By David Helvarg An interview with Palau President Tommy Remengesau Jr. After helping to establish the world’s first shark sanctuary in his nation’s waters in 2009, President Tommy Remengesau Jr. of the Republic of Palau signed legislation last year that set aside 80 percent of his small west Pacific island nation’s ocean as a fully…
By David Helvarg 1. The World Doesn’t Know What You Know Many of us develop a sphere of expertise and after working with our peers and seeing a few stories in the popular media come to believe the public knows more about what we do than it does. In the United States for example (based on…
In response to a letter sent by 115 ocean leaders to the leading presidential candidates, Secretary Clinton has released a two-page response on what she will do to protect our coast and ocean. With just over two months until the election this marks the first time in the campaign where a candidate has fully addressed…
Reproduced from The Progressive – August 18, 2017 By David Helvarg Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have vastly different positions on immigration, education, health care, trade, and foreign policy. One of the few things both presidential candidates have in common is a failure to address what to do with the blue in our red, white…
By: David Helvarg Reproduced from The Hill – August 16, 2016 I was on an expedition off New England with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on 9/11. We were too far offshore to see the attack on TV though we were able to follow it on the radio. That night I watched some of the video…
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