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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Aspen Env't Forum: 'Soccer moms are the enemy of biological education' E.O. Wilson calls for kids to be set free outside, scripted activities be damned	Lisa Hymas	01 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Renowned biologist and naturalist E.O. Wilson regaled the crowd at last week's Aspen Environment Forum with his wit and wisdom during an on-stage interview. A choice segment: The worst thing you can do to a child, in my opinion, is take them on a hike through a botanical garden where there are the names of the trees on the side. Rachel Carson once said, so true, take the child to the seashore, turn her loose with a pail, and tell her to go explore the tidepools. D ...
Topics: education, green living, oceans, parenting, wilderness (all these topics)

Hasta La Vista, Fishies Schwarzenegger Cuts Moola for California Marine Reserves Plan		14 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Hasta La Vista, Fishies Schwarzenegger Cuts Moola for California Marine Reserves Plan In a boon for headline-writers who still haven't exhausted their Terminator puns, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has put an indefinite hold on planning for a more than 1,000-mile-long necklace of no-fishing marine reserves along the California coast -- mandated by a 1999 state law ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, marine life, oceans, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Not Just a Day in the Park More than 11 percent of Earth is Protected, But Species Still Suffer		11 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Not Just a Day in the Park More than 11 percent of Earth is Protected, But Species Still Suffer There's good news and bad news from the fifth World Parks Congress, being held this week in Durban, South Africa. The good news: There are now more than 100, 000 protected natural areas on the planet, including large stretches of the Amazon rainforest and the Arctic tundra. The bad news: More than 700 endangered animal species risk extinction ...
Topics: oceans, wilderness (all these topics)

Calling in the Reserves		21 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Calling in the Reserves The debate over oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been in the limelight a lot lately -- but what about energy exploitation in the rest of the state? On Friday, the Bush administration released a report on the likely environmental impact of new dril ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, energy, marine life, mining and drilling, oceans, politics, US Geological Survey, US Navy, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Little Drummer Buoy		19 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Little Drummer Buoy For almost a quarter-century, government and private research agencies dumped drums of radioactive waste into the waters just west of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge -- and now the waste is leaking into the Gulf of Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Federal officials say they don't have enough money to determine the extent of the damage; ...
Topics: California, marine life, oceans, Pacific Ocean, pollution and waste, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Shore: Enough		15 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Shore: Enough An innovative if controversial bill could protect offshore waters in California from oil drilling by allowing oil companies to swap drilling claims in California for others in the Gulf of Mexico. The legislation, introduced yesterday by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and John Breaux (D-La.), would convert 40 offshore tra ...
Topics: California, Gulf of Mexico, mining and drilling, oceans, wilderness (all these topics)

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