

Act to Save Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals – February 24, 2015

Act now to protect deep sea corals – January 21, 2015

Act now to protect deep sea corals – January 15, 2015

Last call to Save Essential Fish Habitats – January 2, 2015

You can make 2015 a great year for saving our oceans and fish – December 31, 2014

Good News in Atlantic Stewardship for Sustainable Tuna – December 11, 2014

Ocean Optimism Found at San Francisco Green Festival – November 21, 2014

Tell Congress to Keep Our Fisherpeople Safe – October 10, 2014

Take Action for Bluefin Tuna – October 1, 2014

Join Our Campaign to Save Fish for Healthy Oceans – September 22, 2014

Help Us Save Fish for Healthy Oceans Today – September 15, 2014

Lobster Boat Blockades the Enterprise Carrying Coal – September 1, 2014

Something is Rotten in DC with Fisheries Legislation – July 11, 2014

Tell Congress to support climate change education – April 24, 2014

Piracy Treaties Approved to Protect American Fishermen – April 4, 2014

Building Reef Communities to Save Fish – March 24, 2014

Two victories for dolphins and the Indian River Lagoon -March 14, 2014

Help save fish and fishing communities – March 5, 2014

Stop Tallahassee from stripping local stewardship for clean water and air – February 3, 2014

Strike the Flores Rider and Keep the National Ocean Endowment – January 15, 2014

Protect Atlantic Herring Now! Stop Bycatch! – September 8, 2011

Tis the Season, Year and Decade for Megafauna Fortitude – August 5, 2013

Call for an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries Management to Rescue Fish and Fishermen – July 10, 2013

Tell Your Senators To Save Our Seas From Harmful Algal Blooms And Dead Zones! – July 12, 2012

Take Action to Save Florida’s Dolphins – March 23, 2011

Only 3 Days Left to Tell Obama to Protect Our Seas – February 10, 2011

2,000 ORI Ecostewards Speak Out to Protect Belugas and Cook Inlet Habitat – February 3, 2011

Tell NMFS to Protect Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Habitat – January 24, 2011

You’re invited to: Ocean Blue By You! ~ Rally – December 26, 2010

Senate Bill Outlaws Shark Finning, Restricts Shark Fin Trading – December 21, 2010

Bluefin Tuna of the Western Atlantic Needs Your Help – December 3, 2010

State Government Bows to Outcries for Permitting a Construction and Demolition Debris-burning Electric Generator in Springfield, MA – November 24, 2010

Speak Out For Restoring Our Salt Marshes! Give East Boston Locals Theirs – October 22, 2010

Support Healthy Oceans And Rivers – Give to ORI! – October 8, 2010

The Battle of Chelsea Creek and a Historic Salt Marsh – October 4, 2010

Tell Florida County Commissioners To Save The Dolphins: Ban Phosphorus and Quick-Release Nitrogen Fertilizers! – August 28, 2010

Blue Grab Larvae Ingesting Oil – Bad! Gulf Oil Plume Eaten by Microbes – Not Bad! – August 25, 2010

Margo’s Solo Canoe Voyage Along the Pacific Coast for Ocean Health – August 2, 2010

Speak Out For A Healthy Gulf Of Maine! – July 23, 2010

Tell Senator Brown to Endow Ocean Science and Stewardship! – July 22, 2010

Keep Chemicals Out of Our Drinking Water! – July 10, 2010
Endocrine Disrupters Out of Our Drinking Water: Speak out for a stronger Safe Drinking Water Act! – July 1, 2010

Tell Obama To Go The Distance For Clean Energy and Climate Change – June 27, 2010

Obama Still Needs To Hear Your Voices: No New Drilling! Clean Energy Now! – June 15, 2010

Obama Still Needs To Hear Your Voices – June 7, 2010

Make ORI A Top-Rated Environmental Nonprofit – Comment on ORI’s Work for Healthy Ecosystems – May 23, 2010

Last Day To Share Your Ocean River Thoughts! – May 7, 2010

Respond to BP’s Drilling Catastrophe – April 26, 2010

Call on Obama to Protect Our Oceans and Great Lakes! – April 17, 2010

Save Wood Storks and Dolphins – Stop Green Slime Producing Nutrient Pollution – April 12, 2010

Save Wood Storks and Dolphins – April 5, 2010

Save Indian River Lagoon, FL – The Most Diverse Estuary in North America and Home for the Endangered Wood Stork – April 1, 2010

Climate Crisis and the River CAKEwalker – March 28, 2010

Last Call To Tell NMFS to Protect Beluga Habitat! – March 1, 2010
One Week Left to Demand Protection of Beluga Whale Habitat – February 11, 2010

Obama Signs Executive Order For A National Ocean Policy! – February 10, 2010

Urge the Obama Administration to Protect Our Seas – February 5, 2010

Thank You for 26,727 Letters to Decision-makers in 2010 – January 2, 2010

Help ORI Fight for Healthier Oceans and Rivers! – December 1, 2009