Blue Frontier

Greening the Coast Guard, Pirates, Fish and more May 23, 2009 By David Helvarg Greening the Coast Guard My Coast Guard book ‘Rescue Warriors’ hit the stores in mid-May. It takes a comprehensive look at the “Coasties” their history, how and why they were able to save over 33,000 people after Hurricane Katrina when the […]

Drills and Warriors, Pirates, Paddles, Dam Fish and Summit Else April 22, 2009 By David Helvarg Not the Same Old Drill In the 1980s the Reagan Administration held public hearings to promote offshore oil and gas drilling. The result was not more rigs off our coasts but rather public opposition leading to the creation of […]

THE BLUE WAVE (PART TWO) March 22, 2009 By David Helvarg On Monday March 9 some 400 people from more than 200 Ocean organizations ranging from Clean Ocean Action and the Waterkeeper Alliance to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard heard what could be the first rippling sound of a […]

A BLUE WAVE SWEEPS INTO WASHINGTON (PART ONE) March 18, 2009 By David Helvarg Despite an economy diving faster than a startled seal over 400 ocean and coastal leaders from around the nation still managed to descend on Washington D.C. for the Blue Vision Summit March 7-10. They represented 200 organizations and agencies ranging in […]

SOLUTIONS FOR OUR SEAS BLUE VISION SUMMIT MARCH 7-10 February 12, 2009 By David Helvarg Featured Speakers CEQ Director Nancy Sutley (invited) NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco (invited) Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Sylvia Earle Philippe Cousteau Bill McKibben Marine Artist Wyland Jim Toomey A Time to Act With the global economy in free fall, industrial gasses […]