It’s a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments.
SYLVIA EARLEThe Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents.
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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
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To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It’s not just a cost to the people who live there. It’s a cost to all people everywhere.
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Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into the food chain, but also yields oxygen, grabs carbon – it’s a part of what makes the ocean function and what makes the planet function.
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Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.
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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
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And there’s no question that it is a factor, but it’s preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation.
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The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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I love music of all kinds, but there’s no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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