Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 10, 2022

I had the pleasure of moderating a panel on ocean justice at Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW). This year’s CHOW convening was especially important as we celebrated the 50th anniversary of a powerful package of legislative changes that improved how we protect our ocean, coasts and lakes.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 7, 2021

Every day, we see countless threats endanger the environmental integrity of our ocean, like oil spills and marine debris. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Unlike us, ocean animals can’t ask to turn down the noise. The post How Does Underwater Noise Impact Our Ocean? Never miss an update!

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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.

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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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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Whomever shares the immediate blame, it was systemic under-regulation that set the scene for the spill. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration responds to more than 150 oil and chemical spills in US waters each year. Read the full story from Mother Jones.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2021

The significance of the ocean to humanity cannot be overstated, whether it is regulating Earth’s climate, providing food to billions or helping society transition to renewable, fossil fuel-free energy. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Daniel Sebastian Padilla Ochoa/Ocean Conservancy.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 31, 2022

Explore the mysteries of the deep sea, discover creatures no one knew existed until recently and experience the technology that allows scientists to travel to the bottom of the ocean in Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss, opening Saturday, April 2 at the Academy. Oceanographers do this by searching the depths of our oceans.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 24, 2021

Even worse, unlike sewage, the discharge of greywater is not regulated in most parts of the world, meaning ships can discharge greywater directly into the ocean, without any form of treatment. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Fortunately, that’s not the case in Alaska. Sign up to never miss an update!

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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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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For decades, the largest predatory fish in the oceans have been pursued to the brink of extinction by a still more lethal predator—humans. The upshot: Regulations, even on the vast reaches … Continue reading Two fish. And the power of regulations. Two divergent fates.

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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

MAY 2, 2024

Our ocean is home to a diverse range of species that carry out their daily activities with little concern. Want to learn more about ocean animals? Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Their existence is essential for a healthy ocean.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2024

Global definitions of “hazardous” and “toxic” substances may be interpreted differently across domestic regulations. Adding to this complexity, international definitions of “hazardous” and “toxic” substances may depend on domestic regulations. Next, this chapter provides an analysis of the Basel and Bamako Conventions.

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NRDC

MAY 15, 2023

To protect ocean biodiversity, the International Maritime Organization must take action to require commercial ships to reduce underwater noise.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 8, 2024

This blog was written by Hannah De Frond, Ocean Conservancy Consultant and International Trash Trap Network Coordinator. A recent example of this followed the publication of Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto’s research paper about microplastics in commonly consumed protein products. We wanted to understand what U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 10, 2023

Love ocean content? Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Today, pellets are found globally throughout the ocean and across diverse ecosystems. Yes, like all plastics in the ocean, nurdles pose a great threat to marine life.

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Scientific American

AUGUST 15, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 15, 2023

Growing up on New York’s Long Island near the beach, I discovered at a very young age that ocean water is salty! Although humans can’t drink ocean water, it sustains some amazing marine life beneath the waves. Want to learn more about ocean animals? I learned the hard way on a hot summer day after taking a big gulp.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 9, 2023

The ocean is increasingly viewed as a potential source for these minerals, but a new study published today in Frontiers in Marine Science by Ocean Conservancy and our colleagues highlights a range of concerns that must be addressed before we rush to mine the deep sea.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste ” by the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine demonstrate just how prescient Mr. Maguire was. . contribution of plastic waste to the environment, including the ocean. Truer words have never been spoken. The release this week of “ Reckoning with the U.S.

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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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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Alberta Energy Regulator has shown us over and over that it is willfully neglecting to keep us safe from toxic waste and pollution. 30 – For more information or to request an interview, please contact: Paula Gray, Environmental Defence, media@environmentaldefence.ca Jesse Cardinal, Keepers of the Water, ed@keepersofthewater.ca

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Albano, now the Internship Program Coordinator at the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, NOAA Ocean Exploration, caught up with Frontiers to tell us a little about her career and her research, as part of our Frontiers Scientist series. Currently, I support NOAA Ocean Exploration’s outreach and education division.

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A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2023

The AMOC plays a crucial role in regulating global climate patterns and has a significant impact on weather conditions and sea levels along the Atlantic coastlines. What is the AMOC The AMOC is a complex system of ocean currents driven by differences in temperature and salinity.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

These midden heaps left by our ancestors are evidence of the ocean food we cherish and yet, are now under threat from climate change, harmful algal blooms and ocean acidification. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. The post When The Tide is Out, The Table is Set appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 1, 2023

For many marine mammals, ocean noise (also known as noise pollution) can disturb feeding, resting and breeding behaviors, and can cause hearing loss, physical injury and chronic stress. Ocean Conservancy is increasingly concerned about underwater noise pollution and is calling for the implementation of known solutions.

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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've often noted before connections labor issues and environmental regulation , but Braatz's research suggests a new (and unsettling) angle.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 27, 2023

Or maybe your mind takes a darker turn, imagining a colossal creature lurking in the depths of the ocean, capable of swallowing you whole. The elevated acidity of the ocean accelerates the dissolution of calcium carbonate and reduces aragonite saturation , posing a significant threat to these organisms. Giant clam ( T. Giant clam ( T.

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Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

Its location between two oceans, as well as its latitude and topography significantly increase Mexico’s exposure to extreme hydro meteorological events.” Recent changes in electricity regulation seem likely to increase the role of fuel oil in electricity production, which produces about 50% more carbon than natural gas.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Following a review of its handling, the Alberta Energy Regulator absolved itself of any responsibility , stating it had followed all internal processes. The seepage from Kearl is ongoing. Internal reports reveal that seepage from this tailings pond has been ongoing since 2020. In February 2023, 5.3

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Recuenco; Thomas Müller PDF Planning for Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems Edited by Wayne Caldwell; Christopher Fullerton; Sara Epp PDF Physical Neuromorphic Computing and its Industrial Applications Edited by Toshiyuki Yamane; Bert Offrein; Akira Hirose PDF Diversity of Beetles and Associated Microorganisms Edited by Takema Fukatsu; Peter (..)

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 17, 2022

In the first half of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has moved swiftly toward the first offshore wind lease sales in California , currently anticipated to occur in the fall. By Nikki Buffa , Jennifer K. Roy , Janice M. Schneider , Brian McCall , and Julie Miles.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It is fitting that Ocean Conservancy is kicking off Black History Month by spotlighting a Black-led organization near our headquarters on the ancestral lands of the Anacostans and the Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples—more commonly known as Washington, D.C. Just how deep? Decades later.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

What started in 2020 as a proposed joint rulemaking between the DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) was recently finalized as a stand-alone BSEE rule addressing decommissioning. BSEE’s final rule also formally adds a new regulation at 30 C.F.R.

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Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By transplants across subject areas, this article refers to instances when a jurisdiction looks for doctrines in other legal areas, often within its own legal system, when regulating a new resource or addressing a new challenge. Linnaea Mallette, Wind turbines in the ocean This Article makes three key contributions.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2022

With increasing temperatures, “we’re seeing places that do have drought, the intensification is more rapid,” says Roger Pulwarty, a senior scientist in the physical sciences laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Activists in Arizona are gathering signatures to put groundwater regulation on the ballot.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A series of papers coming out of a research project funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program and spearheaded by Dr. Phillip Levin at The Nature Conservancy and University of Washington, and Dr. Alison Cullen, University of Washington, are hoping to answer these questions. Views on ocean warming and fisheries. Photo credit: Erika Nortemann.

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