A Fresh(water) Look at Economic Renewal and Job Creation
With the latest dismal jobs report still fresh in the nation’s mind, it becomes increasingly clear that our current job creation efforts just aren’t cutting it. It is time to take action on...
View ArticleNASA Finally Launches New Climate Satellite
In the predawn hours last Friday, the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparation Project satellite (let’s just call it NPP for short) was launched from Vandenberg...
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The Top 10 Reasons House Republicans Were Wrong to Kill the NOAA Climate Service
House Republicans, led by Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX, pictured left), killed the budget-neutral provision to create a climate service within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA’s...
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How Climate Change Could Reshape Geopolitics Around The Arctic
The Arctic is warming at an alarming rate – twice as fast as the rest of the planet – and according to a new report, those changes will be a key driver of geopolitics in the coming years. As the...
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The Foundations of a Blue Economy
Download this issue brief in pdf, view the pdf in your web browser, or simply read below. Watch the event video here. This is cross-posted at the American Progress website. “All of us have in our veins...
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Caution vs. Recklessness in the Arctic
Watch the video: The Risks of Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Ocean Arctic sea ice coverage has been declining for decades, and 2011 set a record for the lowest amount of coverage ever recorded—a record...
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Shell Postpones Arctic Offshore Drilling For The Year Due To Technical Problems
Today, Shell Oil announced it will postpone efforts to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean after the company’s oil spill response barge failed another round of testing. The company says it will resume...
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