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Canada NEB recommends tar sands pipeline, threatening Salish Sea, First Nations people, and orca survival
The Canadian National Energy Board announced its recommendation today that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project move forward today, despite widespread opposition.
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Clean Arctic Alliance Hails Progress on Heavy Fuel Oil Ban But Warns Arctic Nations To Remain Focused
The Clean Arctic Alliance welcomes the progress made this week at PPR 6. Today, we are one-step closer to improving the protection of the Arctic, its people and wildlife.
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Groups Intervene in Federal Lawsuit to Protect Puget Sound No Discharge Zone
Today, Washington Environmental Council, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and Friends of the Earth will intervene in a federal lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Arctic Indigenous Voices made a difference on polar shipping in 2018 – and 2019 looks promising too
It’s not every day that elder Alaska Natives are heard and respected by leaders from around the world.
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Carnival Corporation cruise ships put Arctic, Subarctic marine mammals at risk, groundbreaking new map shows
A groundbreaking new interactive map released today by the international Clean Up Carnival coalition shows that nearly half of Carnival Corporation cruise ships traveling through the Arctic and Subarc…
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Approval of Offshore Oil Drilling Project in the Arctic
Conservation groups today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s approval of the first offshore oil drilling development in federal Arctic waters.
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I went Dungeness crabbing in Washington for the first time this fall. Here’s why I’m concerned about increased shipping from Trans Mountain pipeline.
We would see an estimated 700% increase in shipping traffic in the Salish Sea. With it would come increased risks to fishing families, coastal communities and our marine wildlife.
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Fishermen Call on Congress for Protection from Net Pen Finfish Aquaculture
American fishing industry groups and individual fishermen from across the country today delivered a letter calling on both houses of Congress to oppose any attempts to legitimize open net pen finfish…
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Opposition to Marine Finfish Aquaculture in US Waters Sign-On Letter
Industrial ocean fish farming – also known as open ocean, offshore, or marine finfish aquaculture – is the concentrated cultivation of captive finfish in the ocean, in net pens, pods, cages, or ot…
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AQUAA Act Fact Sheet
The AQUAA Act (S. 3138/H.R. 6966) would bring industrial ocean fish farms to federal waters and endanger marine life.