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Oceans

Study Shows 300,000 US Homes at Risk, $1 Trillion Price Tag as Rising Seas Trigger Chronic Flooding

Embracing Extreme 'Go-It-Alone' Agenda, Anti-Science Trump to Skip Climate Portion of G7 Summit

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Trump is the only world leader at the G7 who fails to grasp the basic science, and the urgent threat, of the climate crisis."

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As Planet Chokes on Plastic Waste, UN Report Offers Roadmap to Tackle Global Crisis

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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The anaylsis comes amid warnings that plastic pollution has become "one of our...

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EU Urged to Go Further to Save Trash-Filled Waters With New Proposed Plastics Ban

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Conservationists celebrated the step but said the ban should "stretch to all...

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As World's Oceans Warm, Hundreds of Fish Species Forced to Swim for Their Lives

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'Beyond Comprehension': In Just Two Years, Half of All Corals in 'Forever Damaged' Great Barrier Reef Have Died

Atlantic Ocean

Concerns of 'Catastrophic Collapse' Grow as Gulf Stream Weaker Than It's Been in 1,600 Years

waves crash over railing

'Game-Changer': Confirming Fears, Satellites Show Fast-Rising Seas

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'Drilling Is Killing': West Coast Activists Hold Series of Protests to Counter Trump's Offshore Oil Plan

An 'Oil-Soaked Nightmare': New Analysis Shows Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan Could Mean Over 5,000 Spills

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World's Oceans Last Year Hit Hottest Temperatures Ever Recorded... 'By Far'

To Save Oceans and Planet, Greenpeace Calls for Largest Protected Area on Earth

New Study: Big Ag, Climate Crisis Key Drivers of Ocean 'Dead Zones' Quadrupling in Size Over Last 60 Years

With Oceans Under Greatest Threat Ever, Trump Administration Urges Even Less Protection for Marine Life

Oil Giants Invest $180B in Plastics, Propelling Oceans Toward 'Near-Permanent' Pollution

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Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

2.5 Million Homes, Businesses Totaling $1 Trillion Threatened by High Tide Flooding

Earthjustice

Court Allows Conservation and Alaska Native Groups to Challenge Trump’s Reversal of Arctic and Atlantic Drilling Ban

Environment America

Eastern Coastal Mayors and Elected Leaders Oppose Offshore Drilling, Urge Greater Protection of Our Oceans

Oceana

New Economic Analysis Finds Trump Administration’s Offshore Drilling Plan Threatens 2.6 Million Jobs and Nearly $180 Billion in GDP

Earthjustice

Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Critically Endangered Right Whales

Oceana

Oceanic Whitetip First Shark Listed as “Threatened” in the Continental U.S. Atlantic

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Views

Arshad Khan

Of Animals and Bees and Flowers Wild as Earth Day Nears

Brent Patterson

Canadian Company Threatens NAFTA Investor-State Challenge Over Washington State Legislation Against Fish Farms

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Jeff Orlowski

What the Trump Administration Doesn't Understand About Ocean Conservation

Sue Sturgis

Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan Flouts Law by Ignoring Governors' Wishes

Victoria Borneman

As Oceans Rise, When’s the Last Time I’ll Go Home for Christmas?

Elizabeth West

On The Road To Extinction, Maybe It's Not All About Us

Paul Watson

The Whale Wars Continue

Annika Nilsson, Miyase Christensen, Tom Buurman

The Thawing Arctic Beyond Flags

Mike Gaworecki

Top Climate Stories to Watch in 2017

Shreya Dasgupta

Top 10 Happy Environmental Stories of 2016

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