I grew up in a Philadelphia where each generation had greater opportunity than the one before—and where working-class people could have fulfilling lives. One of my grandfathers was a longshoreman, the ...

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the international body charged with conserving Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, ended its 2024 annual meeting with a ...

Effectively administering health care programs is a critical element of sound fiscal management for state and local governments. As health care and corrections have emerged in recent years as fiscal ...

Along the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia, seaweed farming is growing rapidly, driven by growing demand for the marine algae in food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and other products.

After years of rapid expansion, growth in state rainy day funds slowed in fiscal year 2024. Although the median rainy day fund balance increased by 7% in fiscal 2024, that still marked a steep drop ...

State tax revenue volatility has increased in recent years, with significant fluctuations not only in total collections but also across major tax streams. From fiscal year 2019 to fiscal 2023, annual ...

In a major milestone in the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, today China – which has the world’s largest fishing fleets – joined a landmark treaty to ensure that ...

It’s March, when many minds think of the color green. But the month is green not just because of shamrocks and leprechauns for St. Patrick’s Day; it’s also green for seagrass, because March is ...

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a serious global problem that threatens the health and stability of ocean ecosystems and places strain on the food and economic security of coastal ...

Story: Wildfires have once again made headlines, highlighting the growing intensity and frequency of natural disasters across the United States. And these disasters leave more than destruction in ...

Effective management of state pension investments is crucial to ensuring the sustainability of retirement benefits for millions of public sector employees, so The Pew Charitable Trusts has tracked ...

Human well-being and ocean health are closely intertwined: The marine environment plays a critical role in climate regulation and provides important resources to people—from food and medicines to ...