National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

News Releases

LAWSUIT TO UNRAVEL VARYING BP SPILL ESTIMATES

Paper Trail Explaining Starkly Different Leak Rate Numbers Yet to Surface

LIFT GAG ORDER MUZZLING NOAA SCIENTISTS

Rulemaking Petition to Commerce Secretary to Rescind Bush-Era Prior Restraints

NOAA CONCERNS BRUSHED ASIDE IN OBAMA OFFSHORE DRILLING PLAN

Political Positioning Trumps Promises of Comprehensive Planning

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS CONDEMN PURGE OF PROFESSOR

Scientific Commission Decries Oil Industry Influence at University of Alaska

NEW FISHING MONITOR SYSTEM SHIRKS MARINE PROTECTIONS

NOAA Plan May Doom Independent Observer Program for Commercial Alternative

NOAA PETITIONED TO REMOVE GAG ON SEA GRANT RESEARCHERS

University of Alaska Scientist Stripped of Grant for Speaking About Pro-Oil Bias

PROFESSOR STRIPPED OF NOAA FUNDING FOR ADVOCACY

University of Alaska President Upholds Grant Removal and Office Eviction

NOAA RAISES RED FLAGS ON AGGRESSIVE OFFSHORE DRILLING PLAN

Exclusion Zones, Buffers and Oil Spill Protections Would Scale Back Lease Schedule

DON’T EXPECT NEW MARINE SANCTUARIES UNDER OBAMA

NOAA Chief Says No Plans to Even Begin Considering New Ocean Reserves

CRITICAL NEW TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM HAS GAPING HOLES

Nearly One-Third of Deep Ocean Stations Are “Dead” Including Tsunami Hot Spots



Surveys
2005  Political Appointees Pollute Waters at Ocean Agency

Other PEER Activities
Nearshore Coral Reefs in Florida Threatened

Working With NOAA to Save the Sanctuaries

PEER's comments about NOAA's proceeding to organize organize social and economic data collection pertaining to the Bay of Alaska fisheries.

Attack on the Corps Destructive Tendencies

Beach Renourishment along Florida’s Treasure Coast.

Estuary Habitat Restoration

FCC/USACE Damage Reefs

PEER assessment of NOS pending Fair Market Value Rulemaking and Working With NOAA

PEER Campaign: Whale Collisions

Preventing Federal Agencies from Damaging Nearshore Coral Reefs

Read about PEER’s efforts on behalf of the U.S. FWS Critical Habitat Designation of plant species of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Read PEER's comments in the proceeding designating critical habitat for 37 endangered species on Lanai.

Sedimentation-- a Waste of Resources that Damages Reefs

The second concern of the PEER’s Hawaiian agenda entails proposed restrictions on the ‘take’ of sea turtles in island waters.