Jul. 25, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
Nearly two years after the International Maritime Organization approved an Emission Control Area for ships in the waters around North America, the first phase is finally set to begin on August 1. This ECA designation brings the ocean waters of Nor...
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May. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
Fred Felleman, Friends of the Earth’s Northwest consultant, stood on the dock in Everett, WA, this past February capturing evidence of the U.S. Navy’s active sonar use with a hydrophone. But the sonar gradually became so loud it could ...
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Mar. 8, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Oceans and Forests
In an in depth piece in Crosscut, Friends of the Earth's Northwest consultant, Fred Felleman, wades into the need to fully investigate the safety and environmental record of BP after a fire broke out at BP's Washington state refinery at Cherry Poi...
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Feb. 9, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
Today, the U.S. EPA signed a federal rule that will finalize EPA’s decision to approve a California state proposal to ban all sewage discharges from large cruise ships and most other large ocean-going ships to state marine waters along Calif...
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