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We Urge President Biden to Keep Pressing Japan to End Whaling

To its credit, the Biden Administration has proposed that a ban on commercial whaling be included in the Indo-Pacific trade pact. But Japan is balking, and we need President Biden and his US Office of the Trade Representative to hear from the public to end commercial whaling!
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Topics: Biden Administration, International Whaling Commission, Japan, Slaughter, Whales, Minke Whale
Gutting Environmental Laws for Oil is Ba-a-a-c-c-c-k!

With high gas prices, it is no surprise that the oil and gas industry are taking advantage to push extreme legislation to bypass environmental and health rules to favor streamlining drilling and pipeline projects. Senator Joe Manchin is back proposing to offer such amendments to must-pass Congressional legislation.
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Topics: Biden Administration, Climate Change, Dolphins, Offshore Oil & Oil Spills, Pollution, Whales, Ocean Noise
The Arctic Circle: A Battle Between Fossil Fuels and Environmental Justice

The fight in the US Congress continues over whether or not to approve new leases for oil and gas drilling on public lands and offshore waters. Indigenous people are often shunted aside, and marine mammals suffer from noise, oil spills, and global warming.
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Topics: Biden Administration, Cetacean Habitat, Offshore Oil & Oil Spills, Pollution, Whales, Ocean Noise
Help Stop New Offshore Oil Leasing
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Protesting Offshore Oil Drilling. Photo Credit: Mark J. Palmer

The Biden Administration is now planning to add new offshore oil lease sales, but you have a chance to help stop it by commenting online. Learn how!
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Topics: Biden Administration, Offshore Oil & Oil Spills, Pollution
Help Establish a New National Marine Sanctuary
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Photo Credit: Mark J. Palmer

Native tribes and environmentalists are urging the Biden administration to establish a new Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary along the California coast, protecting the homes of whales, sharks and many other marine animals. You can help!
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Topics: Biden Administration, Offshore Oil & Oil Spills, Marine Protected Areas
Our 2021 Accomplishments for Whales and Dolphins

2021 heralded many accomplishments for whales and dolphins by the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute. We did it with your support, and we thank you!
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Topics: Biden Administration, Captivity Industry, Cetacean Habitat, Dolphin Safe Tuna, Dolphins, Japan, Lawsuit, Marine National Monuments, Orcas, Philippines, Plastic Pollution, Russia, Whales, Seals & Sea Lions, Marine Protected Areas
Protect Belugas from Offshore Oil Drilling Proposal
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Act now to stop a proposed oil drilling lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet, home to an endangered population of beluga whales.
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Topics: belugas, Biden Administration, Cetacean Habitat, Climate Change, Offshore Oil & Oil Spills
President Biden Restores Commercial Fishing Ban at Marine National Monument
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IMMP urged President Biden to restore the ban on commercial fishing, lifted by former President Trump, for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. Recently, Biden did just that, as well as restoring spectacular Utah National Monuments.
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Topics: Biden Administration, Cetacean Habitat, Marine National Monuments
Will Congress Ban Offshore Oil Drilling?
| By Mark J. Palmer

US Congress has introduced two new bills that would ban offshore oil drilling in two major areas off our coastline.
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Topics: Bans, Legislation, Biden Administration, Cetacean Habitat, Offshore Oil & Oil Spills, Pollution
President Biden's First Environmental Steps
| By Mark J. Palmer

He issued a number of executive orders during his first days in office, working to reverse the damage of the Trump Administration on the environment.
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Topics: Bans, Legislation, Biden Administration, Climate Change

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  • 2023 International Marine Mammal Project Accomplishments
    From the cold reaches of the Russian coast, to Japan's notorious Cove, to global tuna fleets, to Barataria Bay, to the concrete tanks of SeaWorld - the International Marine Mammal Project had key accomplishments for whales and dolphins, thanks to your support!
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  • Identifying the Cetaceans of the World
    There's a lot of whale and dolphin jargon out there. Here's some explanations about what we know about cetaceans.
  • Stopping Our March Towards An Unlivable World
    The damages of global warming are already here, and worse is to come. Can COP28 overcome national resistance and lobbying from the oil industry to adopt real solutions to global warming, including an equitable phase-out of the burning of fossil fuels?
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Save Japan Dolphins >
  • Taiji: The End of Dolphin Slaughter Season
    The Taiji dolphin slaughter was as horrendous as always, but the numbers of dolphins being killed and captures continues to decline. Can we end the dolphin hunts for good?
  • Declines of Taiji Dolphin Populations Confirmed
    A recent analysis by scientists, adopted by the IWC Scientific Committee, shows what many opponents of the Taiji dolphin hunts have feared -- the hunts are depleting several dolphin species along the coast of Japan, leading the dolphin hunters to go after other species, while still killing the depleted species.
  • Taiji's Annual Dolphin Slaughter Has Started: Why it Must End For Good
    The Taiji dolphin hunts are well underway, with a pod of bottlenose dolphins recently herded into the notorious Cove. The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission is warning that some dolphin species are declining.
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Dolphin + Whale Project >
Keiko Whale Rescue >
  • Orca Tokitae (Also Known as Lolita) Passes On
    We are deeply saddened at the death of orca whale Tokitae. Calls for her release were denied for decades and it’s shameful that she never got a chance to go home.
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    Tokitae (also known as Lolita) has died. Photo Credit: Dr. Ingrid Visser, Orca Research Trust

  • “Free Willy” Paved the Way to Ending Whale Captivity (Part 1 of 3)
    30 years ago, the movie "Free Willy" was a huge hit. The plight of its orca star, Keiko, touched the public along with the moving story. Read how the International Marine Mammal Project took that spark of concern and returned Keiko to his home waters. SeaWorld and other captive dolphin parks would never be the same!
  • The Sad Death of Kiska, the World’s Loneliest Orca
    The last captive orca in Canada, Kiska, has died, after being kept alone for twelve years at the notorious MarineLand park in Niagara Falls. If Tokitae (Lolita) goes home to a seaside sanctuary, the only North American captive orcas will be those in SeaWorld's three parks.
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Dolphin Safe Fishing >
  • Staff Spotlight: Meet Trixie Concepcion, the Director of the Asia-Pacific Dolphin Safe Monitoring Program
    For more than 30 years, Trixie Concepcion and her staff have worked to protect dolphins and other marine life in the Philippines, monitoring tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Oceans to ensure the tuna is caught by Dolphin Safe methods, saving the lives of tens of thousands of dolphins annually.
  • The Tuna Dolphin Tragedy
    The history of the drowning of millions of dolphins by the tuna industry turned a corner in 1990, when US tuna giants agreed to work with the International Marine Mammal Project to establish Dolphin Safe fishing standards that avoid harm to dolphins and other marine life.
  • IMMP Supports CCTV Onboard Tuna Vessels to Ensure Dolphin Safe
    In order to better monitor tuna vessels to ensure no dolphins are netted or harmed, the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute is supporting placing closed circuit television (CCTV) aboard tuna vessels.
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Freeing Orca Whales from Captivity >

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