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March 24, 2009
Posted by Kate Slusark in Curbing Pollution
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Reviving the World's Oceans
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- beaches, coasts, exxonvaldez, exxonvaldezanniversary, fishing, noaa, oceans, OCS, offshoredrilling, oil, oilpollutionact, oilspills, princewilliamsound, recreation, tourism
The images of oil-soaked birds and other animals were burned on my brain as a kid in 1989, when the Exxon Valdez spill happened in Alaska's Prince William Sound. Those desperate, tragic pictures made a big impression on me at...
December 12, 2008
Posted by Kate Slusark in Curbing Pollution
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, Solving Global Warming
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- acidification, CO2, coral, coralreefbleaching, energyefficiency, healthyoceansact, marineprotectedareas, newyorktimes, oceanacidification, oceans, oil, pteropods, seaangels, sustainableseafood, whales
I was thrilled to see the New York Times editorial yesterday "The Oceans' Shifting Balance," which talked about what all the CO2 emissions in our air are doing to our oceans. CO2 pollution – the same that is contributing to...
September 30, 2008
Posted by Kate Slusark in Moving Beyond Oil
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, Solving Global Warming
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- beaches, exxonvaldez, gasprices, oceans, offshoredrilling, oil, oilspills
Like so many people - to me, there is no better place for a complete mental escape and recharge than the beach. There's just something incomparably relaxing about basking in the sun, sleeping in the sand, and bathing in the...
September 4, 2008
Posted by Kate Slusark in Moving Beyond Oil
, Reviving the World's Oceans
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- bluelegacy, georgebush, marineprotectedareas, newyorktimes, oceans, offshoredrilling, oil
So, you probably know President Bush wants to open up the nearly 30-year moratorium on offshore drilling in our already struggling oceans – risking oil spills, increasing global warming pollution, creating more waste and further developing our coasts. But, by the way...