Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans
Last Thursday, Governor Paterson announced a two-year, $5 billion deficit reduction plan (DRP) to eliminate the state's current budget without raising taxes. Among other things, the plan calls for a transfer of $10 million from the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF)...continued→
Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans
As a child, my summer revolved around my family's week-long vacation to Cape Cod. My brother and I loved jumping in the waves, searching for beach glass along the shore, and threading small shells together into necklaces that my grandmother...continued→
Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans
As our wonderfully long summer draws to a close, Cornell scientists should be out in New York's ocean setting up the acoustic buoys that monitor for endangered whales. October signals the start of the whales' southern migration from the rich...continued→
Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans
Far offshore, miles underneath the waves, are miniature replicas of the pueblo villages of the Southwest. They have been created by tilefish - our "ocean engineers" - that industriously burrow into the clay to form these amazing structures that provide...continued→
Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans
Today is the inaugural celebration of an official World Oceans Day! It will be interesting to witness what traditions to celebrate World Oceans Day build up, and whether or not this will become the Earth Day of the year-2020 crowd....continued→
Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans
I don't think anyone needs a reminder that this weekend is Memorial Day weekend (hello, long weekend!) and with it comes the beginning of summer, a reminder to students (and parents) everywhere that long days of freedom are ahead, and, for...continued→
Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans
New York State achieved a milestone in ocean and Great Lakes protection last Wednesday when the final blueprint for how the state intends to protect and conserve these precious resources was delivered to the Legislature and the Governor's desk (this...continued→
Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans
Has Spring finally arrived? After a long winter spent pressing the New York State Governor and Legislature to ensure the funding necessary to protect the state's ecologically and economically important ocean and Great Lakes resources, today was a breath of...continued→
Posted by Ali Chase in Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming
This Monday in Atlantic City, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar kicks off a series of four regional public hearings to discuss the future of energy development off our coasts. This is the only hearing that will be held...continued→
