Cooper Freeman
@cooperfreeman.bsky.social
Alaska director, Center for Biological Diversity. Working to protect Alaska and Arctic wildlands, oceans, and wildlife.
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Had this enforcement-refusal been in place during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon, BP would not have been forced to pay the $100 million in fines that it did to clean up the Gulf of Mexico and save birds.
March 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Had this enforcement-refusal been in place during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon, BP would not have been forced to pay the $100 million in fines that it did to clean up the Gulf of Mexico and save birds.
When did I miss the news that Mary Peltola is running for governor in 2026?
February 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
When did I miss the news that Mary Peltola is running for governor in 2026?
This is why we won't stop fighting against bottom trawl research in the largely undisturbed Arctic, especially because so many marine mammals up there are co-evolved to feed on the shallow sea floor and depend upon a healthy benthic ecosystem for their survival.
alaskabeacon.com/2024/02/08/a...
alaskabeacon.com/2024/02/08/a...
Alaska tribes, green group take aim at planned bottom-trawling study in northern Bering Sea • Alaska Beacon
A study that would use commercial-style trawl gear in a part of the Bering Sea where bottom trawling is banned has sparked criticism.
alaskabeacon.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This is why we won't stop fighting against bottom trawl research in the largely undisturbed Arctic, especially because so many marine mammals up there are co-evolved to feed on the shallow sea floor and depend upon a healthy benthic ecosystem for their survival.
alaskabeacon.com/2024/02/08/a...
alaskabeacon.com/2024/02/08/a...
And the contents on the deck from a 2017 NOAA trawl survey on the west Florida shelf, including sponges and myriad reef fish.
February 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
And the contents on the deck from a 2017 NOAA trawl survey on the west Florida shelf, including sponges and myriad reef fish.
Here's what NOAA bottom trawl fisheries research really looks like - this photo is from a 2021 NOAA survey in the Gulf of Mexico - nets full of sponges, reef fish, etc.
February 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Here's what NOAA bottom trawl fisheries research really looks like - this photo is from a 2021 NOAA survey in the Gulf of Mexico - nets full of sponges, reef fish, etc.