Advocacy

Discover how and where Planet Earth III - Coasts was filmed and discover why "the natural world is still full of surprises"

The need for a new environmental movement in Florida is not just a talking point; it is an urgent necessity. The adverse effects of climate change are no longer distant threats but daily realities for Floridians.

For Kristján Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick’s obsessive hero Ahab are ‘an honour’. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

A bipartisan coalition of four Gulf Coast governors are calling on the Biden Administration to reconsider restrictions protecting a critically endangered and elusive whale species.

100-year floods are supposed to happen — well, once every 100 years. That’s no longer the case.

A coalition of 45 nations has announced a pledge to raise $12 billion to help protect and preserve coral reefs around the world.

A new survey shows that coastal Oregon’s recreational industry joins more conventional, store-front businesses in believing the state’s Marine Reserves do not negatively impact their bottom lines, continuing a vast shift in what businesses feared just before the first reserves were established more than a decade ago.

Amid celebratory statements in East Hampton Town Hall about a plan to put sand on the downtown Montauk beach, a stark reality remained: Nothing other than talk has been done to actually address coastal retreat.

Extreme ocean changes due to climate change are not an abstract or future scenario. This summer alone, 23 per cent of the world’s oceans experienced a heat wave, corresponding to an area roughly equivalent to the entire Atlantic Ocean.

As coastal guardians scramble to save these valuable ecosystems, the emergence of parametric insurance products is releasing the necessary funds

Sand dunes can protect the coastline from the effects of climate change. But they’re vulnerable to intense storms.

Despite Pope Francis' advocacy for caring for creation, U.S. Catholics are no more likely than other Americans to view climate change as "a serious problem," according to new data from the Pew Research Center.

The Oil Belt will join the Rust Belt in the economically withered parts of America. Throwing money at protecting it makes no sense.

The National Marine Fisheries Service has been monitoring a spike in whale strandings along the entire East Coast

There will be many impacts of deep sea mining. Some will be very difficult to predict.

As helpful as nourishment is for tourism and local economies, these projects are controversial. For starters, the process does not stop erosion. “Our present economic approach to development on the barriers is not sustainable over the long term, and nourishment projects don’t help one bit — they just make people feel good for a brief period,” said Stan Riggs.

The health of American coral reefs has been at the forefront of national news this summer due to the impacts of a record-setting marine heatwave off Florida.

The oil industry’s push to portray carbon capture as a climate solution at COP28 obscures how the technology is really being used.

Westside Current Editors Note: This is part 1 of a 3 part series that takes an intimate look at the intricate web of politics, environmental concerns, and community activism that swirls around the California Coastal Commission.

In his new book, ‘Our Fragile Moment,’ he explains why every fraction of a degree of climate warming is worth preventing.

Although we still have four months left in 2023, NOAA just reported that this year has already been the worst on record for billion-dollar climate disasters, including severe storms, wildfires, tropical cyclones, floods and droughts.

It is Wednesday, and this morning I’m at the “Snow Hole,” just off the Taconic Crest Trail as it runs along the border of New York and Vermont.

Environmental activist and cultural advocate Alegna Malavé Marrero has a strong connection to this land. Listening to her as she shares stories about how her father used to carry her [on his shoulders via backpack] on hiking treks at the El Yunque Rainforest, the love in her voice is palpable.

As the last remaining corals on Florida’s reefs circle the drain of a heating ocean, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a report that reminds us of another coral disaster.

With the financial and human costs of climate change-fueled natural disasters rising rapidly, a new book invites Californians to reimagine their relationship with the state’s glorious and ever-changing coastline.