Senior Advancement Manager (Full-Time Position)

Job | March 21, 2023 | Domenique Zuber
Pacific Environment Pacific Environment seeks to protect communities and wildlife of the Pacific Rim. We support community leaders to fight climate change, protect the oceans, build just societies, and move away from fossil fuels and plastic pollution toward a green economy. Learn more at www.pacificenvironment.org. Position We seek an...

Climate and Clean Energy Analyst (Full-Time Position)

Job | March 21, 2023 | Domenique Zuber
Pacific Environment Pacific Environment seeks to protect communities and wildlife of the Pacific Rim. We support community leaders to fight climate change, protect the oceans, build just societies, and move away from fossil fuels and plastic pollution toward a green economy. Learn more at www.pacificenvironment.org. Pacific Environment is campaigning...

Biden Administration Approves Climate Warming Oil Project Despite Overwhelming Opposition

Press Release | March 13, 2023
Today, the Biden administration approved ConocoPhillips’ Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, despite the 4.5 million comments received...

Pacific Environment Applauds Historic Oceans Treaty

Press Release | March 7, 2023
United Nations conference chair and Singapore’s Ambassador for Oceans and Law of the Sea Issues Rena Lee announced a...

Pacific Environment Applauds Confirmation of Yana Garcia as Secretary for Environmental Protection

Press Release | March 1, 2023
SACRAMENTO (February 29, 2023) – Today, Yana Garcia was confirmed  by the CA Senate Rules Committee as the Secretary...

New Year, New Wins

Blog Post | January 4, 2023 | Domenique Zuber
Happy New Year from all of us at Pacific Environment! Last year, we tackled everything from bubble tea sold in throw-away plastic containers to false, fossil-fueled promises in the shipping industry. We’re working across communities and oceans to build...

Our Top 7 of 2022

Blog Post | December 26, 2022 | Domenique Zuber
We had a great year with many important wins. But none of this would have been possible without our supporters. This support helps Pacific Environment collaborate with brave grassroots leaders to fight climate change, defend the oceans, protect wildlife,...

Helping Achieve Landmark Protections for Nature at U.N. Biodiversity Summit COP15

Blog Post | December 20, 2022 | Jim Gamble and Hai Nguyen
We traveled to the biodiversity summit in Canada to help ensure that the world commits to protecting 30% of...

Making Plastic Polluters Pay

Blog Post | December 12, 2022 | Xuan Quach
My proudest moment last winter was when allies and I were able to thwart attempts by multinational companies to...

Feeling Grateful for Climate Leaders

Blog Post | November 25, 2022 | Alex Levinson
When I first started working in the environmental field, I was an environmental traditionalist. I enthusiastically worked on conservation...

Biden Administration Approves Climate Warming Oil Project Despite Overwhelming Opposition

Press Release | March 13, 2023
Today, the Biden administration approved ConocoPhillips’ Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, despite the 4.5 million comments received from Americans calling to reject this climate harming project. The Record of Decision approves the development of Alternative E, as described in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. The ROD...

Pacific Environment Applauds Historic Oceans Treaty

Press Release | March 7, 2023
United Nations conference chair and Singapore’s Ambassador for Oceans and Law of the Sea Issues Rena Lee announced a historic international treaty to protect the high seas, which covers nearly half the planet. This deal is seen as vital to conserving 30% of the world’s lands and ocean by...

Pacific Environment Applauds Confirmation of Yana Garcia as Secretary for Environmental Protection

Press Release | March 1, 2023
SACRAMENTO (February 29, 2023) – Today, Yana Garcia was confirmed  by the CA Senate Rules Committee as the Secretary...

Go hard and early: UN’s historic opportunity to act on shipping

Press Release | December 16, 2022
The stage is set for the UN to finally call time on greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, following...

New report calls on South Korea to accelerate shipping decarbonization

Press Release | December 13, 2022
Seoul, South Korea (December 13, 2022) – Today, Solutions for Our Climate (기후솔루션) and Pacific Environment released a new...

Ports Playbook for Zero-Emission Shipping

Report | September 20, 2022
The Ports Playbook for Zero-Emission Shipping focuses on three main tracks: commitments, policy, and progress. These tracks lay out nine actions that will end port pollution, accelerate the market for zero-emissions technologies, reward first movers and ensure reliable access to zero-emissions infrastructure and fuels. The 9-point playbook calls on...

Alaska’s Renewable Energy Future: New Jobs, Affordable Energy

Report | March 21, 2022
New research reveals that development of Alaska’s vast renewable energy resources has the potential to create more than 100,000 jobs across Alaska in the coming decades, more than replacing jobs that will be lost as the world transitions away from fossil fuels. Based on adjusting a sample of independent...

Shady Ships: Retail Giants Pollute Communities and Climate with Fossil-Fueled Ocean Shipping

Report | July 20, 2021
Just fifteen companies are responsible for emitting millions of tons of pollution from importing their goods into the United...

All Aboard: How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Help Ships Kick Fossil Fuels

Report | April 14, 2021
All Aboard: How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Help Ships Kick Fossil Fuels provides 20 policies that create a roadmap...

Pacific Walrus Protection and Management in a Changing Climate

Report | May 18, 2016
A new report published by Pacific Environment examines potential projects to protect and manage walrus and other ice-dependent species...