OIL AND ICE
Shell Oil announced it will postpone efforts to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean after the company’s oil spill response barge failed another round of testing, raising serious questions about the company’s preparedness to drill in some of the harshest conditions on the planet.
OCEANS POLICY
As offshore oil drilling edges ever closer to becoming a reality in the Arctic, CAP examines the level of readiness for a spill and how the oil and gas industry could learn from the fishing industry’s stewardship of arctic resources.
OCEANS POLICY
A new CAP project will promote sustainable ocean industries and examine the importance of healthy marine ecosystems to the American economy.
CLIMATE AND OCEANS
The Arctic is warming at an alarming rate – twice as fast as the rest of the planet – and according to a new report, those changes will be a key driver of geopolitics in the coming years.
CLIMATE SCIENCE
The proposed Climate Service would have made it easier for the government to collect, distribute, and utilize climate data.
CLIMATE AND SPACE
As the current crop of weather and climate satellites ages, Congress needs to summon the political will to fund the next generation of space-based climate monitoring technology.
ENERGY INNOVATION
With the latest dismal jobs report still fresh in the nation’s mind, it becomes increasingly clear that our current job creation efforts just aren’t cutting it. It is time to take action on facilitating new, emerging sectors that have been [...]
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