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Global Warming Wildlife Survival Bill calls for study, solutions
October 17, 2007
Baby leatherback turtle
Photo by National Park Service
Washington, DC — Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), announced that they will soon be introducing the Global Warming Wildlife Survival bill, landmark legislation addressing the threat of climate change to wildlife, oceans, and imperiled species.The [...]
In a culture where profit is enshrined as the highest good, and individual rights are exalted over social responsibility, its hard to even start a conversation about sustainable business practices with most Americans. President Bush and his administration have quite succesfully conjured images of economic collapse whenever anyone challenges our reliance on fossil fuels, for [...]
Would you believe it if I told you that tropical fish are now swimming in temperate waters? Fish are coming up from the Caribbean. They have been seen as far north as Massachusetts. The oceans have been warming since 1975 and the experts now agree this is caused by human induced global warming. Here is [...]
The Ocean Conservancy’s Strategic Priority # 3: Conserve Special Ocean Places
Priority Activities
A majority of ocean scientists agree that marine protected areas are proven tools for conserving ocean ecosystems. Both the Pew Oceans Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy endorsed the increased use of marine protected areas and marine reserve networks. Nevertheless, marine protected [...]
Ocean Conservancy
Things Are Heating Up
That the planet is warming is no secret. By now, you’ve probably seen a movie or two, heard countless news reports, read a thousand articles on our warming climate. The scientists all say (or nearly all, anyway) that warming is happening, its accelerating, and if we don’t do something soon we [...]
A study released yesterday by the International Energy Agency estimates that China has now surpassed the US in polluting carbon emissions (see China may lead in greenhouse gases from today’s Los Angeles Times). Although some may take some solace in the US no longer being the lead global polluter, the drop in ranking has more [...]
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