Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 1, 2024

Let’s take a closer look at the water cycle and how it impacts the weather and our ocean. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. As ocean waters warm , more water evaporates into the air, which then results in more intense and frequent rain or snow.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 15, 2022

Natural carbon sinks, such as the ocean, already do this but are not able to keep pace with current emissions. Scientists have proposed various techniques to enhance ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Further research, including in-ocean testing of different approaches, is needed to fully evaluate their benefits and risks.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Informal sector waste collectors in Colombia and across the globe help fulfill our mission to protect the ocean from one of today’s greatest global challenges, plastic pollution.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 15, 2023

The Sabin Center today published model federal legislation to advance safe and responsible ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S. Controlled field trials and other in-ocean research is critical to improve scientific and societal understanding of CDR techniques that could help the U.S. reach its climate goals.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2024

In a historic development, a recent opinion by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) recognizes global warming emissions as a marine pollutant. To ensure that this decision can truly protect our oceans and climate, we need to consider larger global systems and opportunities for ensuring compliance.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

No funding agreement by the deadline (October 1) means the government, including agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shuts down. putting undue stress on people, our economy and our ocean. Coast Guard services and law enforcement patrols to ensure overfishing does not occur.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Sabin Center wrapped up Climate Week NYC last Friday with an event exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). As evidenced by the 150-plus people in attendance, ocean CDR is attracting growing attention as a possible climate change mitigation option. ground rock) into the ocean?

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Sabin Center published a new report today recommending actions that federal agencies could take to ensure safe and responsible permitting and regulation of ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S. A variety of ocean-based CDR approaches—i.e., Those activities could raise a host of legal issues. and the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 23, 2021

But when I look back on this year, I am so energized by what we have accomplished for our ocean. Through a changing administration, an ongoing global pandemic and a tumultuous political environment, we at Ocean Conservancy have never lost sight of our goal of a healthy and resilient ocean that supports us all.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

A long-standing conundrum of international environmental law is that the territorially-based, sectoral legal structures we have created to address environmental issues do not match the interconnected, interdependent nature of ecosystems. But even from early on, they were not the sole locus of international climate law.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis. Two recent developments aim to clear a path for testing these controversial methods in the ocean. The ocean as a carbon sink. Photo credit: Daniel Poloha / Alamy. By Olive Heffernan.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2024

(credit: PBI Actuarial Consultants) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation ( HB 1645 ) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008.

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Environment, Law, and History

JULY 28, 2022

There were a number of papers on environment-related topics (especially about the oceans), but one that really stood out for me was that of Erin Braatz on nuisance law in colonial Gold Coast (Ghana). I recently participated in the great Legal Histories of Empire conference that met in Maynooth, Ireland.

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Law and Environment

MAY 31, 2023

715 (2006), which interpreted covered “waters” in the CWA to include “only those relatively permanent, standing or continuously flowing bodies of water forming geographical features that are described in ordinary parlance as streams, oceans, rivers, and lakes.” United States , 547 U.S. Internal quotation marks and bracket omitted.)

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Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered a long-awaited Advisory Opinion on climate change and international law. To facilitate discussion and the exchange of ideas, the Sabin Center’s Climate Law Blog and Verfassungsblog are partnering on a blog symposium on the ITLOS opinion.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, I am reflecting on everything we’ve accomplished together on behalf of our ocean throughout the last 12 months. It’s been an incredibly busy year here at Ocean Conservancy, to say the least. Most of all, I so appreciate all the ocean advocates who stood alongside us to make these wins possible. .

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

Christian Thorsberg, Interim Fresh Editor This Week’s Watersheds A new law in Wisconsin will fund more sustainable, watershed friendly farming methods. 2023 Wisconsin Act 5 Is Signed Into Law A new law which incentivizes sustainable farming practices was signed into law last week by Wisconsin Gov.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 15, 2021

Ocean Conservancy recognized this from the very beginning when we published our ground-breaking report Stemming the Tid e. We knew the problem of ocean plastics required collective action. That is why Ocean Conservancy was thrilled to join the U.S. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Washington Nature

JULY 11, 2023

By Anya Blaney A childhood love of sea turtles led Jennifer Lee Clinchy to her life's work protecting the oceans and their inhabitants. law to The Nature Conservancy in Washington, and her love of discovery drives her to advocate for the natural world. © Jennifer Lee Clinchy Jennifer brings her deep, professional knowledge of U.S.

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Law Columbia

JULY 14, 2022

Scientists have proposed a number of land- and ocean-based CDR techniques. Interest is growing in ocean-based techniques, including ocean fertilization. The Sabin Center today released a white paper exploring the legal framework for ocean fertilization research and deployment, both at the international and domestic (U.S.)

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 6, 2021

From implementing extended producer responsibility schemes to banning harmful single-use plastic items, governments at all levels have the ability to make a big difference on all forms of ocean plastic pollution. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. But as we all know, our ocean has no borders.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 30, 2024

This paper presents recommended actions that federal agencies could take, under existing law, to ensure safe and responsible permitting and regulation of ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 18, 2023

As a person immersed in this interior, “fresh coast” worldview, I hadn’t spent much time considering how our practices might affect the ocean thousands of miles away. Love ocean content? Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. What would this mean for the ocean and coastal spaces? Enter Your Email.loading.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

Applicable Law to the ITLOS Advisory Opinion The applicable law for the ITLOS advisory proceedings is determined by Article 293 of UNCLOS. b) to protect and preserve the marine environment in relation to climate change impacts, including ocean warming and sea level rise, and ocean acidification?

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough. All three of Smith’s claims will now proceed to what may the be first full climate tort claim in a common law jurisdiction.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 29, 2023

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) anticipates releasing the Draft Designation Documents for the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

On Monday, President Biden is set to sign into law the bipartisan Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA) , which makes long overdue investments into everything from our ports and waterways to roads and bridges to our drinking water and broadband access. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Love our content?

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the growing interest in ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR), and the complex legal issues it raises. Much of the legal complexity surrounding ocean CDR stems from the fact that the ocean is a shared resource in which all countries, both coastal and landlocked, have an interest.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 30, 2021

Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is one of several proposed techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in the oceans. OAE seeks to counteract ocean acidification, while also increasing carbon storage in the oceans. By Romany M. Webb and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Generating renewable energy from offshore wind and decarbonizing the shipping industry can provide large ocean-based climate-mitigation opportunities in the United States and globally, and these are essential elements of a clean energy future. Climate change poses the single biggest threat to our ocean and to the future of the planet.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 3, 2022

This is great news for our ocean because a healthy ocean is essential to our ability to thrive as a nation, grow our economy and advance climate solutions. These investments include many important ocean and climate provisions. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. So, what has Congress been working on?

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Last week I had the privilege of joining former Vice President Al Gore in conversation to talk about our ocean and climate change. He and I agreed the ocean is a critical part of tackling the climate crisis. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list. Enter Your Email.loading.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2024

A new report published today by the Sabin Center examines the laws governing international transport of carbon dioxide for sequestration. Much of the report would also be relevant to the shipping of carbon dioxide between other regions, though domestic laws at either end of the trip may also be relevant.

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National Law Center

JUNE 1, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: June 1, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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National Law Center

JULY 12, 2021

Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: NOAA, The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: July 12, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

MARCH 29, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: March 29, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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National Law Center

JUNE 28, 2021

Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: AMS, The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: June 28, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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