GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION received a $2,390,491 federal grant from Department of Commerce. THE GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION (GSMFC) PROPOSES TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE AS...

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION received a $3,197,000 federal grant from Department of Commerce. THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (CCMP) IS ADMINISTERED BY THREE STATE AGENCIES WHICH OVERSEE THE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA'S COASTLINE. THESE ARE THE CALIFORNIA...

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Thailand is set to join more than 80 countries that impose tourist fees to strengthen visitor protection and support long-term tourism development.

Jared Kushner's luxury resort plans have become the symbol of a much bigger battle over nature, tourism and the future of Albania. We do a deep dive into the country with one of Europe's last wild riv...

HB10469: To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide financial assistance, through States and Indian Tribes, to establish and maintain energy hubs to increase awareness and access to energy and energy efficiency programs and opportunities to improve energy affordability, and for other purposes.

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After a lengthy staff presentation and applicant remarks, the county commission voted unanimously to transmit application Z26000005 (Everly Farmstead Community) to Florida Commerce for state review; commissioners pressed staff and the applicant on conservation, water and transportation safeguards.

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Conservation groups say wildlife officials cleared the way for a 31 million-acre deep-sea mining lease sale in American Samoa without analyzing the effects on endangered and threatened species.

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Tayane Dalazen was on a shark-diving trip in Brazil when she was attacked.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A legal environmental group sued the U.S. government on Tuesday to halt the Trump administration’s plans announced last month to auction off sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining. Earthjustice filed the lawsuit against the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on behalf of two groups: Fa‘asao Amerika Samoa and Conservation Council for Hawai‘i. The legal nonprofit is requesting that a judge order the National Marine Fisheries Service to stop moving forward with its plans and to comply with the Endangered Species Act and other federal laws. “The United States has never opened its waters to deep-sea mining. Until now,” the lawsuit stated. It noted that the U.S. plans to sell leases with the intention of allowing mining across some 33 million acres of seabed off American Samoa that is rich in minerals including nickel, cobalt and manganese that are used to build batteries, electronics and other products. The lawsuit stated that the U.S. first must ensure that such activity will not destroy critical habitats or push species closer to extinction. The environmental group called a recent decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service that leases...