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By land or sea, using the military for law enforcement raises red flags
Read more: By land or sea, using the military for law enforcement raises red flagsBackground on the StrikesThe article examines the Trump administration’s decision to carry out military strikes against boats off Venezuela’s coast, which it claimed were tied to narcotics trafficking. Officials justified the attacks by labeling the targets as “unlawful combatants” in a self-declared “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels. Legal and Ethical ConcernsCritics argue that the…
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Will California’s marine mammal conservation success come undone?
Read more: Will California’s marine mammal conservation success come undone?Dramatic Comebacks & Current Scope of Biodiversity Thanks to landmark protections like the Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972) and the Endangered Species Act (1973), many of California’s marine mammals have staged impressive recoveries over the past 50 years. Species such as California sea lions, northern elephant seals, harbor seals, whales, dolphins, porpoises, and southern sea…
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Balancing Wonder and Warning: Dr. Ben Halpern on the Future of Our Oceans
Read more: Balancing Wonder and Warning: Dr. Ben Halpern on the Future of Our OceansIn the latest episode of ‘Rising Tide, the Ocean Podcast,’ David and Natasha speak with Dr. Ben Halpern. Along with being a past Peter Benchley Ocean Award winner, Ben serves as Director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, a research center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is also…
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Labor is for ‘Revolution’ in Offshore Wind
Read more: Labor is for ‘Revolution’ in Offshore WindIn the latest episode of ‘Rising Tide, the Ocean Podcast,’ David speaks with Erica Hammond, Legislative Director of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. They represent most of the roughly 1,000 workers who’ve been out of a job since the Trump administration issued a stop-work order in August on the ‘Revolution’ wind farm project. That’s a 5 billion-dollar 80…
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It’s Time to Save the Whales Again
Read more: It’s Time to Save the Whales AgainDavid Helvarg recently wrote an article on the LA Times highlighting the recent attack on the Marine Mammal Protection Act by Rep. Nick Begich. The Golden Era of Environmental Protection David recalls the environmental awakening of the late 1960s and early 1970s, when disasters like the Santa Barbara oil spill and the Cuyahoga River fire…
How To Listen
You can listen to our podcast on a variety of platforms including Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Android, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Blubrry, Podchaser, Gaana, the Podcast Index, and Deezer.
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.
- KAKU – The Voice of Maui
- KQUA – Roseburg’s Community Radio Station
- KXCR – Community Radio Florence
- KEPW – Peaceworks Community Radio
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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!
