North Atlantic right whales face extinction risks from ship strikes. Stronger vessel speed rules could reduce collisions and remain one of the most practical legal tools for protection.
The proposed 11th National Program for offshore oil and gas lease sales has sparked bipartisan opposition, environmental litigation, and debate over balancing expanded offshore energy production against coastal and ecological concerns.
10 billion crabs disappeared in the Bering Sea, and our dated approach to fishery conservation is wholly insufficient to address the cause.
U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), respectively the Chairman and Ranking Members of the Senate Armed Service Committee, and U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA) and Mike Rogers (R-AL), their counterparts on the House Armed Services…
Offshore wind has been a viable energy source internationally for many years. Historically, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Denmark lead the industry’s technological development, but China is expected to have the largest cumulative installed offshore…
From December 7 to 19, 2022, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held its fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15), culminating in the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework.[1] The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international…
Background Seafood lovers are familiar with the coveted Alaskan snow crabs. This culinary delicacy made headlines in October 2022, when experts reported that an estimated one billion snow crabs in the Bering Sea had disappeared over the prior two years…
On March 8, 2021, the Biden Administration took a significant step toward finalizing the approval of America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. Vineyard Wind 1, located 14 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, has the potential to power 400,000 homes.
The effects of climate change will make swaths of the planet uninhabitable, displacing millions of people. How can the United States’ legal system facilitate an equitable, humanitarian response to those seeking safe resettlement within its borders?
As the Gulf Coast faces the prospect of increasingly intense hurricane seasons, a recently published paper may provide a ray of hope to local communities that already feel the effects of climate change.
By Samuel Harris, Managing Editor
