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20 years after Exxon Valdez, it's time for a clean energy economy

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...

New York Times: Save our seas by curbing your emissions

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...

At midnight: offshore oil rigs can go up, gas prices won't go down

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...

President Bush’s ocean legacy is “blue-washed”

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...

Kate Slusark
Kate Slusark
Media Relations Associate
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I lived in Maryland most of my life, but also spent a portion of my...
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