The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place.
SYLVIA EARLEIn terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don’t see in the daytime.
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Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away.
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The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher – and humans, as well as the corals, fish and other creatures, are suffering the consequences.
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Protecting vital sources of renewal – unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens – will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.
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A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction that destroys entire ecosystems while targeting a few species.
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I’m not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.
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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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There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.
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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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