Juvenile Green Sea Turtle ‘Gina’ Migrates Over 310 Miles from Cocos Island to Golfo Dulce 
First evidence of habitat connectivity accomplished by collaborative tagging efforts (Photos and Map Available)....
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:46AM
Facebook Racially Profiles Native American Traditional Last Names Native Advocate Mike Raccoon Eyes Kinney discusses the racial profiling by Facebook against Native Americans, who use their traditional Native last names on Facebook and then deactivate their accounts claiming that are NOT Natives and are using phony, bogus last names....
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 4:49PM
It Is Time For Native People To Resolve Our Own Issues And Problems-By Mike Raccoon Eyes It Is Time For Native People To Resolve Our Own Issues And Problems....
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:51PM
Technology and More Than 32,000 Square Miles of Area Closures Will Safeguard Atlantic Blue After five years of work by Turtle Island, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and our partners, NOAA Fisheries officially announced new, stricter regulations for the U.S. Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery....
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:42AM
International Conservation Movement Calls on Chile & Peru to Protect Silky Sharks This year a record number of threatened shark species will be granted greater international protections at the United Nation's 11th Meeting of the Conference of Parties, but silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) could be left out of this historic global movement if Chile and Peru continue to oppose their protection....
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2014 5:42PM
Turtle Island Helps Gain Protections for a Record Number of Sharks Through the Convention Banner Day for Shark Conservation: A record number of threatened shark species, including scalloped hammerhead sharks and thresher sharks, will be granted greater international protections in part due to Turtle Island Restoration Network’s efforts at the 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Quito, Ecuador....
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2014 7:34AM
Turtle Island Attends Convention on Migratory Species Turtle Island Attends Historic Convention on Migratory Species to Promote the Record Number of Protections Proposed for Sharks, Rays & Marine Mammals...
Posted: Tue Nov 4, 2014 4:32PM
Constituents Demand Protection for Louisiana Sea Turtles 
Turtle Island Restoration Network Calls Gov. Jindal’s Environmental Record Called into Question.
Over 7,000 Petitions Delivered to Gov. Jindal Today....
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:32AM
High Numbers of Sea Turtles, Whales and Seabirds Die in Hawaii Tuna Longline Fishery An estimated eight sea turtles, including four critically endangered Leatherback sea turtles were killed, and eight false killer whales were injured in the last three months by the Hawaii tuna longline fishery, according to the National Marines Fisheries Service newest report....
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:49AM
Turtle Island Partners with Consumer Reports to Warn Seafood Eaters About Mercury Turtle Island Restoration Network Partners with Consumer Reports to Warn Seafood Eaters to Avoid Tuna & Swordfish....
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:53PM
Green Sea Turtle ‘Sanjay’ Makes Historic Migration Sanjay, a male endangered green sea turtle, made history when he completed his 14-day migration from the Cocos Island Marine National Park in Costa Rica to the Galapagos Marine Reserve in Ecuador. Sanjay is the first turtle to directly link these two protected marine areas, proving the connectivity of the Eastern Tropical Pacific as well as the importance of protecting migration routes....
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:43PM
Obama Administration Agrees to Stronger Protections for Salmon From Pesticides A coalition of advocates for alternatives to pesticides, conservation organizations, and fishing groups have reached a significant agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agreement restores reasonable no-spray buffer zones to protect salmon and steelhead from five broad-spectrum insect killers – diazinon, chlorpyrifos, malathion, carbaryl, and methomyl....
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2014 4:48PM
International Climate Report: Cutting Meat Consumption Key to Reducing Emissions TUCSON, Ariz.— The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report today highlights the increasing threat from rising global meat and dairy consumption to limiting global warming, especially as the world population continues to grow....
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:37PM
Court Asked to Uphold California Ban on Cruelly Produced Eggs An attempt by six states to overturn a California law that requires more humane treatment of egg-laying hens and higher food safety standards will face legal opposition from The Humane Society of the United States. In papers filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, The HSUS is seeking to file a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that would overturn AB 1437, a law that stops the sale of eggs from hens confined in inhumane battery cages by the start of next year. The ...
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:45PM
Ocean Heat Content continues rise with global warming 
Ocean heat content has continued rising in the last 12 months to December 2013 according to NOAA. This is observed in the top 700 meters of depth, as well as down to 2000 meters depth....
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:13AM
Climate Geoengineering study on sulphate injection shows water cycle disruption likely 
While politicians have effectively dithered on robust action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the last 20 years we are hearing more about geo-engineering proposals to moderate rising temperatures. But the latest study from the University of Reading scientists modelling solar radiation management, and in particular atmospheric aerosol injection - one of the easiest geo-engineering proposals to do at large scale - says such a project would result in a major decrease in tropical rainfall ...
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:32AM
Dark Money - Who funds Climate Change Deniers in the United States? 
A new peer reviewed study exposes the major sources of funding of climate deniers in the United States and methods developed more recently to hide this funding as 'dark money'. The study was done by Robert J Brulle, a professor of sociology and environmental science at Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences and published in Climatic Change....
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:19PM
25,000 Endangered Species Condoms Will Be Handed Out This Holiday Season 
TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity is handing out 25,000 free Endangered Species Condoms in all 50 states this holiday season to raise awareness of the devastating effects of runaway human population growth and overconsumption on endangered plants and animals. More than a half-million Endangered Species Condoms have been given away since 2009....
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:03PM
For Our Votes to Make a Difference, It’s Time to Try New Tactics 
In the 2012 national elections, despite an increase of over 8 million eligible voters from 2008, voter turnout declined from 131 million to 126 million, with 93 million not voting. These figures alone demonstrate a growing disbelief that people have any voice in the two-party political game. In addition, those who voted were more motivated by voting against what they didn’t want than voting for what they wanted, while most remained pessimistic about the direction of the country....
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:19PM