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Four steps to healthy coral reefs

March 27, 2009

Posted by Kate Slusark in Reviving the World's Oceans

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acidification, coral, coralreefbleaching, fishing, globalwarming, marineprotectedareas, oceans, overfishing, smithsonian

I'm by no means an avid snorkeler, but I've gone a few times in my life on various vacations. I've seen fish almost the same size as myself, accidentally stared down a barracuda, and even had a close encounter with...continued

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...continued

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