Pacific Environment - Protecting the living environment of the Pacific Rim

Welcome to Pacific Environment’s October newsletter! This month, we explore how marine protected areas are safeguarding ocean biodiversity and supporting coastal communities, highlight a national report card grading U.S. ports on public health protections and share tips for a...

Spooky season is finally here — and it’s my favorite time of the year. I love everything about the fall festivities: scary movies, pumpkin patches and the changing leaves. But beneath all the fun lurks a scary truth: Halloween...

National and international government agencies protect ocean biodiversity and marine wildlife by creating marine protected areas. So what are...

Welcome to Pacific Environment’s September newsletter! This month, we celebrate World Maritime Day by highlighting how cleaner shipping solutions...

Tourism is transforming many of the world’s most beautiful and culturally-significant places into dumping grounds for plastic waste —...

Bangkok (November 7, 2025) – Seven community-based organisations across the East Asian Seas have been awarded a total of USD 350,000 through the SEA Grants program to protect and conserve marine and coastal ecosystems in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. Coastal communities in this region, a global centre of...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Singapore and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish the Singapore-Republic of Korea Green and Digital Shipping Corridor. The MOU was signed by Singapore’s Acting...

SAN FRANCISCO — Around 31 million people in the U.S. live near ports, breathing toxic diesel pollution from ships,...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The fifth resumed session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to advance a global plastics treaty (INC-5.2)...

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Environment is proud to announce the promotion of Grace Healy to Head of Programs and...

Black carbon from Arctic shipping is accelerating climate breakdown. Pacific Environment's new report calls for urgent regulation to switch to cleaner fuels and protect the Arctic.

Pacific Environment’s new report exposes the hidden costs of scrubber wastewater — from severe ecological damage to serious human health risks. With the International Maritime Organization’s Pollution Prevention and Response Subcommittee meeting in London (January 27–31, 2025), we are calling for an immediate global ban on scrubber discharge into...

Two reports co-released today by Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley and Energy & Environmental Research...

Plastic pollution threatens the ecological environment, human health, and is a key driver of climate change. Single-use plastic is...

In honor of International Plastic Free Day and ahead of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, Pacific Environment has released...