Hopeful news on an endangered marine species! A white abalone was spotted in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary for the first time in *five* years. 🌊 www.aquariumofpacific.org/news/story/a...

I talk a lot about the complexity of ocean conservation, and how real solutions can’t fit on a bumper sticker. Enter the Ocean Cleanup. Launched by a teenager giving a TED Talk, they claimed they were going to scoop all the plastic out of the ocean. 🧪🦑🌎

Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The Revelator

Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?

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Common sense actually prevailed this time, and we won't be losing (this) crucial ocean data after all! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...

Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring

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This is a deep-sea isopod. Dr. Johanna Weston, a deep-ocean biologist and guest investigator at @whoi.edu, is confident this is Bathyopsurus nybelini, one of her favorite animals. Learn why via the YouTube caption: youtube.com/shorts/DenUj...

Whales are dying at alarming rates along the West Coast. Limiting vessel speeds in key whale habitat to below 10 knots (roughly 11.5 miles per hour) is a tried-and-true way to reduce tragic whale deaths and injuries. You can help: Urge NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard to require vessel speed limits.⬇️

Speak Up for Whale-Safe Ship Speeds

Whales are dying along the West Coast — often because of ship strikes. Join the call for whale-safe ship speeds: Urge NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Coast Guard to require vessel speed limits where whale...

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Environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over its approval of BP’s huge new ultra-deep oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, 16 years to the day since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster caused the worst oil spill in US history.

Climate groups sue US government over approval of new BP project in Gulf of Mexico

Advocates expressed alarm as new project drills deeper into ocean bed, pointing to company’s failures at Deepwater Horizon spill

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Trump is steamrolling Florida's wildlife and enough is enough. 😡 "It’s time we make it clear that our living coastlines and beautiful waters are not for sale to oil companies," says @biologicaldiversity.org's Elise Bennett in @theinvadingsea.bsky.social. www.theinvadingsea.com/2026/04/13/g...

The Trump administration is steamrolling Florida’s oceans and wildlife  | The Invading Sea

Lawmakers should block an administration decision to exempt Gulf drilling from the Endangered Species Act.

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Bay Area folks! Come hear Center scientist Tiffany Yap and campaigner Ben Grundy talk about the sonic communication of mountain lions and whales on 4/23 in SF. And you can listen to recordings of the lions and whales speaking for themselves, too. 😉🐳🎶

Emperor penguin chicks are drowning in melted sea ice. 😢 "It would be a tragedy if iconic emperor penguins went extinct because we didn’t acknowledge the reality of climate chaos and do everything in our power to stop it," said Center scientist Dianne DuBois. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Emperor penguins now endangered, international wildlife group finds

Since 2016, sea ice levels have dramatically declined. Thousands of chicks have frozen or drowned, the wildlife fund said.

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Emperor penguins were just declared endangered by IUCN. In the face of climate change, these beloved penguins have been losing the sea ice they need to survive. This is another urgent warning that the world needs to end our reliance on fossil fuels.

“It’s tragic that the Rice’s whale, which has lived in this planet’s oceans for millions of years, could now go extinct because of a small man’s petty indifference,” said @bretthartl.bsky.social, the Center's Government Affairs Director. We're in court fighting back.

Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico

President is convening so-called ‘God squad’ to override provisions of Endangered Species Act for ‘national security’

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“Rigs-to-Reefs” is a program that allows wealthy oil corporations to abandon their platforms in the ocean instead of removing them. Marine life will inevitably attach themselves to these underwater structures, but they're really just hunks of rusting junk that don’t belong. bit.ly/3Ob45DB

Conservation groups will rally Tues. morning outside the Dept of the Interior to oppose the Trump admin’s sudden convening of the Endangered Species Committee, or the Extinction Committee (which hasn’t met in more than 30 years). bit.ly/4bRHL9R

A court just upheld the designation of nearly 160 million acres off the #Alaska coast as critical habitat for imperiled #seals 🦭❄️ We intervened in the case to defend the designation against a challenge and pursued the appeal after Trump chose not to defend the designations. bit.ly/4dKEI5T

Rice's whales are protected under the #ESA but now stand in the way of Trump's oil-industry cronies. So the Dept of the Interior is convening a meeting of a panel of high-ranking government officials — best described as the Extinction Committee. Take action to save these #whales ➡️ bit.ly/4sKN15W

In 2015 a pipeline ruptured along California's shore, spilling 450K gallons of crude oil that killed hundreds of marine animals. Now Sable Offshore Corp. wants to restart that same old, defective #pipeline — without making repairs that state regulators say it needs. Take action ➡️ bit.ly/4uryv4M

No interest in Trump's latest Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale! “This is a huge embarrassment for Trump’s Alaska fossil fuel fantasy,” said Cooper Freeman, the Alaska director at @biologicaldiversity.org. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers

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Gulf area folks, come join us in Pensacola this Saturday for the Gulf Coast Whale Festival! There will be art, music and a parade, as you learn about the incredible marine mammals that call the Gulf home. 🐳

Trump's offshore drilling plan could lead to more than 4,000 oil spills! 😡 Our oceans can't afford this oil-soaked future, explains @biologicaldiversity.org's Kristen Monsell in @theinvadingsea.bsky.social: www.theinvadingsea.com/2026/02/16/o...

Our oceans can’t afford Trump’s oil-soaked future | The Invading Sea

If offshore drilling expands according to a federal plan, it could cause 4,232 oil spills over the next few decades.

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The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states. The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor. One collision and the whale is dead. We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

California lawmakers are stepping up to make sure Trump's nightmarish plan to expand oil drilling up and down the state's coast doesn't become a reality. We're fighting hard to stop new leasing off all coasts. 🌊🐳🌍

“It’s a huge relief to learn there’s no oil in the onshore pipelines yet,” said @biologicaldiversity.org's Julie Teel Simmonds. “Sable told the judge it’ll fully comply with her injunction, which means no restart until it gets all the approvals it still needs.” www.independent.com/2026/01/07/s...

Santa Barbara Judge Keeps Sable Injunction in Place as Company Confirms No Oil in Pipelines

The decision comes as Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office enters the case.

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@biologicaldiversity.org is suing to wipe Trump's face off the America the Beautiful National Parks pass. By law, the pass must display the winning photo of a federal #PublicLands picture contest. Instead, Trump plastered his own face on it. Trump's vanity pass is not American, beautiful, or legal

#GoShirleen!

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Meet Shirleen, a 900-pound #leatherback turtle and an epic traveler. Thanks to satellite tracking by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, we now know more about where she goes. Leatherbacks are endangered – they need our help but, meanwhile, #GoShirleen! Learn more ➡️ marinelife.mapotic.com

Trump released a nightmarish offshore oil drilling plan.😡 “I’m confident that Americans across the political spectrum will come together to fight Trump’s plan to smear toxic crude across our beaches & oceans,” said @biologicaldiversity.org attorney Kristen Monsell. www.eenews.net/articles/int...

Interior proposes massive offshore leasing expansion

The schedule of lease sales proposed Thursday would allow new oil and gas drilling near California and Florida.

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What do more than 230 scientists and 53 ocean conservation organizations have in common? They just told the Trump administration to protect our marine national monuments. Read more about our work to protect our monuments from industrial fishing: tinyurl.com/4d9xaa6e

E&E News: Groups urge NOAA to keep commercial fishing out of monuments

They also said the Trump administration has not used a transparent process for getting input from the public.

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The conservation world lost one of its guiding lights on Wednesday when renowned primatologist Jane Goodall passed away at 91. Over 65 years studying chimpanzees in the wild, Goodall proved that primates are a lot like people. But her impact goes far beyond chimps. 🧵

🐳🌊🦈🐢🌍!!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

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Can you help me get to 10,000 views on our @sciam.bsky.social short film about the clash of scientists and corporations in the deep sea? 🪸 This would make our funder @pulitzercenter.org very happy. ☺️ It’s free to watch now on YouTube. We are half way to our goal! 📈 youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...

Nodules: Deep-Sea Life Giver or Key to Our Energy Future?

YouTube video by Scientific American

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✊🌍 HIGHLIGHTS: Ahead of the final plenary a coalition of member states, scientists, civil society groups & rights-holders united for a press conference with one message: 📢 A weak treaty fails the world. Delegates must choose ambition to protect people & the planet! #PlasticsTreaty #INC52