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Fabien Cousteau’s Plan to "Re-Plant" Key Marine Species Worldwide

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Fast Company Fabien Cousteau, grandson of the ocean explorer Jaques Cousteau, has a mission to empower communities to “re-plant” important marine species in their local habitats. From oysters in New York Harbor, to sea turtles in El Salvador, to corals in the Maldives, the ocean advocate is hoping to spark a worldwide effort of rehabilitating our marine ecosystems. To do so, he’s started up a non-profit called Plant a Fish, and the efforts are starting at the edge of Brooklyn. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cool New Map Shows Marine Protected Areas And Their Status Across North America

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Image via CEC There are nearly 2,000 marine protected areas in North America, part of a (hopefully) growing network of coastline areas that are a somewhat safer zone for marine life. MPAs are vital to giving threatened species room to rebound and provide habitat for migrating species. Everyone knows TreeHuggers love a good map, and the North American Environmental Atlas and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation have put out a new map that shows all the protected areas from Canada to Mexico, including the protection status and the parties res… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Official Gulf Spill Estimate Doubled: There’s Been an Exxon Valdez-Sized Spill Every 8 Days

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Image via NASA The latest estimate from the federal government for the amount of oil gushing into the Gulf every day has just been doubled — up from 12,000 – 19,000 barrels to 25,000 – 30,000. These new numbers, which many scientists still feel low ball the true amount, mean that a spill the size of the entire Exxon Valdez tragedy has occurred every 8-10 days since the leak first began. And yes, seeing as how we’re nearly two months into this spill, that means the … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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World Cup: What to Wear When Watching It

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Image from Philosophers Football Sic transit. We asked this important question in 2006 when the World Cup for football (soccer) was held in Germany and here we are again still pondering the universe, as the championship moves to South Africa. We know that the teams will be sporting jerseys by Nike made of recycled plastic bottles. But what about our men, sprawled in front of th… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Canadian Coal Mining Interest Holds Glacier Park Hostage For US Taxpayer Money

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Flathead River course, flowing south out of Canada, through the US Glacier National Park area. Image credit: Wikipedia A joint U.S.-Canada effort is underway to halt ongoing exploration for gold, coal, oil and gas in much of the upper Flathead River Basin, covering 9,000 square miles and straddling the US/Canadian border. There’s a parallel effort to buy out existing leases. As reported in the Missoulian, Montana’s Governor is working hard to protect the pristine source waters of… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What the Hell is the Murkowski Amendment?

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The Murkowski amendment , which is currently heading to the Senate floor for a vote, is around one sentence long. It’s simple, and potentially devastating. It’s solely stated goal is overturning the endangerment finding filed by the EPA that ruled greenhouse gases are a harmful pollutant, and threaten public well-being. Which would both effectively stop the EPA from being able to clamp down on the nation’s heaviest greenhouse gas polluters and toss Obama’s new, highly touted national fuel economy standard into the trash heap… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is Conventional Farming Just Hydroponics in Dirt?

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Image credit: Susty My post on why soil is not dirt , and to a lesser degree my subsequent backtracking on why dirt may be soil after all , drew a passionate and divided response. It seems many folks really do care about the dirt/soil we depend on after all. But as email responses from friends and fellow soil geeks keep trickling in, one friend brought up an interesting analogy. Maybe conventional “soil based” agricultur… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Humpback Whales Have BFFs Just Like You

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: MMS , Public domain. Will You Be My Friend? Humpback whales are the first baleen whales known to form lasting bonds, according to scientists who study the giant sea mammals. This tells us something new about the social and emotional intelligence of our massive cousins, and also gives us one more reason why whaling is wrong. “Individual female humpbacks reunite each summer to feed and swim alongside one another in the Gulf of St Lawrence, off Canada The finding raises the possibility that commercial whaling may have b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Senator Graham To Vote Against the Climate Bill He Wrote

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Fits News If anyone else out there feels foolish for having been taken a ride by the man who was once the greatest hope for passing a climate bill, know that you’re not alone. I’m hating myself for writing a post that actually suggested that we “thank Lindsey Graham” for saving the climate bill. Then again, there’s no way I could have known that just a few months later, it would become clear that Graham is either an incomprehensible maniac, an opportunistic hack, or both:… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Plastic Century Dares You: Sip from Trash-Filled Water

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The installation at the California Academy of Sciences. Photo via Boing Boing . Visitors who come across the ” Plastic Century ” art installation while searching for a sip of water at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco tomorrow may find their options less than appealing: Drink from a trash-filled water cooler or go thirsty…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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