The writings of David Helvarg
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Blue Groups Refuse Oil Money
Read more: Blue Groups Refuse Oil MoneyDavid Helvarg September 15, 2013 Across the nation thousands of college students have joined a campaign, inspired by author and climate activist Bill McKibben, to get their universities to divest from fossil fuel companies just as they once got them to purge their portfolios of companies doing business with apartheid-era South Africa. Yet even many…
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Can California save the ocean?
Read more: Can California save the ocean?David Helvarg August 16, 2013 California, its economy recovering from the Great Recession, is far from the demise conservative doomsayers predicted just a few years ago, a demise brought on by environmental regulation, graduated income taxes and its sybaritic ways. In fact when it comes to environmental policy, particularly ocean and coastal protection, California is a…
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California, catch the next big energy wave
Read more: California, catch the next big energy waveDavid Helvarg July 13, 2013 The first U.S. offshore wind turbine hooked into the U.S. power grid in June, but not in the “green” state of California. It happened on the opposite side of the continent, off the coast of Maine, using a floating wind-generator prototype well suited for the deep ocean water typically found…
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California confronts a sea change
Read more: California confronts a sea changeDavid Helvarg November 27, 2012 The state isn’t waiting to plan for rising sea levels. In Superstorm Sandy’s wake, other states should look west for inspiration on how to prepare. Governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey don’t need to wait on gridlocked Washington to confront future risks from climate-change…
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Obama and Romney Speak Out on America’s Public Seas
Read more: Obama and Romney Speak Out on America’s Public SeasDavid Helvarg October 26, 2012 Throughout the presidential campaign America’s environment and climate crisis have gone un-noted and ignored, as has our largest wilderness frontier that is also a major driver of our economy, our public seas. America’s ocean waters that provide recreation, transportation, trade, energy, protein and security got mentioned only in the context…
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