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| Tuna Species under Threat: Green Peace Solomon Times Online - Honiara,Solomon Islands BY GENESIS KOFANA Two migratory Tuna species are seriously under threat of being extinct in the Pacific Ocean, a recent survey by World Conservation Union ... |
| Kinder Morgan settles ocean dumping charge Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA ... violation of the Ocean Dumping Act. The company will pay a $175000 fine and make a $65000 donation to the Oregon Governor's Fund for the Environment. ... |
| Arctic Getting "Wetter" Due to Human-Driven Warming National Geographic - Washington,DC,USA The extra precipitation could freshenocean water in the Arctic and North Atlantic, researchers say, which might disrupt the so-called ocean conveyor belt,... |
| Protecting Florida's natural resources TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA Shifts in concern for the ocean environment and allocations to understand it are helping oceanographers become better forecasters, he said. ... |
| From plastic consumable to ocean life, Earth Day is global Golden Gate [X]Press - San Francisco,CA,USA ... spoke and read a poem about the negative effects of plastics on the environment. He said throw-away plastics end up in the ocean, killing birds and fish ... |
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Take Action: Help Protect Sea Turtles! In the past decade, loggerheads nesting in Florida have declined 50 percent. Oceana, along with the Center for biological Diversity, has petitioned the government to help loggerheads recover by formally listing them as an “endangered†species and creating more protections for turtle habitats in the Atlantic. The two federal agencies charged with protecting loggerheads – in land and on water – are now accepting comments from the public on this important issue. Please speak out for turtles by sending a letter. Hurry - comments will only be accepted until May 5, 2008. |
| One person can make a difference. Please sign the Ocean Conservancy pledge to keep trash out of the oceans. Twenty-two years ago, a woman walking along a beach in Texas was appalled at the amount of trash she saw. She felt compelled to do something and organized a beach clean-up. In two hours, 2,800 people picked up 124 tons of trash. Since that first cleanup in 1986, over 6 million people have removed some 116 million pounds of trash through Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). |
| OCEANS-21 Act now to help move this important legislation forward! Our oceans are currently managed under 140 laws implemented by 20 Federal agencies,without a unifying vision to ensure the overall health and productivity of the ocean. With Oceans 21, we finally have that vision--Including mechanisms to ensure the overall health and productivity of the ocean. Rep. Sam Farr (D-Ca, 17th) (one of our Ocean Champions in Congress)has introduced OCEANS-21, a bill that adopts the key recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commision to develop a holistic ocean health plan. This bill, unlike past ocean legislation, treats the disease, not the symptom. |
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