Posts Tagged ‘marine conservation’

Bush's Green Legacy

As the Guardian wrote in the waning days of George W. Bush’s presidency, greens viewed his policies as a concerted assault, from the administration’s undermining of the science on climate change to its dismantling of environmental safeguards to its support for mining and oil interests. Can you guess the one area where his actions stand in…Continue Reading…

Aquaman Returns

I’m picturing a Navy Seal-turned environmental activist turned loose in a zany Carl Hiaasen plot. I don’t know much of Peter Bethune’s background, but he sure comes off here as one righteous bad ass. Bethune’s new organisation is based on fledgling local chapters of volunteers around the world, plus a six-man mission team. But where…Continue Reading…