Environment

For every dollar spent on clean energy research and development (R&D), $1.60 is created in other parts of the economy, contributing a projected $8.6 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) this fiscal year. That’s according to an analysis by Pew and research partner ICF International Inc. that measures the economic impact of the Energy Department’s fiscal year... Read More

Economists attribute up to 80 percent of modern fiscal growth to technological innovation—the process of developing new knowledge and discoveries to create better commercial products, more competitive industries, and well-paying jobs. Read More

Shark sanctuaries are useful tools for coastal and island governments seeking to reduce shark mortality in their waters. Read More

SOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati—The Pew Charitable Trusts applauded the Pacific island nation of Kiribati today for its establishment of the world’s second largest shark sanctuary. Read More

Management strategy evaluation (MSE) is a tool that scientists and managers can use to simulate the workingsof a fisheries system and allow them to test whether potential harvest strategies—or management procedures—can achieve pre-agreed management objectives. In so doing, MSE helps to determine the harvest strategy likelyto perform best. That means the strategy would perform well,... Read More

For every dollar spent on clean energy research and development (R&D), $1.60 is created in other parts of the economy, contributing a projected $8.6 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) this fiscal year. That’s according to an analysis by Pew and research partner ICF International Inc. that measures the economic impact of the Energy Department’s fiscal year... Read More

Economists attribute up to 80 percent of modern fiscal growth to technological innovation—the process of developing new knowledge and discoveries to create better commercial products, more competitive industries, and well-paying jobs. Read More

Management strategy evaluation (MSE) is a tool that scientists and managers can use to simulate the workingsof a fisheries system and allow them to test whether potential harvest strategies—or management procedures—can achieve pre-agreed management objectives. In so doing, MSE helps to determine the harvest strategy likelyto perform best. That means the strategy would perform well,... Read More

Local advocates are working in Douglas, Pershing, and Washoe counties in northern Nevada to convince the U.S. Congress to pass public lands legislation that would expand recreational opportunities, conserve wild lands and wildlife habitat, and promote economic development. Here are five reasons that Congress should protect this area. Read More

Deep below the ocean’s surface, our planet is exhaling. Its breath—methane gas—feeds some of the ocean’s smallest organisms, which form the foundation for vibrant underwater communities and play a key role in regulating the climate through their consumption of this potent greenhouse gas. Now, fishery managers have an opportunity to act to protect these remarkable... Read More

SOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati—The Pew Charitable Trusts applauded the Pacific island nation of Kiribati today for its establishment of the world’s second largest shark sanctuary. Read More

WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts applauds today’s action by the Obama administration to remove the U.S. Arctic Ocean from the 2017-22 Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program. Read More

WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts commends Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the government of the Northwest Territories for creation of the Anguniaqvia Niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area, a 2,400-square-kilometre (926-square-mile) region in Canada’s Beaufort Sea that provides critical habitat for marine mammals and fish. The announcement was made today in Ottawa. Read More

More research is needed to understand how climate change and commercial fishing are affecting Antarctic krill populations and, ideally, to drive policies that might mitigate these impacts. Read More

HOBART, Australia—The 35th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which ended today, resulted in an agreement to designate the Ross Sea as a marine protected area—at 1.55 million square kilometers (600,000 square miles), the world’s largest. Similar proposals had failed to pass for the past five years. Read More

Shark sanctuaries are useful tools for coastal and island governments seeking to reduce shark mortality in their waters. Read More

See penguins, seals, whales, and more unique animals in this series of photos by Pew marine fellow and acclaimed photographer John B. Weller. These stunning scenes of life in Antarctica underscore what’s at stake if the world doesn’t act now to protect the Ross Sea, Weddell Sea, and East Antarctic waters. Read More

Flooding is the most costly and most common natural disaster in the United States. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides federally backed coverage for homeowners and small businesses in more than 22,000 communities across the country. Read More

EU fisheries are in trouble. Currently, nearly 50 per cent of fish stocks are overfished in the North Sea and Northeast Atlantic—and more than 90 per cent in the Mediterranean Sea. We explain the dire consequences for both the European Union economy and marine environment if overfishing continues and lay out a plan of action for how fisheries ministers can end overfishing—and how you... Read More

Since 2006, The Pew Charitable Trusts Global Ocean Legacy project has worked with indigenous groups, community leaders, government officials, scientists and other organizations to help protect the ocean; a part of the planet that is key to some island cultures and marine life. The Global Ocean Legacy campaign has aided in the creation of nine major marine reserves: Palau, Chagos, Coral Sea,... Read More