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“Plastiki” Arrives in Australia … With A Little Help
An emotional David de Rothschild called in this afternoon from the coast of Australia, officially announcing that he and the crew of the Plastiki are safely ashore in Australia 122 days after sailing...
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Up Next? Deep Sea Mining
If you think the long-term impacts of the Deepwater Horizon explosion are going to be harmful on a variety of fronts, wait until they start opening up the ocean floor for copper, nickel, gold, silver,...
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More Voices From the Spill
The more things change the more they stay the same. The cap plugging BP’s broken wellhead has been holding for nearly two weeks now. Tropical storms are still approaching. Debate continues over the...
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Obama’s Biggest Mistake? The Moratorium? 11,000 Think So
Last week’s Rally for the Economy in Lafayette, Louisiana, went largely unnoticed outside the state, though 11,000 vociferous oil workers, their supporters and the elected political elite of the state...
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Oil Spills Continue, Just Business As Usual
Despite the hullabaloo created around the world by the Deepwater Horizon accident, oil spills are hardly a new occurrence. They’ve been happening since prehistoric man first accidentally tapped into an...
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Could the New National Ocean Policy Have Prevented Gulf Mess?
I built a fence in my backyard this summer, which seemed to require more zoning and inspection, applications and approvals than much of what we see built along the coastlines of the U.S. It’s a fact...
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U.N. Endangered List: Galapagos Off, Everglades On
What a difference a vote makes. In a tally by the U.N. World Heritage committee meeting in Brasilia last week the Galapagos Islands were taken off the list of World Heritage sites formally considered...
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Baptism By Waves
I hadn’t thought much about baptism since the last time I watched “The Godfather” until I saw a photo last week of 29 Marines (the Ohio-based 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment) on the verge of setting off...
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Government Spill Numbers Too Good To Be True
When, on August 4th, President Obama’s chief environmental adviser Carol Browner put the White House stamp of approval on stats claiming “74 percent of the oil spilled into the Gulf” had already been...
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Five Years Post-Katrina … Eco-Voodoo Lingers On
With the upcoming five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (August 29), the Gulf Coast is bracing for another media onslaught. Network anchors all have their tickets (each competing for turf with...
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