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Tomorrow in Providence I’ll Testify that a National Policy Can Help Protect the Atlantic Coast

September 21, 2009

Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans

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bottomtrawling, healthoceanspolicy, healthyoceans, MARCO, nationaloceanspolicy, oceantaskforce, offshoredrilling, providence, submarinecanyons, tilefish

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

Four Underwater Canyons in Atlantic Get Federal Protection from Bottom Trawling

August 28, 2009

Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
bottomtrawling, MARCO, offshoredrilling, submarinecanyons, tilefish

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

Think Global, Wish Local – My Top Asks This World Oceans Day

June 8, 2009

Posted by Ali Chase in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
bottomtrawling, budget, governorpaterson, governorsmidatlanticcouncilonoceans, healthyoceans, longisland, MARCO, newyork, offshoredrilling, sealevelrise, seamounts, submarinecanyons, whales, worldoceansday

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

Ali Chase
Policy Analyst
New York
I’m a Policy Analyst for NRDC’s Harbor Bight Program. I work on Mid-Atlantic and federal...
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