One thing that’s striking about all of this
Is that they keep denying offshore wind permits, which are a critical solution to climate change, because they falsely claim it’s bad for whales
But then they keep doing things that actually will kill whales
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
Happy #WorldOceanDay2026! The ocean sustains life, heals, and inspires us. By working together, we can restore what's been lost, protect what remains, and ensure future generations inherit a thriving ocean and stable climate. 📸: Robert Schwemmer/NOAA
"The simple fact is that these fisheries prospered without access to these waters in the past, and they do not need them today. What is at stake is not the future of these fisheries, but the future of some of the last wild ocean ecosystems under U.S. stewardship.” - Dr. Alan Friedlander
In 2017, I had to abandon ship. I was lost at sea. Caribbean fishermen, in the dead of night, risked their safety to pull me out of the ocean.
Ever since the first illegal boat strike, I've been haunted by the betrayal of our duty to render aid and what it means for the safety of life at sea.
But you don't have to take my word for it. Meet Dr. Alan Friedlander, who testified before House Committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries last week. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_M....
Here is my contribution to Bluesky air conditioning discourse. This is my electricity bill from May/June with quite a few 95+ degree daye in DC - solar panels really are great! (Also a rowhouse, also weatherizing).
The context of this is that Trump just opened up the three remaining marine national monuments to destructive industrial fishing.
The monuments recognize the Indigenous Pacific voyaging legacy. They also support endangered marine wildlife and protect whales, sea turtles, and seabirds.
The context of this is that Trump just opened up the three remaining marine national monuments to destructive industrial fishing.
The monuments recognize the Indigenous Pacific voyaging legacy. They also support endangered marine wildlife and protect whales, sea turtles, and seabirds.
Miriam Goldstein
Fisheries management is great at managing fisheries, but monuments protect ecosystems.
In 2015 – the last year that fishing was allowed in the Papahānaumokuākea expansion area – the Hawai‘i longline fleet caught 7,800 sharks, and discarded over 99% of them.
I'll end this thread the same way Alan ended his testimony. “Future generations will not judge us by how many fish we caught in the last wild places of the Pacific. They will judge us by whether we had the wisdom and foresight to protect them."
Miriam Goldstein
Andrew D Thaler
There's a lot of misinformation on WHY there are monuments where commercial fishing isn't allowed. It's bc industrial-scale fishing gear can catch & entangle marine wildlife - whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and seabirds. It also can damage corals if it touches the bottom.
Miriam Goldstein
Miriam Goldstein
It's Out! To rebuild trust in maritime policy, the US must ratify the Law of the Sea:
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
If we fail to take this clear and concrete action to restore trust in maritime safety and security, soon there will be no one willing to pull us from the sea.
thehill.com
Trump lies that before he came around, "you had go to Japan to get a Maine lobster"
Trump lies that before he came around, "you had go to Japan to get a Maine lobster"
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Aaron Rupar
Aaron Rupar
I have an OpEd coming out Monday that is simultaneously the wonkiest thing I have ever written and the most personal story I haven't told publicly. But it matters to the larger point. This one took me a long time to write. Almost a year, really.
