I grew up in a Philadelphia where each generation had greater opportunity than the one before—and where working-class people could have fulfilling lives. One of my grandfathers was a longshoreman, the ...

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the international body charged with conserving Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, ended its 2024 annual meeting with a ...

Along the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia, seaweed farming is growing rapidly, driven by growing demand for the marine algae in food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and other products.

In a major milestone in the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, today China – which has the world’s largest fishing fleets – joined a landmark treaty to ensure that ...

Story: Wildfires have once again made headlines, highlighting the growing intensity and frequency of natural disasters across the United States. And these disasters leave more than destruction in ...

Human well-being and ocean health are closely intertwined: The marine environment plays a critical role in climate regulation and provides important resources to people—from food and medicines to ...

Indiana’s energy landscape has transformed over the past decade, and the state is seeing significant growth in demand, largely driven by data centers, electrification, and increased domestic ...

WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts today commended Governor Bob Ferguson (D) of Washington State for signing into law a bipartisan bill unanimously passed by the state Legislature that allows ...

This is the second of two articles about the four pillars of effective compliance mechanisms within regional fisheries management organizations. Regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) ...

In the nearly two years since the United Nations adopted a historic agreement to protect the high seas, U.N. member countries have been hard at work paving the way to implement the treaty under their ...

PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the appointment of Diana Farrell to its board of directors, effective April 14. “Diana possesses an impressive combination of board leadership ...

The average length of time served by federal inmates more than doubled from 1988 to 2012, rising from 17.9 to 37.5 months. 1 Across all six major categories of federal crime—violent, property, drug, ...