Week in Review: Santa Barbara Passes Resolution Against Drilling, UK Microbead Ban Strongest in World, Australia to Expand Commercial Fishing in Marine Sanctuaries and More…
1. Santa Barbara – First California City to Pass Resolution Against Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Santa Barbara is the first California city to ban new drilling off the California coast and to ban fracking in existing offshore wells. There is a statewide campaign for local governments to pass such resolutions since Trump urged […]
Week in Review: Sea Save at Animal CITES Meeting 2017, US Approves Oil Drilling in Alaskan Waters, Swimming Elephant Rescued 8 Miles Offshore and More…
1. Sea Save Joins International Community at Animal CITES Meeting Sea Save Foundation is on site this week in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the animal committee CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) meeting. “The Animals and Plants Committees provide technical support, based on sound science, to support well-informed […]
Week in Review: How Should We Govern Open Ocean? Giant Iceberg Cleaves from Antarctica, Atlantic Ocean Oil Drilling – Green Light and More
1. Sea Save Foundation and Others at United Nations: Ocean Conference. How Should We Govern the Open Ocean? The open ocean is at risk from climate change, over-fishing, deep-sea mining, farm pollution, and plastics. This situation is even more dire since 60% of the ocean has no conservation rule as it’s outside national jurisdiction. Representatives at […]
California Breaks with National Policy, will host Climate Summit, Pruitt Systematically Dismantles EPA, Navy Dolphin Deployed and More:
1. In a Break with US National Policy, California Governor Jerry Brown Announced an independent Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, September 2018 California Governor Jerry Brown has one-upped Trump by announcing that he will host a Climate Action Summit in San Francisco in September of 2018. He says Trump “doesn’t speak for the rest of America,” […]
Clean Water Act Rolled Back, EPA Official Forced to Change Testimony, Climate Creates Arctic Vortex and More News
1. Amid National Protests the Clean Water Protection Act is Rolled Back The Clean Water Act which was drafted to protected half of the United States fresh waterways is now being rescinded by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers. The agencies will “undergo a broader review of how far the federal government’s […]
