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  Articles

  Biden Tried to Protect the Vulnerable Bering Sea; Will It Work?

  January 23, 2025

  Biden’s Offshore Drilling Ban and Its Implications for the Bering Sea In early January 2025, President Joe Biden enacted a permanent ban on offshore oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal waters, including the entire East and West Coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea.…

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  Rising Ocean Temperatures Are Driving the Los Angeles Firestorms

  January 17, 2025

  Our director, David Helvarg, explores the connection between increasing ocean temperatures and the intensification of wildfires in Southern California in his latest article published in the Progressive. The Role of Fire in Southern California’s Ecosystem Fire has historically been integral to Southern California’s ecosystem. The region’s dry conditions and strong, hot desert winds, known as…

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  Podcast

  From Development Dreams to Parkland Reality: Point Molate’s Story

  December 16, 2024

  Join hosts David Helvarg and Vicki Nichols Goldstein as they dive into the decades-long grassroots effort to transform 413 acres of the San Francisco Bay headland in Richmond, California, into the new Point Molate Park. Featured guest André Soto, a musician and activist, recounts the struggle against plans for a massive casino and high-end housing…

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  Rage Against the Dying of the Reefs

  May 31, 2017

  Rage Against the Dying of the Reefs by David Helvarg May 23, 2017 View the original online at The Progressive . I first saw coral reefs and the abundance of life they generate as a teenager on a trip to Key West in 1967. Tropical reefs cover less than 1 percent of the ocean, but…

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  Blue Notes

  Blue Notes 147

  June 28, 2016

  Blue Notes #147 – June 28th 2016 By David Helvarg Contents: Climate Shock and the Wonders of Palau Protecting the Atlantic’s Deep Sea Treasures Margo Goes Down the Mississippi Saving the Golden Shore A Post Election Blue Vision Even a Few Clams What is Your News?   Climate Shock & the Wonders of Palau At the beginning…

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Additionally, our podcast is broadcast on several radio stations:

• KGUA Radio – Public Media for the Mendonoma Coast
• KWMR – Point Reyes West Marin Community Radio
• KGNU & KGNU-FM – Denver & Boulder Community Radio Stations
• KKRN – Round Mountain California Listener Supported Radio
• G-TOWN RADIO – Germantown Community Radio, Philadelphia.

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Each episode navigates insightful discussions on marine life, and the critical issues affecting our seas. Informative, educational and humorous, it’s a valuable resource for anyone passionate about understanding and preserving our ocean world!