The Beach Act of 2000 gave the EPA a chance to vastly improve protection of the nation’s swimmers and surfers from pathogen-caused illnesses — an opportunity that seems about to be wasted. By Mark Gold. LA Times February 7, 2012 When Congress approved the Beach Act in 2000, I was hopeful. The law required the […]
By RYAN McCARTHY. Keynoter Wednesday, February 01, 2012 11:08 AM EST Keys Energy Services is making the most of a state Clean Energy Grant it was awarded last summer. The most recent initiative — a pair of wind turbines — has been getting noticed a lot lately at the Lower Keys utility’s Cudjoe Key substation. […]
By KeysNet Staff Posted – Wednesday, February 01, 2012 11:05 AM EST The superintendent of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary has been named the outstanding manager of his federal agency. Sean Morton, who has overseen the 2,900-square-mile marine area since February 2009, was picked as manager of the year by the Office of National […]
January 31, 2012 by Robert Horton www.endangeredspecieslawandpolicy.com As previously blogged about here, on December 9, 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (Services) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (PDF) in the Federal Register that will, if adopted, change the Services’ standards for listing and delisting species as threatened or endangered […]
Sunday 29 January 2012. Herald Scotland. By Rob Edwards Environment Editor Scottish fishing boats are under fire for trawling seas far from home for catches of tuna, shark, swordfish, mackerel and sardines. The Sunday Herald can reveal that at least five vessels registered in Scotland have been licensed to fish in the Indian Ocean and […]
Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:18 PM ET Content provided by AFP Fears rose of an environmental disaster from a wrecked cruise ship in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Italy on Tuesday as emergency divers used explosives to breach the hull and try and reach trapped passengers. “This is an ecological timebomb,” Sergio Ortelli, […]
NRDC Press Release WASHINGTON (January 13, 2012) – The following is a statement from Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the government reorganization plan announced by President Obama. “Streamlining government to better serve the American people is a worthy undertaking. But we are extremely troubled by the proposal to relocate the […]
Author: Melissa Harrold, Senior News Editor, Local10.com ISLAMORADA, Fla. – Two men were arrested Friday, accused of poaching corals in the Florida Keys. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it received a call from the U.S. Coast Guard in Islamorada that two men on a small boat were seen taking corals from the […]
By BETTINA WASSENER. The New York Times A few years ago, something surprising began turning up in Asia’s fish markets: the gill rakers of manta and mobula rays. Manta Ray of HopeManta and mobula ray gills at a market. Shawn Heinrichs and Paul Hilton, photographers who have been monitoring the international soaring trade in shark […]
by Underwatertimes.com News Service – December 14, 2011 12:49 EST COLLEGE STATION, Texas — There’s an unseen foreign invasion going on in the Gulf of Mexico. Its stealth and speed is matched only in the uncertainty it has created among scientists and the people who make their livings from the Gulf’s waters. Lionfish and black […]