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The word is out: Shell 'screwed up' in 2012

Blog entry by Aaron Gray-Block | March 15, 2013 5 comments

No truer words were said than US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar when he bluntly pointed out on Thursday that Shell "screwed up in 2012" during its chaotic attempt to drill for Arctic oil. In a damning assessment of Shell's...

UN report: human progress may be reversed by climate change

Blog entry by Susan Cavanagh | March 15, 2013 6 comments

When it comes to political action on climate change, it’s the richest nations in the North that demand developing nations also act, which seems fair at first glance. But it’s the rich nations of the North that reaped the benefits of...

Showing its teeth, CITES finally protects sharks

Blog entry by Daniel Mittler | March 14, 2013 4 comments

Today was a day to celebrate as CITES , the convention regulating the international trade of wild plants and animals, finally restricted the trade in key shark species and took steps to curb illegal logging . Although you often...

Overfishing has no place in any of our oceans

Blog entry by Ahmed Diamé | March 14, 2013 4 comments

Today, fishing communities in the Netherlands and West Africa had their eyes set on Australia and the Abel Tasman “monster boat” – a ship more than twice the size of any fishing vessel to have ever fished in Australian waters. ...

Fishing for answers from Dongwon

Blog entry by Sari Tolvanen | March 13, 2013

We know that the industrial fishing industry can often skirt the law in search of profits. In my decade of campaigning to rescue our oceans, I have seen dozens of ships fishing illegally, seen fish hidden in the inner bowels of fishing...

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