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Rob Stewart’s ‘Sharkwater’

 
 
For those of you who believe that sharks are man-eating monsters of the deep, there is a remarkable film that aims to change that perception and portray these animals as the vital creatures they truly are. ‘Sharkwater’ is the brainchild of director Rob Stewart and the result of a four-year long effort to educate people […]

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Sen. Bill Nelson: It’s a delusion to think drilling will help ease current oil crisis

 Senator Nelson sent this to us yesterday and we published it in the Sand Paper:
Start drilling.” Put those oil rigs off the protected beaches of Florida and in the preserved wilds of Alaska.In essence, that is what Washington Post writer Robert J. Samuelson urged in his column published in the Post recently.Drilling, right away, in […]

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There’s Something Smelly in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary

 There is something smelly in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, and it is becoming an international incident. For the last four years, Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have plied these frigid waters near Antarctica, risking their lives to stop the illegal hunting of whales by Japanese ships, which have defied the International […]

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Florida Renewables Key to 2008 Summit

This came from the Environmental News Service. Governor Crist does seem to be commited to helping our state be more green but some of the ideas presented here are not without controversy.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist  announced the 2008 Serve to Preserve Florida Summit on Global Climate Change. This is the second such summit convened by […]

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