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Offshore Drilling Is – and Will Remain – A Risky Business

May 7, 2010

Posted by Sarah Chasis in Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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deepwaterhorizon, gulfspill, offshoredrilling, oil

“At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer.” – Author Unknown  As talk in the Gulf (and in Washington,...

Governor's Proposed Cuts Threaten Endangered Whales in New York

March 20, 2009

Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
albany, budget, economy, EPF, fisheries, governorpaterson, newyork, newyorkharbor, oceans, paterson, shipping, shipstrikes, whales

 There was a great article in the New York Times this week about North Atlantic right whales, which the author referred to as "one of the most endangered, and closely watched, species on earth." The article indicates that the whales...

Bush's New Marine Monuments: The Good, the Bad and Next Steps

January 6, 2009

Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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bottomtrawling, bush, coral, deadzones, fishing, janelubchenco, marianas, marinatrench, marinenationalmonument, marineprotectedareas, marinereserves, marinesanctuaries, NOAA, obama, oceanmanagement, oceanpolicy, oceans, overfishing, pacificremoteislands, roseatoll, sonar, whales

Today President Bush is announcing his creation of 3 new national marine monuments in the Pacific Ocean totaling 195,000 square miles - the Marianas, Pacific Remote Islands and Rose Atoll National Marine Monuments. In doing this the President took an...

Sarah Chasis
Sarah Chasis
Senior Attorney and Director, Ocean Initiative
New York
Sarah Chasis is a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC). She...
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