Despite promises to combat global warming, the Biden Administration is again offering oil leasing on thousands of acres of public lands -- lands that belong to you and me. Yet, the oil industry rakes in record profits.
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In keeping with United Nations goals, countries in Latin America, with the help of scientists and activists, are establishing marine protected areas. Here's an update from Earth Island's Dr. Angel Herrera in Costa Rica.
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For 40 years, the International Marine Mammal Project has been working to protect whales, dolphins, and their ocean homes.
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Along the California coast, Indigenous tribes hunted abalone, a resource providing them with food and beautiful shells. But overharvesting of abalone along with the killing of sea otters for fur have led to increased sea urchin populations, destroying kelp beds and harming the once rich ocean ecosystem.
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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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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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Good News: To safeguard migrating sharks and sea turtles, the government of Ecuador will enlarge the Galapagos Islands marine protected area by 27,000 square miles, completing half of the Galapagos/Cocos Swimway.
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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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On Endangered Species Day, May 21st, I joined a great panel of colleagues to discuss the current situation with marine megafauna (large marine species, such as whales, dolphins, sharks and manta rays) facing population declines and extinction around the world’s oceans.
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Kayleigh Brookes is a nature conservationist, writer, and campaigner living in the United Kingdom. She loves the ocean and all of its wonderful inhabitants, especially orcas. She is passionate about protecting the natural world, celebrating its wonders, raising awareness of issues, and tackling them.
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