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Scientists to Obama: Less Ocean Noise, Please

October 7, 2009

Posted by Michael Jasny in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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bluewhales, dolphins, nationaloceanpolicy, obama, oceannoise, okeanos, sonar

If, like me, you're desperately concerned about the fate of the oceans, probably the most hopeful development this year is President Obama's launch of a new National Oceans Policy.  The task force he convened in June recently came out with...continued

Whales and Oil

June 19, 2008

Posted by Michael Jasny in Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
exxonmobil, hanaleibay, madagascar, melonheadedwhales, oceannoise, offshoreoil, whalestrandings

As offshore oil gets dragged once again onto the political scene, it’s worth remembering the environmental costs that led to the adoption of an offshore moratorium in the first place.  One of the seminal events in the modern environmental movement...continued

Michael Jasny
Michael Jasny
Senior Policy Analyst
Vancouver, B.C., and Santa Monica
I grew up in an industrialized part of New Jersey, unconcerned about environmental issues (or,...
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