The Week in Water brings you the latest news in blue living from around the web. The White House formally withdrew its nomination of geochemist Scott Doney to be chief scientist of the National …
Japanese Whalers Making Big Money on Illegal Whale Meat
The BP oil spill may have killed a baby whale, but there are much bigger problems for endangered whales around the world. Japanese, Norwegian and Icelandic whalers have been whaling unsustainably and …
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How Much Should BP Pay for the Gulf Oil Spill?
Money will not fix the problems facing the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the massive oil spill, but clean up is certainly expensive. As the magnitude of the oil spill is still being discovered and …
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Schwarzenegger Removes Support for Offshore Drilling in Wake of Gulf Spill
If you have followed California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's career, you will find he has flip flopped on the issue of offshore drilling several times. In 2008, Schwarzenegger refused to join the …
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Oregon Governor Says No To Banned California Miners
Governor Schwarzenegger upset many gold miners this summer when he signed into law a ban on suction dredge mining in California rivers after a moratorium was put in place by the Alameda Superior …
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Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Eliminated by House; Will Senate Save Them?
The 2010 Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund was not funded by the US House of Representatives in the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill. President Obama had called for $50 million to …