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SCUBA divers call for a ban on shark finning in a 30-second public service announcement

Wed, 2013-10-16 11:07 — admin

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Norway, Canada, the United States and the Tar Sands

Fri, 2013-06-07 00:32 — Maeryn Obley

It is crunch time on tar sands. (photo: Greenpeace)

Image: It is crunch time on tar sands. (photo: Greenpeace)

readersupportednews.org - May 11th, 2013 - Dr. James Hansen

Today 36 Norwegian organizations sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stoltenberg expressing opposition to development of Canadian tar sands by Statoil (the Norwegian state is majority shareholder of Statoil). Signatories include not only environmental organizations, but a broad public spectrum, including, appropriately, many youth organizations. It is encouraging that Norwegian youth press their government to stop supporting tar sands development, given the fact that Norway saves much of its oil earnings for future generations and given the fact that Norway is not likely among the nations that will suffer most from climate change.

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Victory! Offshore Oil Drilling Stopped in Belize

Wed, 2013-05-01 07:21 — admin

Oceana.org April 17, 2013 Jessica Wiseman

Yesterday, Belize’s Supreme Court declared offshore drilling contracts issued by the Government of Belize (in 2004 and 2007) null and void, providing a dramatic and potentially definitive setback to The Government of Belize and the petroleum prospecting companies issued the contracts.

The ruling, handed down by Justice Oswell Legall, was in response to a case brought by Oceana, COLA, and the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage. It effectively ends the Belizean government’s immediate effort to allow offshore oil drilling in the Meso American Reef, the second largest barrier reef in the world.

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Fascinating floating city concepts to house humanity in a globally warmed world

Tue, 2012-08-14 15:08 — Corey Watts

submitted by Samuel Bendett photo courtesy of Oculus

www.ecofriend.com - by Dattatreya Mandal - April 2012

The last time we checked, water occupied around 71 percent of our precious Earth's surface. And with the serious instigations of global warming, it is clearly beginning to dawn on some of us that we are running out of 'ground' for our mega-cities, grand settlements and expansive conurbations. But before we press our panic buttons, there has been progressive yet credible proposals to design and build human habitats in the seas itself!

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