WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023, and letter: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) sent a letter yesterday to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) urging the agency to release additional information on its investigation protocol and how it shares findings with the public regarding the causes of a recent increase in whale strandings along the Atlantic Coast. "...In the past two months alone, the Marine Mammal  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSjou) -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued the following news release and letter: In a letter printed in the latest issue of Science, three experts register deep concern with the recent Congressional action to delay for six years long overdue safeguards to prevent entanglement by highly endangered North Atlantic Right Whales in fishing gear. With less than 350 remaining, this congressional intervention may push this population to extinction. Author  more

PANAMA CITY, Panama, March 2 -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * This action will help the country mitigate climate change, protect Panama's deep-sea marine-mountain environments, and safeguard wildlife from human intervention. * * * With the expansion of the Banco Volcan marine protected area in the Panamanian Caribbean, the Panamanian government with the support of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), has managed to protect more th  more