Oil Spill in Egypt Threatens Marine Life and Tourism
June 23, 2010 – 8:20 am | No Comment

We have learned a great deal about how the oil industry operates in past few months.  They are very secretive and will only be forthcoming about their operations and resulting environmental impact if threatened …

  • Share/Bookmark
Read the full story »
Ocean Environment

Ocean Industry, Policy & Regulation

latest Ocean News

Ocean Power Technologies & Projects

Caribbean Coral Reef Protection Efforts Miss the Mark
June 18, 2010 – 4:06 am | No Comment
Caribbean Coral Reef Protection Efforts Miss the Mark

Conservation efforts aimed at protecting endangered Caribbean corals may be overlooking regions where corals are best equipped to evolve in response to global warming and other climate challenges.
That’s the take-home message of a paper …

  • Share/Bookmark
Pew Seeks Landmark Conservation Solutions at Historic International Whaling Commission Meeting
June 18, 2010 – 4:04 am | No Comment
Pew Seeks Landmark Conservation Solutions at Historic International Whaling Commission Meeting

Efforts to finally bring an end to the impasse between pro-whaling and anti-whaling countries in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will be the focus of the IWC’s Annual Meeting, opening in Agadir, Morocco, on …

  • Share/Bookmark
Republican from Texas, Joe Barton Apologizes to BP CEO Tony Hayward
June 18, 2010 – 4:02 am | No Comment
Republican from Texas, Joe Barton Apologizes to BP CEO Tony Hayward

  BP CEO Tony Hayward was on Capitol Hill yesterday, where he was testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on “The Role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill.”
Although …

  • Share/Bookmark
Checkmate Seaenergy’s Anaconda Wave Energy Converter Passes Latest Round of Testing with Flying Colors
June 16, 2010 – 4:29 am | No Comment
Checkmate Seaenergy’s Anaconda Wave Energy Converter Passes Latest Round of Testing with Flying Colors

The first four months of 2010 witnessed a period of intense activity for the British marine energy company, Checkmate Seaenergy Limited, involving further tank tests of their wave energy converter, the Anaconda, at Strathclyde …

  • Share/Bookmark
DOE Announces Request for Information for Offshore Wind Demonstration Projects
June 16, 2010 – 4:27 am | No Comment
DOE Announces Request for Information for Offshore Wind Demonstration Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input from the public on the research, development, and deployment of offshore wind demonstration projects.

  • Share/Bookmark
President Obama Announces Members of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission
June 15, 2010 – 5:39 am | No Comment
President Obama Announces Members of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission

President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to complete the membership of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling:

Frances G. Beinecke, Member, National Commission …

  • Share/Bookmark
NOAA and FDA Working to Ensure Safety of Gulf of Mexico Seafood Catch
June 15, 2010 – 5:23 am | No Comment
NOAA and FDA Working to Ensure Safety of Gulf of Mexico Seafood Catch

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are taking additional steps to enhance inspection measures designed to ensure that seafood from the Gulf of Mexico reaching …

  • Share/Bookmark
DOI, East Coast States Establish Offshore Wind Consortium
June 14, 2010 – 3:37 am | No Comment
DOI, East Coast States Establish Offshore Wind Consortium

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and the governors of 10 East Coast states signed a Memorandum of Understanding that formally establishes an Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium to promote the efficient, orderly, and …

  • Share/Bookmark
NOAA Announces University Funding to Support Ocean and Coastal Observation Technologies
June 14, 2010 – 3:36 am | No Comment
NOAA Announces University Funding to Support Ocean and Coastal Observation Technologies

A $4 million NOAA grant will help a university consortium evaluate the readiness of marine forecasts, such as flooding from storm surge or seasonal dead zones, along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts and …

  • Share/Bookmark
AMSC and HHI to Develop 5 Megawatt Offshore Wind Turbine
June 14, 2010 – 3:35 am | No Comment
AMSC and HHI to Develop 5 Megawatt Offshore Wind Turbine

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, and South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Korean Stock Exchange: HHI) today announced that they have expanded their strategic alliance to include the …

  • Share/Bookmark