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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.

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Not in Our Atlantic: Our Ocean Economy Is Too Important

Expert BlogAlison Chase
It’s been an action-packed two weeks since the Trump administration released its polluters-first program to drill for oil and gas offshore the United States. The draft plan is an oil industry dream, an extreme first draft proposing to expose the…

Next Steps for Our Ocean Budget

Expert BlogAlison Chase
Our oceans and Great Lakes contribute hundreds of billions of dollars in goods and services to the country’s gross domestic product and employ millions of people. And use of these resources is growing rapidly—from both traditional uses like shipping, fishing…

The National Ocean Policy at Seven

Expert BlogAlison Chase
Today the National Ocean Policy turns 7 and I’m increasingly amazed our country ever managed without it.

Trump Budget Slashes Coastal and Ocean Funding

Expert BlogAlison Chase
The Trump Administration’s 2018 federal budget proposal doubles down on attempts to weaken our nation’s ocean and coastal arm, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with a dramatic cut of 16 percent from the enacted 2017 omnibus budget. Several…

We Can’t Afford Cuts to Coastal Management

Expert BlogAlison Chase
The Trump Administration seems hell-bent on cutting critical programs that protect the lives, livelihoods, and way of life for the 124 million people who call our ocean and Great Lakes coasts home.

Trump Administration Takes Aim at Nation’s Ocean Arm

Expert BlogAlison Chase
Release of the Trump Administration’s proposed 2018 federal budget reinforces fears that our nation’s ocean arm will experience deep cuts, putting at risk services and products that affect an estimated one-third of the country’s gross domestic product and save American…