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 Stories About: Earth Island Institute
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Victory at Sea
David Brower leaves a legacy for dolphins |
Mark J. Palmer |
10 Jan 2002 |
Soapbox |
| The one-year anniversary of the death of environmental legend David Brower has come and gone, just a week after the U.S. Department of Justice decided not to appeal a dolphin protection lawsuit the Earth Island Institute filed with Dave back in 1999. Dolphins on the run. Photo: NOAA. For reasons that are still unknown, a small portion of the world's tuna swim with dolphins in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean ... |
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| Topics: Earth Island Institute, marine life, Mexico, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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24 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Back Flipper A federal appeals court yesterday rejected the U.S. government's bid to loosen the standard for "dolphin-safe" tuna. The U.S. wanted to open its dolphin-safe market to Mexican and Latin American fishers who catch tuna in large purse-seines and promise to set fre ... |
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| Topics: Department of Commerce, Earth Island Institute, environmental justice, globalization, marine life, Mexico, politics, South America, United States, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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