The Blue Beat

September 16, 2004 By David Helvarg Lloyds of London won’t insure the section of Florida that’s in the path of Hurricane Ivan. But the federal government does. Environmentalist Dave Helvarg is all for the government helping people—but against encouraging stupid building decisions. As he explains, tax subsidies actually encourage construction in areas that are vulnerable […]

By The Blue Frontier Campaign America is and always has been an Oceanic society. From the Bering Sea Land-bridge to the Jamestown Settlement to the processing lines of Ellis Island we have been a tempest tossed people, a saltwater people, a coastal people. We have lived well on the abundance of our seas and coastlines […]

July 11-13th, 2004 By David Helvarg “They call themselves seaweed rebels, their logo an upraised fistful of the stuff that almost militantly declares the oceans an issue that the United States can no longer handle in half measures.” So reads the opening paragraph from one of a series of articles in the Naples (Florida) Daily […]

January 3rd, 2005 By Coastal Living Blue Frontier Campaign announced today that it had received the prestigious 2005 Coastal Living Award for Leadership. Each year Coastal Living Magazine honors a select group of people and organizations who have contributed to protection of the shore. The awards recognize achievements in the areas of Sea and Shore […]

By David Helvarg Under the waves, the teeming ocean is one kinky place. David Helvarg is president of the Blue Frontier Campaign, editor of the Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide (Island Press, 2005) and author of “Blue Frontier — Saving America’s Living Seas” (Sierra Club Books, 2005) January 26, 2005 James Dobson of Focus on […]