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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Volume XVI, Number 4
JULY/AUGUST 2005 |
COVER STORY
OCEAN RESCUE - Can We Head Off A Marine Cataclysm?
A lot of people are worrying about the world’s oceans these days. In 2000, Congress passed the landmark Oceans Act, which called on the President to establish a commission of experts to assess threats to marine life and resources and develop recommendations for a new comprehensive ocean policy. But President Bush has largely ignored the dire warnings issued by his own commission.
By Roddy Scheer
SIDEBAR: ROD FUJITA: WORKS TO SAVE OUR SEAS
Rod Fujita, an Oakland, California-based senior scientist with Environmental Defense who was instrumental in setting up marine reserves in the Florida Keys and the Channel Islands of California, is the author of Heal the Ocean: Solutions for Saving Our Seas (New Society Publishers). He is the recipient of a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation and serves on the National Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee.
By Roddy Scheer
SIDEBAR: OCEAN RESOURCES: IN SEARCH OF BLUE WATER
Once relatively neglected in relation to such A-list Hollywood concerns as rainforests, the increasingly dire plight of the oceans is now attracting the attention of researchers, environmentalists, regular folks and even some celebrities anxious to learn more about and help protect marine ecosystems. Until relatively recently, the only way to find out what was happening beneath the waves was to watch The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, but now there is a host of organizations and websites about ocean issues.
By Kieran Mulvaney
SIDEBAR: REGIONAL COUNCILS: MANAGING FISH STOCKS OR JUST PROTECTING THE INDUSTRY?
Congress adopted the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act in 1976. In the years since, fisheries management in the U.S. has not been a complete failure. More than half of the known, managed, major fish species in U.S. waters are not overfished. But critics might argue that to declare that a success would be to set a very low bar; and there is also no avoiding the occasional and spectacular disasters that have occurred on the councils’ watch.
By Kieran Mulvaney
SIDEBAR: WARMING UP THE SEAS
Early in 2005, scientists unveiled compelling evidence that human activity is causing the oceans to heat up, a finding with troubling implications for life on both sides of the ocean’s surface.
By Colin Woodard
GREEN LIVING
YOUR HEALTH: CLEARING THE AIR - How to Breathe Easier at Home
By Melissa Knopper
HOUSE & HOME: UNPLUGGING - Living off the Grid
By Jim Motavalli
MONEY MATTERS: BUY NOW, PAY LATER - Greening Credit Cards
By Stephanie White
GOING GREEN: YOSEMITE CALLS - Touring California’s Tuolumne County
By Fred Durso, Jr.
EATING RIGHT: GOING NUTS - Why Are So Many Kids Allergic?
By Starre Vartan
CONSUMER NEWS: WEARING YOUR VALUES - Eco-Fashions are on Today’s Runways
By Joel Gershon
TOOLS FOR GREEN LIVING - Resources for eco-awareness and action
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WILL THE REAL “SLOB” FISHERMEN PLEASE STAND UP?
CURRENTS
ABUNDANT ENERGY - New England’s NESEA Promotes Solar Power…And Green Buildings
LIVING ROOFS - Green Miracles that Also Cool Buildings
ROAD TO PERDITION - Are Smog-Belching “Truck Tollways” a Congestion Solution?
SALT MARSH SOS - From Maine to Mississippi, Tidal Wetlands are Degrading
SOMETHING STINKS - The Lingering Legacy of the Wood-Preserving Industry
IN BRIEF
FIRST NAFTA, NOW CAFTA?
STUDENTS GREEN THE THINK TANK
MUTE SWANS IN PERIL
COUSTEAU’S WATER CRUSADE
UPDATES
LOSING THE ORANGUTAN
MORE MAD DEER
FALSE FISH
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