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• Help Protect Polar Bears from Oil Drilling Disaster in the Arctic, and Get Us on Track to a Clean Energy Future (February 7, 2012)
• Reflecting on 2011 and Ready to Fight for Healthier Oceans in 2012 (January 5, 2012)
• Stop Plastic Pollution & End Shark Finning: Two Powerful Ocean Actions for the Earth Summit 2012 (November 3, 2011)
• VICTORY!! California Governor Brown Signs Landmark Shark Conservation Bill (October 7, 2011)
• Take Action: Ask the Governor to Protect Sharks and Our Oceans by Signing AB 376 into Law (September 14, 2011)
• Huge Victory for Sharks: California Legislature Passes Bill to Ban Shark Fin Trade! (September 6, 2011)
• It's a Great Week to Help Save Sharks (August 3, 2011)
• Shark Freediver William Winram Visits San Francisco to Support Shark Protection (July 25, 2011)
• Jellyfish Stings & the Trophic Blues (July 21, 2011)
• Shark Protection is Going Global (July 7, 2011)
• California is One Big Step Closer to Protecting Sharks & Our Oceans (June 28, 2011)
• Join Leonardo Di Caprio, Yao Ming, Edward Norton, Ben Stiller, and Dozens of Celebs to Save Sharks from Hot Water (June 24, 2011)
• Hey California! Millions of Sharks Need Your Help Today (June 10, 2011)
• To Stop Plastic Pollution in the Ocean, Act Locally, Think Globally and Get Excited for Earth Summit 2012 (June 6, 2011)
• Sharks Win 65-8 in the California Assembly! (May 24, 2011)
• Fins Aren't Worth It: In California and Around the World, Sharks are Too Valuable to Lose (May 16, 2011)
• Earth Day Approved: With Good Planning, Ocean Renewable Energy Has Great Potential (April 22, 2011)
• International Conference Builds Momentum for Real Solutions to Plastic Trash in the Sea (March 29, 2011)
• Over 50,000 Sharks Poached in the U.S. Gulf, but Some Good News for Embattled Apex Predators (March 17, 2011)
• Breath-Hold Diver Goes Nose-to-Nose with Sharks to Help Stop Shark Finning (February 14, 2011)
• Tears for Bears: Polar bear swims for 9 days searching for ice, losing her cub. (January 28, 2011)
• What Does Interior's Reform and Restructuring Mean for Ocean Renewable Energy? (January 21, 2011)
• State Water Board Should Stick to the Plan to Stop Coastal Power Plants Sucking Life Out of California's Oceans (December 8, 2010)
• From 'Flipper' to 'The Cove:' Grassroots Activism at its Best with Ric O'Barry and the Earth Island Institute (October 29, 2010)
• YES on Prop 21: a good deal for California's people, parks, wildlife, and economy. (October 12, 2010)
• California Celebrates the Marine Environment, while Lubchenco and Sutley Show Their Ocean Smarts (September 9, 2010)
• Our Water is Shark Water (August 18, 2010)
• Testing the Waters in San Francisco: It Pays to be a Fair Weather Surfer (August 2, 2010)
• National Ocean Policy and Marine Spatial Planning Will Improve Planning, Disaster Prevention, and Ocean Protection (June 8, 2010)
• Disaster on Gulf Offshore Platform: a Grim Tragedy on this 40th Earth Day (April 23, 2010)
• Obama’s "Something for Everyone" Approach to Energy Security Misses the Mark by Opening Major New Offshore Areas to Oil and Gas Exploration (March 31, 2010)
• March 22 – 26 is World Water Week: Watch Tapped and Take Action (March 22, 2010)
• NRDC vs. Offshore Oil & Gas: New Developments in an Old Fight (February 25, 2010)
• Experts at Annual Science Convention To Review Studies Showing Marine Protected Areas Restore Ocean Ecosystems (February 18, 2010)
• Buy Your Badge of Honor – Support California's Natural Resources With a Warden Stamp (January 6, 2010)
• Living Legends: Chumash Cultural Revitalization is Closely Tied to the Health of the Ocean (December 2, 2009)
• Blue Ribbon Task Force Concedes to Difficult Compromise for South Coast Marine Protected Areas (November 11, 2009)
• Decision Delayed for South Coast Marine Protected Areas (October 23, 2009)
• Decision Day for South Coast Marine Protected Area Task Force, Part 2 (October 22, 2009)
• Decision Day for South Coast Marine Protected Area Task Force, Part 1 (October 22, 2009)
• Choosing Marine Protected Areas That Will Work Best for Southern California (October 22, 2009)
• California Leaders Offer Suggestions and Support for Good Work of National Ocean Policy Task Force (September 18, 2009)
• The MPA Monitoring Enterprise: Leading the Way to Ecosystem-Based Monitoring of Marine Protected Areas (September 13, 2009)
• After 2.5-year Historic Public Process, Commission Finalizes Marine Protected Areas on California’s North Central Coast (August 6, 2009)
• I'm Blogging Live at the Hearing to Finalize Marine Protected Areas on CA's North Central Coast (August 5, 2009)
• New Study Reaffirms Marine Protected Areas Restore Depleted Ecosystems (August 3, 2009)
• Opposition-Sponsored Poll Demonstrates Strong Majority Support for Ocean Protection and Marine Protected Areas (July 31, 2009)
• Testing the Waters in San Francisco (July 29, 2009)
• Budget deal passes, but new drilling off CA voted down by State Assembly. (July 24, 2009)
• No real solution to budget woes, but closed-door brokering may overturn 40 years of coastal protection in a sweetheart deal for one company. (July 23, 2009)
• Advances in the Plastic Bottle Battle (July 22, 2009)
• Spatial Planning vs. Ocean Sprawl (July 16, 2009)
• This World Oceans Day, Celebrate the Parks of the Sea (June 8, 2009)
• Every Day is Oceans Day, Especially June 8 (June 2, 2009)
• Strong Support Heard for a Balanced Network of Marine Protected Areas in the North Central California (May 15, 2009)
• Obama’s Ocean 100 (April 29, 2009)
• Waves of Change Can be Scary, but Marine Protected Areas are Worth the Ride (April 29, 2009)
• Ocean Drilling is Not the Answer—Safe Clean Energy Now (April 23, 2009)
• Get Ready to Testify! (April 6, 2009)
• Oceans Day, 2009 (March 27, 2009)
• California Leadership Must Rise Faster Than Sea Levels (March 13, 2009)
• Salazar Calls for a Comprehensive Ocean Energy Plan (February 13, 2009)
• Ocean Inspiration: IMAX Under the Sea 3D (February 13, 2009)
• High Hopes that Obama and Team Will Get Ocean Management Right (December 17, 2008)
• The Tale of Tuna: Too Few of These Tasty Fish (December 4, 2008)
• Obama's Opportunities to Save Our Oceans (November 25, 2008)
• Ocean Renewable Energy: Different Challenges for Wind, Wave, & Tidal (October 10, 2008)
• Break the Bottle Habit (October 9, 2008)
• Grandpa knows, the Oceans just aren’t what they used to be: Shifting baselines, vanishing species, and oceans filled with jellyfish and plastic. (October 1, 2008)
• The Ocean is My Religion (September 22, 2008)
• Spatial Planning to Avoid Ocean Sprawl & Brawls (August 20, 2008)

• Advances in the Plastic Bottle Battle (July 22, 2009)
• After 2.5-year Historic Public Process, Commission Finalizes Marine Protected Areas on California’s North Central Coast (August 6, 2009)
• Blue Ribbon Task Force Concedes to Difficult Compromise for South Coast Marine Protected Areas (November 11, 2009)
• Break the Bottle Habit (October 9, 2008)
• Breath-Hold Diver Goes Nose-to-Nose with Sharks to Help Stop Shark Finning (February 14, 2011)
• Budget deal passes, but new drilling off CA voted down by State Assembly. (July 24, 2009)
• Buy Your Badge of Honor – Support California's Natural Resources With a Warden Stamp (January 6, 2010)
• California Celebrates the Marine Environment, while Lubchenco and Sutley Show Their Ocean Smarts (September 9, 2010)
• California Leaders Offer Suggestions and Support for Good Work of National Ocean Policy Task Force (September 18, 2009)
• California Leadership Must Rise Faster Than Sea Levels (March 13, 2009)
• California is One Big Step Closer to Protecting Sharks & Our Oceans (June 28, 2011)
• Choosing Marine Protected Areas That Will Work Best for Southern California (October 22, 2009)
• Decision Day for South Coast Marine Protected Area Task Force, Part 1 (October 22, 2009)
• Decision Day for South Coast Marine Protected Area Task Force, Part 2 (October 22, 2009)
• Decision Delayed for South Coast Marine Protected Areas (October 23, 2009)
• Disaster on Gulf Offshore Platform: a Grim Tragedy on this 40th Earth Day (April 23, 2010)
• Earth Day Approved: With Good Planning, Ocean Renewable Energy Has Great Potential (April 22, 2011)
• Every Day is Oceans Day, Especially June 8 (June 2, 2009)
• Experts at Annual Science Convention To Review Studies Showing Marine Protected Areas Restore Ocean Ecosystems (February 18, 2010)
• Fins Aren't Worth It: In California and Around the World, Sharks are Too Valuable to Lose (May 16, 2011)
• From 'Flipper' to 'The Cove:' Grassroots Activism at its Best with Ric O'Barry and the Earth Island Institute (October 29, 2010)
• Get Ready to Testify! (April 6, 2009)
• Grandpa knows, the Oceans just aren’t what they used to be: Shifting baselines, vanishing species, and oceans filled with jellyfish and plastic. (October 1, 2008)
• Help Protect Polar Bears from Oil Drilling Disaster in the Arctic, and Get Us on Track to a Clean Energy Future (February 7, 2012)
• Hey California! Millions of Sharks Need Your Help Today (June 10, 2011)
• High Hopes that Obama and Team Will Get Ocean Management Right (December 17, 2008)
• Huge Victory for Sharks: California Legislature Passes Bill to Ban Shark Fin Trade! (September 6, 2011)
• I'm Blogging Live at the Hearing to Finalize Marine Protected Areas on CA's North Central Coast (August 5, 2009)
• International Conference Builds Momentum for Real Solutions to Plastic Trash in the Sea (March 29, 2011)
• It's a Great Week to Help Save Sharks (August 3, 2011)
• Jellyfish Stings & the Trophic Blues (July 21, 2011)
• Join Leonardo Di Caprio, Yao Ming, Edward Norton, Ben Stiller, and Dozens of Celebs to Save Sharks from Hot Water (June 24, 2011)
• Living Legends: Chumash Cultural Revitalization is Closely Tied to the Health of the Ocean (December 2, 2009)
• March 22 – 26 is World Water Week: Watch Tapped and Take Action (March 22, 2010)
• NRDC vs. Offshore Oil & Gas: New Developments in an Old Fight (February 25, 2010)
• National Ocean Policy and Marine Spatial Planning Will Improve Planning, Disaster Prevention, and Ocean Protection (June 8, 2010)
• New Study Reaffirms Marine Protected Areas Restore Depleted Ecosystems (August 3, 2009)
• No real solution to budget woes, but closed-door brokering may overturn 40 years of coastal protection in a sweetheart deal for one company. (July 23, 2009)
• Obama's Opportunities to Save Our Oceans (November 25, 2008)
• Obama’s "Something for Everyone" Approach to Energy Security Misses the Mark by Opening Major New Offshore Areas to Oil and Gas Exploration (March 31, 2010)
• Obama’s Ocean 100 (April 29, 2009)
• Ocean Drilling is Not the Answer—Safe Clean Energy Now (April 23, 2009)
• Ocean Inspiration: IMAX Under the Sea 3D (February 13, 2009)
• Ocean Renewable Energy: Different Challenges for Wind, Wave, & Tidal (October 10, 2008)
• Oceans Day, 2009 (March 27, 2009)
• Opposition-Sponsored Poll Demonstrates Strong Majority Support for Ocean Protection and Marine Protected Areas (July 31, 2009)
• Our Water is Shark Water (August 18, 2010)
• Over 50,000 Sharks Poached in the U.S. Gulf, but Some Good News for Embattled Apex Predators (March 17, 2011)
• Reflecting on 2011 and Ready to Fight for Healthier Oceans in 2012 (January 5, 2012)
• Salazar Calls for a Comprehensive Ocean Energy Plan (February 13, 2009)
• Shark Freediver William Winram Visits San Francisco to Support Shark Protection (July 25, 2011)
• Shark Protection is Going Global (July 7, 2011)
• Sharks Win 65-8 in the California Assembly! (May 24, 2011)
• Spatial Planning to Avoid Ocean Sprawl & Brawls (August 20, 2008)
• Spatial Planning vs. Ocean Sprawl (July 16, 2009)
• State Water Board Should Stick to the Plan to Stop Coastal Power Plants Sucking Life Out of California's Oceans (December 8, 2010)
• Stop Plastic Pollution & End Shark Finning: Two Powerful Ocean Actions for the Earth Summit 2012 (November 3, 2011)
• Strong Support Heard for a Balanced Network of Marine Protected Areas in the North Central California (May 15, 2009)
• Take Action: Ask the Governor to Protect Sharks and Our Oceans by Signing AB 376 into Law (September 14, 2011)
• Tears for Bears: Polar bear swims for 9 days searching for ice, losing her cub. (January 28, 2011)
• Testing the Waters in San Francisco (July 29, 2009)
• Testing the Waters in San Francisco: It Pays to be a Fair Weather Surfer (August 2, 2010)
• The MPA Monitoring Enterprise: Leading the Way to Ecosystem-Based Monitoring of Marine Protected Areas (September 13, 2009)
• The Ocean is My Religion (September 22, 2008)
• The Tale of Tuna: Too Few of These Tasty Fish (December 4, 2008)
• This World Oceans Day, Celebrate the Parks of the Sea (June 8, 2009)
• To Stop Plastic Pollution in the Ocean, Act Locally, Think Globally and Get Excited for Earth Summit 2012 (June 6, 2011)
• VICTORY!! California Governor Brown Signs Landmark Shark Conservation Bill (October 7, 2011)
• Waves of Change Can be Scary, but Marine Protected Areas are Worth the Ride (April 29, 2009)
• What Does Interior's Reform and Restructuring Mean for Ocean Renewable Energy? (January 21, 2011)
• YES on Prop 21: a good deal for California's people, parks, wildlife, and economy. (October 12, 2010)

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