The Oregon Senate passed on Tuesday Senate Bill 551, which would eliminate all bags made of plastic film at checkout at restaurants, grocery stores and other retail establishments in Oregon. The final, … Read more
Yesterday, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed a secretarial order reversing the Department of the Interior’s policy to phase out single-use plastics across national parks and other public lands by 2032. … Read more
May 19 marks the 10th anniversary of the Refugio Beach oil spill, when an onshore pipeline in Santa Barbara County servicing offshore oil platforms ruptured, spewing more than 100,000 gallons of … Read more
On Thursday, the House Natural Resources Committee released its portion of the budget reconciliation bill, which would enact tax cuts while slashing a wide range of federal programs. The bill … Read more
President Trump issued an executive order today fast-tracking approvals for deep-sea mining. The order ignores the International Seabed Authority’s ongoing process to develop safeguards for deep-sea mining in international waters. Instead, the … Read more
A set of bills introduced in April would codify permanent coastal protections for millions of acres of U.S. oceans. These laws would prevent future offshore oil and gas exploration, development, … Read more
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) announced it will close the commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries using vertical fishing lines south of Pt Arena at the Sonoma/Mendocino County … Read more
