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Coast Riposte House blocks attempt to lift ban on coastal drilling; more to come		20 May 2005	Daily Grist
Coast Riposte House blocks attempt to lift ban on coastal drilling; more to come An attempt to weaken the U.S. moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling -- established by Congress in 1982 and renewed every year since -- was blocked yesterday in the House by a 262-157 vote. However, drilling opponents view it as just the first and easiest battle in what is likely to be an extended war. An upcoming bipartisan S ...
Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics)

Overwhelming Scientific Consensus Grows Overwhelminger Climate really changing, oceans reveal to researchers		29 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Overwhelming Scientific Consensus Grows Overwhelminger Climate really changing, oceans reveal to researchers Hey, did you know that the globe is warming? Really and for true! A new study by researchers at NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy, and Columbia University, published in the journal Science this week, concludes that global warming is real. Really. Lead scientist James Hansen calls the new data a "smoking g ...
Topics: climate, James Hansen, news, oceans (all these topics)

Iceland of Make-Believe Little-known facts from a country on the edge of your consciousness	Katharine Wroth	26 Apr 2005	Counter Culture
39,756 -- area of Iceland, in square miles1 39,728 -- area of Kentucky, in square miles2 293,966 -- population of Iceland3 4,117,827 -- population of Kentucky2 10 -- percentage of Icelanders who believe elves "definitely" exist4 0 -- number of successful elf surveys conducted in Kentucky 11.5 -- percentage of Iceland that is covered by glaciers1 3,240 -- square mil ...
Topics: dams, energy, Greenpeace, Iceland, Kentucky, oceans (all these topics)

Coast Busters Oil and gas drillers set their sights on U.S. coastal areas		08 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Coast Busters Oil and gas drillers set their sights on U.S. coastal areas A federal moratorium on oil and gas drilling off U.S. coasts has been in place for 24 years, but there are signs -- the debate over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge being just one -- that it may be in danger. The oil and gas industry has been heavily lobbying state governments, where they believe the decis ...
Topics: energy, mining and drilling, natural gas, news, oceans, oil (all these topics)

The Shipping Spews Shipping line agrees to pay $25 million for illegal oil dumping		06 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
The Shipping Spews Shipping line agrees to pay $25 million for illegal oil dumping Evergreen International, one of the world's largest shipping lines, agreed Monday to pay a $25 million fine after pleading guilty to 24 felony charges and one misdemeanor involving secretly dumping oil off the coasts of five U.S. states and purposefully lying to U.S. Coast Guard officials about the practice. The plea agreemen ...
Topics: energy, news, oceans, oil, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Ballast Off Judge rules EPA must regulate ballast water, control invasive species		04 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Ballast Off Judge rules EPA must regulate ballast water, control invasive species In a court decision called "a slam dunk for healthy oceans" by the Ocean Conservancy's Sarah Newkirk, a federal judge ruled last week that the U.S. EPA must regulate ballast water carried by ships entering U.S. waters. The ruling reverses the agency's exemption of ballast water under the Clean Water Act and labels the water -- ...
Topics: news, oceans, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Route Scootin' Boogie Shell alters pipeline route to spare whale feeding grounds		30 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Route Scootin' Boogie Shell alters pipeline route to spare whale feeding grounds It's one small step for environmentalists, one giant leap for endangered gray whales: Energy giant Royal Dutch/Shell has agreed to alter the planned route of a massive oil and gas pipeline off of Russia's Sakhalin island by 12 miles to preserve the charismatic mammal's feeding grounds. Shell and its partners bowed to pressure from enviros c ...
Topics: energy, news, oceans, oil, Russia (all these topics)

See food, make smart choices	Sarah van Schagen	29 Mar 2005	Gristmill
A new seafood-labeling scheme went into effect yesterday across the U.S. The regulations require that retailers label fish and shellfish with the country of origin and whether they were raised on a farm or caught in the wild. The labels may be put directly on packaging or on signs in the display cases. Proponents say the labels satisfy a consumer's basic 'right to know' about products before purchasing them. Greens should be pleased because the labels will make i ...
Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, oceans (all these topics)

Funny, but Not Baja Funny Gray whales in Baja sanctuary threatened by development		25 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Funny, but Not Baja Funny Gray whales in Baja sanctuary threatened by development Five years ago, conservationists in Baja Mexico won a difficult battle to prevent a salt production plant from setting up shop near the San Ignacio Lagoon, a winter refuge for migrating California gray whales. But the Mexican government's shift toward industrialization has some local residents gearing up for an even more challenging fight. New regulation ...
Topics: Mexico, news, oceans (all these topics)

The Strife Aquatic Concerns about sea critters grow as ocean noise levels increase		22 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
The Strife Aquatic Concerns about sea critters grow as ocean noise levels increase As the world's shipping traffic more than sextupled between 1948 and 1998, scientists say the oceans' noise levels have increased by some 15 decibels -- and as the impact of decibels is calculated exponentially, that's nothing to sneeze at. Researchers worry about the possible threat to many marine organisms that depend on their sense of hearing to ...
Topics: marine life, news, oceans (all these topics)

Our Life With the Drill Kill Kult House bill would end U.S. offshore drilling bans		11 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Our Life With the Drill Kill Kult House bill would end U.S. offshore drilling bans Legislation being drafted in the House Resources Committee would end 23-year-old bans on new offshore oil and gas drilling in the U.S. Still not formally introduced, the legislation, dubbed the State Enhanced Authority for Coastal and Offshore Resources Act, would expand state control over offshore drilling and u ...
Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics, United States (all these topics)

A Current Affair New data on warming oceans are strong evidence for climate change		18 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
A Current Affair New data on warming oceans are strong evidence for climate change Measurements of ocean temperatures presented yesterday constitute (still more) compelling evidence that global warming is upon us, say scientists. The data, introduced at the annual gathering of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, show that temperature readings in the oceans for the past 40 years line up almost exactly with the pr ...
Topics: climate, news, oceans (all these topics)

Wave Hello Ocean energy poised for takeoff		16 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Wave Hello Ocean energy poised for takeoff Though wind power is the fastest-growing renewable energy source, many researchers, power companies, and municipal officials are looking to the oceans for juice. Though it is in its infancy, ocean power -- generated from either waves or the tides beneath -- shows great promise. According to the Electric Power Research Institute, the amount of wave energy off U.S. c ...
Topics: news, oceans, renewable energy, San Francisco (all these topics)

That's Trawl, Folks Bottom-trawling ban proposed for sensitive Alaskan waters		14 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
That's Trawl, Folks Bottom-trawling ban proposed for sensitive Alaskan waters Paving the way for the largest fishing ban of its kind, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously last Thursday to ban bottom trawling on more than half a million square miles of ocean near Alaska's Aleutian Islands -- an area more than twice the size of California. Bottom trawling involves dragging weighted nets along the ...
Topics: Alaska, marine life, news, oceans (all these topics)

Cuts Like a Knife, but It Feels So Wrong Details of environmental cuts in Bush's budget emerge		09 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Cuts Like a Knife, but It Feels So Wrong Details of environmental cuts in Bush's budget emerge Now that the nation's water is all cleaned up, the Bush administration has proposed sharply cutting a federal assistance program designed to help modernize aging sewer systems and prevent toxic runoff into streams and rivers -- from $1.35 billion in 2004 to $730 million. And now that th ...
Topics: Department of Energy, oceans, politics, renewable energy, water pollution (all these topics)

A Warm Unwelcome Seabirds suffer as climate change unravels North Sea food web	Audrey Schulman	25 Jan 2005	Main Dish
Guillemots are disappearing ... Photo: Dr. Brian Wilson, Centre for Bioscience ImageBank. On the south side of the isle of Shetland, off the coast of Scotland, there are more than 1,200 guillemot nests. Last spring, all of them were empty. No pear-shaped eggs, no downy chicks, no next generation of guillemots. Elsewhere on Shetland, the scene was even more disheartening: 24,00 ...
Topics: climate, marine life, oceans (all these topics)

Where's Horton When You Need Him? Natural disasters boon, bust for marine animals		10 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Where's Horton When You Need Him? Natural disasters boon, bust for marine animals The latest in grim tsunami news comes via Sri Lankan sea-turtle researcher Kithsiri Kannangara, whose turtle hatchery was completely wiped out by the enormous waves, which have produced more tragedies than the ancient Greeks. In addition to a large leatherback turtle, seven rare green turtles, and some $500,000 worth of equipment, Kannangara lost 20,0 ...
Topics: Asia, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

To Helvarg and Back David Helvarg, marine activist, answers readers' questions		07 Jan 2005	InterActivist
David Helvarg, Blue Frontier Campaign. What advice do you have for federal resource-agency scientists trying to do the right thing under this administration?�� -- Mike Kelly, McKinleyville, Calif. Remember that sign they hung up in an EPA office during the Reagan administration, "No good deed goes unpunished"? Under George Bush, no good science goes unpunished. It's not that government researche ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, oceans (all these topics)

Tsunamis Tsuck Ecological damage from tsunami may be long-lasting		06 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Tsunamis Tsuck Ecological damage from tsunami may be long-lasting The tsunami that ravaged coastlines of Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, and India last week, causing some 150,000 human deaths and countless dollars in property damage, also wreaked havoc on the region's already-fragile environment. Researchers are just beginning to survey the toll on coastal forests, coral reefs, and wetlands, and experts say the news is not g ...
Topics: Asia, oceans, water pollution (all these topics)

You're a Shadowboxer, Baby Right-wingers exploit tsunami by accusing enviros of exploiting tsunami	Amanda Griscom Little	06 Jan 2005	Muckraker
Was global warming behind the recent catastrophic tsunami in the Indian Ocean? Of course not. Nor did it cause the Iraqi insurgency, the national debt, or Ashley Simpson's lip-synching episode. A devastated village in India. Photo: USAID. Global warming is an atmospheric phenomenon caused by a buildup of airborne greenhouse gases, and though it's expected to i ...
Topics: climate, Indian Ocean, Muckraker, oceans, politics (all these topics)

Come Helvarg and High Water David Helvarg, marine activist, answers Grist's questions		03 Jan 2005	InterActivist
David Helvarg. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm president of Blue Frontier Campaign. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Blue Frontier works to strengthen America's ocean constituency by building unity among seaweed (marine grassroots) activists at the local, regional, and national levels by providin ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, oceans (all these topics)

Swimming With Parks John Emory Parks, international marine expert, answers readers' questions		03 Dec 2004	InterActivist
John Emory Parks of NOAA. What specific actions would you recommend for a family with four kids who really want to make a positive difference in their environment?�� -- Debbie Potts, Perry Hall, Md. Here are several minor things that we do at home with our kids, Debbie. While they are minor, they all really add up! I should mention that they are also things I did growing up. Plant and car ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oceans (all these topics)

Se�or Ahab Japan accused of buying pro-whaling votes		02 Dec 2004	Daily Grist
Se�or Ahab Japan accused of buying pro-whaling votes Last year, Nicaragua became yet another unlikely nation to join the International Whaling Commission, just in time to attend the group's annual meeting and support the lifting of an 18-year moratorium on commercial whale hunting -- a policy change aggressively pushed by Japan, but not yet achieved. Japanese officials deny allegations that they have used foreign aid to buy pro-wh ...
Topics: Japan, oceans, politics (all these topics)

NOAA's Parks John Emory Parks, international marine expert, answers Grist's questions		29 Nov 2004	InterActivist
What work do you do? I'm an international affairs specialist with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal oceans agency. How does it relate to the environment? NOAA oversees a number of environmental duties in the U.S., from monitoring climate and forecasting weather to managing fish stocks within U.S. waters and protecting critical sites through a system of marine sanc ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oceans (all these topics)

Last Resort A new resort complex threatens a Japanese paradise	Jeff Shaw	29 Sep 2004	Main Dish
The elusive and endangered yamaneko. Photo: Makoto Yokotsuka. The Iriomote cat is a survivor. For centuries, it employed the surest survival technique of all -- avoiding humans -- before being scientifically described for the first time in 1967 by Dr. Yoshimori Imaizumi of Tokyo's National Science Museum. Its home, Iriomote Island, is one of the southernmost points in Japan. Located more than 1,200 miles ...
Topics: Japan, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

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