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Japanese Whalers Making Big Money on Illegal Whale Meat

Posted on Jul 06, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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 illegally for years despite an international moratorium on whaling. Rather than address this problem with stronger laws and enforcement, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is discussing lifting the moratorium and replacing it with a whaling quota this week.
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How Much Should BP Pay for the Gulf Oil Spill?

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.

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 British Petroleum (BP) is being accused of falsifying blowout preventer safety tests, Congress is examining the amount of damages the oil giant should be penalized.  Unfortunately, the current liability cap leaves taxpayers largely responsible for clean up that could be 100 times the amount BP will pay under the current law.

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Schwarzenegger Removes Support for Offshore Drilling in Wake of Gulf Spill

Posted on May 04, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.

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 Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s call to lift a moratorium on offshore drilling; however, the state soon faced an insurmountable budget crisis that caused the governor to revise his position.  Given the tragedy of the recent massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Schwarzenegger has changed his mind again and no longer supports offshore drilling.

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Oregon Governor Says No To Banned California Miners

Posted on Oct 20, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.

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 Court.  The short term ban on dredge mining is meant to protect threatened fish populations until the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) revises “its dredging restrictions and place limits on what areas can be mined, when they can be mined and the size of equipment that can be used”.  Now, Oregon’s Governor Kulongoski is concerned banned California miners will invade his state.
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Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Eliminated by House; Will Senate Save Them?

Posted on Jul 02, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.

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 aid restoring the species, but Congressman Doc Hastings’ (R-WA) amendment was rejected by House Democrats.  Funding for salmon recovery was not eliminated entirely, but the money will be transferred to a “broad, nationwide, federal-agency-driven recovery program that dilutes salmon dollars to any project of any sort anywhere in the country, including salmon that aren’t endangered or at risk.”
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