In the first thorough review of ocean policy in 34 years, the Pew Oceans Commission released a host of recommendations in 2003 to guide the way in which the federal government will successfully manage America’s marine environment. The report found that more than 60 percent of America’s coastal rivers and bays are degraded by nutrient [...]
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Pew Oceans Commission
Posted in environmental policy, oceans, pollution, sustainability on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Global Warming in the Arctic — Much Worse than We Thought! : EcoWorldly
Posted in global warming, oceans on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dr Sommerkorn says: “What this report says is that a warming Arctic is much more than a local problem, it’s a global problem. Simply put, if we do not keep the Arctic cold enough, people across the world will suffer the effects.”
One major finding is that sea-level is actually anticipated to rise by more than [...]
Coral Reefs at Risk | Action Stories | Reader’s Digest
Posted in pollution, reefs on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reefs are home to millions of animals—at least 25 percent of all fish species. These underwater worlds are so lush that they’ve become known as the rain forests of the sea. But just as rain forests are in trouble on land, all is not well beneath the waves. Worldwide, half of all reefs have vanished, [...]
Toxic Waters – Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering – Series – NYTimes.com
Posted in drinking water, environmental policy, pesticides, pollution, tap water, water facts, water safety, water testing on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Almost four decades ago, Congress passed the Clean Water Act to force polluters to disclose the toxins they dump into waterways and to give regulators the power to fine or jail offenders. States have passed pollution statutes of their own. But in recent years, violations of the Clean Water Act have risen steadily across the [...]
Worldchanging: Bright Green: Imagine A World Without Fish
Posted in oceans, pollution on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ocean acidification must be a core climate message, since it is hard to deny and impervious to the delusion that geoengineering is the silver bullet. Indeed, a major 2009 study GRL study, “Sensitivity of ocean acidification to geoengineered climate stabilization” subs. req’d, concluded:
The results of this paper support the view that climate engineering will not [...]
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