The latest PSA from filmmaker/scientist Randy Olson.
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“We Didn’t Know the Impacts” of Dispersants on Sea Life
But we decided to use them anyway. Go U.S.A.! U.S.A….U.S.A. Too much oil was collecting on the surface above the wellhead, ruining any would-be attempt…
View More “We Didn’t Know the Impacts” of Dispersants on Sea LifeMore reports of oil in the deep, but corals seem OK
Two important Gulf of Mexico stories catching my attention this week. First off, dives to a deep-sea coral reef appear to bring back good news–coral…
View More More reports of oil in the deep, but corals seem OKGreenwashing: The Case of “Sustainable Fisheries”
Green washing is misleading publicity or propaganda designed to present an image of environmental responsibility. TerraChoice has a nice list of the Six Sins of Green…
View More Greenwashing: The Case of “Sustainable Fisheries”Curiouser and Curiouser
This is a special report Jarrett Byrnes, a marine ecologist at University California, Santa Barbara and blogger at I’m a Chordata, Urochordata. ————————————– Something new…
View More Curiouser and CuriouserShould BP’s Money Go Where the Oil Didn’t?
Of course, anyone who bothered to look at a map would have known that St. Pete Beach — and hundreds of other vacation spots throughout…
View More Should BP’s Money Go Where the Oil Didn’t?Delay in PNG Mining Permit?
This is from via ABC Radio Australia News…Delay as Canadian firm seeks PNG mining licence The Papua New Guinea government has delayed granting a Canadian mining company,…
View More Delay in PNG Mining Permit?PNG Gives OK to Deep-Sea Mining
Well shit… The green-lighting of the world’s first deep-sea mineral mine in Papua New Guinea waters has caused alarm among scientists and indigenous people who…
View More PNG Gives OK to Deep-Sea MiningOcean acidification is evil: a not-so-great poem
Ocean acidification is evil. Ocean species expect great upheaval. Horrific for survival, expect no survival Second worst for calcification, what an abomination! Dire but better…
View More Ocean acidification is evil: a not-so-great poemWorst coral death strikes at Southeast Asia
If the impending coral death in the Caribbean didn’t make you nauseous… International marine scientists say that a huge coral death which has struck Southeast Asian and…
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