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Beautiful and Depressing: Shifting Baselines and Dying Reefs

Blog by jhocevar | August 15, 2010

Greetings from Mile Zero, the Conch Republic. Key West, Florida – former home of Ernest Hemingway, and, as much as it kills me to say it, what will someday all too soon be referred to as the former home of the most extensive coral reef...

Wikileaks: Hillary Clinton Fighting Secret Arctic Oil Wars

Blog by John Hocevar | May 12, 2011 5 comments

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in the Arctic ostensibly to discuss preserving its unique environment, a disturbing series of communications revealed today by wikileaks tell another story.   These cables confirm what...

Over 30,000 people send letters in support of marine reserves

Blog by John Hocevar | May 6, 2011

Thank you to the more than 30,000 concerned citizens who took the time to send letters to the National Ocean Council in support of marine reserves and to call for an end to new offshore oil drilling. As the Deepwater Horizon...

Gulf of Mexico research expedition wrap up

Blog by John Hocevar | October 28, 2010 4 comments

Today, the Arctic Sunrise departs New Orleans for Mexico after completing a three-month research expedition to assess the scope and impacts of the BP Horizon Disaster. Most of the research to date has been funded by BP or the...

"But are you seeing any oil?"

Blog by John Hocevar | October 19, 2010 6 comments

Many of the people I talk to about the work we’re doing right now, using a submarine to survey deep sea corals in the Gulf of Mexico, understandably want to know where all the oil from the BP Horizon disaster has gone. They want to...

Fish Story

Blog by jhocevar | August 18, 2010

We’re out in the Dry Tortugas National Park, 70 miles west of Key West and hundreds of miles from the BP Horizon site. The weather’s been kind so far, as you can see from the ship’s webcam , which has enabled us to get in three...

Is the Oil Gone?

Blog by Michelle Frey | August 6, 2010 6 comments

This blog comes from John Hocevar, Greenpeace oceans campaigner. In a report released on August 4, the Obama administration declared that 74% of oil from the BP oil spill has evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered ...

You're Invited Onboard

Blog by John Hocevar | October 19, 2010 7 comments

Right now I’m onboard the Arctic Sunrise in the Gulf of Mexico, and I’d like to invite you to join me. We’ve been working with independent scientists to uncover the truth around the world’s largest oil spill, and I want to share...

Something is killing baby dolphins in the Gulf

Blog by John Hocevar | March 3, 2011 4 comments

Dead baby dolphins are currently washing up along the Gulf coast . But that hasn’t stopped the US government this week from issuing the first deep water drilling permit since the BP oil disaster. And they’re considering plans...

Five more dead bottlenose dolphins wash ashore in the Gulf of Mexico

Blog by John Hocevar | February 25, 2011 3 comments

In the latest news from the Gulf of Mexico , five more bottlenose dolphins have washed ashore. This brings the total, so far this year, to a staggering 53! Scientists are conducting necropsies, the results of which NOAA says we may...

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