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Japanese Whalers Making Big Money on Illegal Whale Meat

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:26:22 +0000

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 [...]

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How Much Should BP Pay for the Gulf Oil Spill?

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:11:35 +0000

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 [...]

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Schwarzenegger Removes Support for Offshore Drilling in Wake of Gulf Spill

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:05:37 +0000

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 [...]

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Oregon Governor Says No To Banned California Miners

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:12:45 +0000

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.Â The short term ban on dredge mining is meant to protect threatened fish populations until the Department of Fish and Game [...]

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Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Eliminated by House; Will Senate Save Them?

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:49:23 +0000

The 2010 Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund was not funded by the US House of Representatives in the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill.Â President Obama had called for $50 million to aid restoring the species, but Congressman Doc Hastings’ (R-WA) amendment was rejected by House Democrats.Â Funding for salmon recovery was not eliminated entirely, but [...]

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Obama Pushes for Clean Water Restoration Act of 2009

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:00:18 +0000

The landmark Clean Water Act (CWA) was passed in 1972 intending to protect and clean up all of America’s waterways. Two relatively recent Supreme Court cases have rolled back protection of American waters by narrowing CWA definitions, and the Obama administration would like to restore the act’s original intentions.Â Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) has reintroduced [...]

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Obama Pledges $279 million for Everglades Restoration

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:00:46 +0000

In 2000, legislation to restore the Everglades created a partnership between the US federal government and the state of Florida to undertake the largest environmental project in US history called the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).Â Under this agreement, saving the Everglades would take 30 years, and the burden of cost (estimated at $10 billion) [...]

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Everyoneâ€™s Downstream From This: Maria Gunnoeâ€™s Appalachia

Scott James — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:00:22 +0000

Imagine if someone came into your neighborhood, blew up a few buildings, took what they wanted and dumped the toxic debris into your drinking water. What would you do? Maria Gunnoe and many of the communities in Appalachian West Virginia are dealing with exactly that question. While coal mining has long been important to the [...]

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