Environment

Hospitals are among those institutions that benefit from combined heat and power. Read More

Durante cada año, ciertos peces encuentran su camino a lugares de reunión únicos para un ritual de apareamiento que ayuda a la supervivencia de su especie. Son miles los que llegan, y algunos viajan cientos de kilómetros para llegar. Aprenda acerca de estos peces y lo que se puede hacer para ayudar a preservar sus sitios de desove. Read More

At special times each year, certain fish find their way to unique gathering places for a mating ritual that helps determine the survival of their species. They can arrive by the thousands, and some may travel hundreds of miles. Learn about these fish and what can be done to help preserve their spawning sites. Read More

Riding over rough sea ice on the back of a snowmobile in near-whiteout conditions, it was hard to imagine that the area would be ice-free in only a few short weeks. Spring on north Baffin Island meant that I was setting out to do narwhal research wearing three layers plus my winter parka. Our three-member team left the community of Pond Inlet and traveled south into Milne Inlet, a summering area... Read More

A solid majority of voters in Colorado, Montana, Oregon, and Nevada believe that protecting the greater sage-grouse is an important part of preserving their Western way of life, according to a new bipartisan poll conducted by Benenson Strategy Group and Public Opinion Strategies.  The survey was commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Read More

The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) is the oldest regional fisheries management organization for tuna in the world, responsible for the conservation and management of tuna and other marine resources in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Read More

Brussels–The European Commission today published its Communication on Fishing Opportunities for 2015, which serves as a guide to the state of fish stocks in the European Union. It also gives an indication of the Commission’s commitment to swiftly implementing the reformed Common Fisheries Policy, which requires an end to EU overfishing by 2015 where possible and by 2020 at the latest. Read More

A vast stretch of the U.S. continental shelf’s edge in the Atlantic Ocean contains submerged cliffs, canyons, and seamounts that are just now being explored. These features form essential habitat for hundreds of species adapted to the dark depths, including magnificent deep-sea corals that can live for centuries. Read More

The practice of using drift gillnets to catch swordfish and thresher sharks off the coast of California has been controversial for years due to the gear's tendency to kill fish and wildlife the fishermen never intended to catch. Read More

The new assessment was released in advance of the 31st session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Committee on Fisheries, known as COFI, which takes place June 9 to 13 in Rome.  Read More

Hospitals are among those institutions that benefit from combined heat and power. Read More

Riding over rough sea ice on the back of a snowmobile in near-whiteout conditions, it was hard to imagine that the area would be ice-free in only a few short weeks. Spring on north Baffin Island meant that I was setting out to do narwhal research wearing three layers plus my winter parka. Our three-member team left the community of Pond Inlet and traveled south into Milne Inlet, a summering area... Read More

A solid majority of voters in Colorado, Montana, Oregon, and Nevada believe that protecting the greater sage-grouse is an important part of preserving their Western way of life, according to a new bipartisan poll conducted by Benenson Strategy Group and Public Opinion Strategies.  The survey was commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Read More

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reviewing public comments on 15 draft management plans for roughly 50 million acres of greater sage-grouse habitat across 10 western states. On May 1, The Pew Charitable Trusts submitted comments on the greater sage-grouse to BLM Director Neil Kornze. Read More

The Wilderness Act, which turns 50 this summer, will be featured in an episode of the television series “This American Land” shown on Public Broadcasting Service stations nationwide. The segment features interviews with wilderness advocates working to permanently protect some of the nation’s finest wild lands, watersheds, and wildlife habitat as... Read More

Durante cada año, ciertos peces encuentran su camino a lugares de reunión únicos para un ritual de apareamiento que ayuda a la supervivencia de su especie. Son miles los que llegan, y algunos viajan cientos de kilómetros para llegar. Aprenda acerca de estos peces y lo que se puede hacer para ayudar a preservar sus sitios de desove. Read More

At special times each year, certain fish find their way to unique gathering places for a mating ritual that helps determine the survival of their species. They can arrive by the thousands, and some may travel hundreds of miles. Learn about these fish and what can be done to help preserve their spawning sites. Read More

Join Pew's Steve Marx and expert angler Paul Hoofe as they fish for calico bass and yellowtail in beautiful Catalina Island in Southern California. Read More

Neil Z. Auerbach, CEO, Hudson Clean Energy Partners, explains the different types of capital investment for clean energy and the critical role of the federal government to spur research and development and foster innovation. Read More

Illegal fishing accounts for up to $23.5 billion worth of seafood per year, or one-in-five wild-caught marine fish. One way to stop illegal fishing is to make it far more difficult for illicitly caught fish to pass through ports undetected. Read More