This story was originally published by David Helvarg, Jason Scorse on 13 March 2019 in Mongabay (News and Inspiration from Nature’s Frontline). It can be viewed here. The Green New Deal (GND) is a U.S. resolution that aims to address economic inequality and global warming through a set of proposed economic stimulus projects. As nearly […]
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Rage Against the Dying of the Reefs
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 […]
Always Ready: The U.S. Coast Guard Diving Program
“My umbilical is stuck,” MK1 Michael Pearsall reports. “Primary banks going down,” DV1 Geri Cabrera says from where she’s monitoring her fellow diver’s air, communications and depth on the XLDS (Extreme Lightweight Diving System). We’re on a Coast Guard pier in Alameda, Calif. It’s a hot, clear day, and we can see his bubbles about […]
“The Finest Hours” Celebrates a Heroic, Near Impossible Coast Guard Rescue — One of Many in Coast Guard History
From New Orleans after Katrina to a Daring San Francisco Bay Rescue, up-from-below Leadership Took Center Stage In the book turned Disney action movie “The Finest Hours,” out Jan. 29, Chris Pine plays real-life Coast Guard hero Bernie Webber. In February 1952 Webber and his crew of three saved 32 of 33 sailors trapped on […]