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Obama’s ocean monuments, deep diving seals, and sustainable US fisheries: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, May 24th, 2018

Posted on May 24, 2018 by David Shiffman

Cuttings (short and sweet):

Follow Canadian ocean science communicator Kayla Glynn on twitter.
NOAA’s status of stocks. By Steve Midway, for the Fisheries Blog.
Antarctic seals recruited to measure the effects of climate change. By Alex Fox, for Nature News.
15,000 lionfish removed from Florida waters. By Ed Killer, for the Treasure Coast Palm.
Plastic bag swallowing sperm whales are victims of our progress. By Phillip Hoare, for the Guardian.
Ban on sunscreen chemicals proposed to protect coral reefs. By David Fleshler, for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

The high-stakes battle over President Obama’s ocean monuments. By Alastair Bland, for OceansDeeply.
A seachange in fisheries is needed to protect marine mammals. From WWF Environmental News.
Porpoises flee from noise pollution. By Amorina Kingdon, for Hakai.
For Army divers, excavating underwater tombs is a solemn, honorable duty. By Sean Kimmons, for the US Army news service.

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Ethical Debate: Clean Energy and the State of the Union

Posted on February 1, 2011 by David Shiffman

I’ve been critical of President Obama’s policies concerning science, technology and education in the past. I think he uses a lot of great-sounding rhetoric, but I have yet to see very much in the way of actual results. Despite lofty promises about climate change, we remain without a cap-and-trade system or any sort of meaningful response plan. To make things worse, the administration recently fired their primary adviser for climate change policy. Is all hope lost? Perhaps not.