From the Editor’s Desk: Obama and the Environment
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By , on November 15th, 2010 5 comments   Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Industry & Government, Mining, Oil Spills   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Obama’s Pledge on the Environment “We cannot afford more of the same timid politics when the future of our planet is at stake. Global warming is not a someday problem, it is now. We are already breaking records with the intensity of our storms, the number of forest fires, the periods of drought. By 2050 . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Obama and the Environment

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TGIF: World’s Deepest Pool
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By , on June 5th, 2009 3 comments   Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Pictures and Movies, Scientist!   , , , , , , ,  

Why does Europe get all the cool stuff, while here in America we can only brag about the world’s largest McDonald’s? Oh, and the world’s coolest President. Nice speech in Cairo, dude. Obama makes it worth being here, so far from the Nemo 33 diving center in Brussels, Belgium. The pool is spring fed, . . . → Read More: TGIF: World’s Deepest Pool

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Can we get excited now?
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By , on March 31st, 2009 4 comments   Industry & Government, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , , , ,  

President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 into law yesterday, authorizing sustained funding for ocean exploration, mapping, coastal and ocean observation, ocean acidification research and monitoring, coastal and estuarine land conservation, and… shipwrecks! They’re in there somewhere. I just know it. ; ) An astute commenter pointed out this . . . → Read More: Can we get excited now?

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