

Summit News, Hurricane Blues, Judicial whales, Nobel jellies and more Oct. 10, 2008 By David Helvarg DC GETS THE BLUES Whoever the next President and Congress are they will be inheriting the worst economy of our lifetimes plus two wars and a climate crisis. They will need to be reminded how vital our ocean and…

Aloha Roz and Gustav, Invasive Critters, Polynesian Polluters and, Oh, Happy 50th Blue Notes. Sept. 10, 2004 By David Helvarg ROZ ARRIVES AT THE STROKE OF… “I’m under the airplane,” Roz informed us on the radio as we watched a jet take off from Honolulu International. Bopping around in a 24-foot towboat looking for a…

Dems all Wet, Roz on Junk, World Traveling Fish, Monster Wave, BFFs and more August 23, 2008 By David Helvarg LET THEM EAT SAND As Barack Obama was bodysurfing Sandy’s Beach on Oahu in Mid-August and taking his family snorkeling at Hanauma Bay the Democrats were putting out their party platform including a statement on…

Our Summer Recess Political Issue plus Coasties BOXER BILL BRINGS OCEAN ACT CLOSER August 1, 2008 By David Helvarg BOXER BILL BRINGS OCEAN ACT CLOSER On July 23 Senator Boxer introduced her long anticipated National Ocean Protection Act (NOPA) in the Senate. Different from the comprehensive ocean bill she’d introduced in 2005 (See Blue Notes #13)…

Popeye McCain, Exxon Packs Court, Smelly Penguins at risk, Row Roz Row and more July 8, 2008 By David Helvarg McCain channels Popeye, announces — “Oil’s Well” If you thought we’d be celebrating Independence from Oil this 4th of July you must be huffing hydrogen. Instead responding to public anxiety over high gas prices and…
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