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National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration

Sea Shephard Ocean Protection

• Nine Dolphins Held Captive; Dolphin Defenders Grow in Strength in the Town Without Pity
  UPDATE FROM TAIJI: Nine Dolphins Held Captive; Dolphin Defenders Grow in Strength in the Town Without Pity By Michael Dalton Sea Shepherd Taiji Campaign Leader Dolphin lovers from around the world are now starting to converge on Taiji. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew members will not be the only dolphin defenders here for long. This afternoon, some tw […]
• Update from Taiji, Japan
  Update from Taiji, Japan by Michael Dalton, Sea Shepherd Taiji Campaign Leader I have just downloaded these pictures from my camera taken this morning. As you can see there is one dolphin in a sea pen waiting to be trained and shipped off to a marine park somewhere for a life of misery, to be fed a cocktail of antibiotics and anti-depressants for the remaind […]
• Ten Dolphins Captured at The Cove in Taiji!
  Ten Dolphins Captured at The Cove in Taiji, Japan! Sea Shepherd Crew Calls for Assistance at the Cove to Save the Dolphins The first dolphins to be caught in Taiji this season were herded into the notorious Cove at Taiji, Japan today. These dolphins will be killed unless people come to Taiji to defend them. Sea Shepherd has a crew of Australians, New Zealand […]

Environmental Protection Agency

• That’s My Daughter’s Radon Poster Design on the T-Shirt You’re Wearing!
  I love T-shirts, but what I love even more is a T-shirt about radon, and what I love even more than that is seeing my daughter’s poster design about radon on a T-shirt. Each year, state radon programs have been supporting children, parents and teachers to do just that for the National Radon Poster Contest. […]
• Expedition Day 3: Did Someone Say “Oyster Spat?”
  By Lisa McWhirter I awoke to the 6 a.m. rally call on Saturday and quickly realized the long bike ride from the day before had taken its toll. It was the third day of the Expedition and barely awake, I tried to rationalize biking another 30 miles. As I took my first sip of French Press […]
• A Back-to School Checklist for Indoor Air Quality?
  It’s that time of year again and everyone can relate to the annual school supply checklist and the hours spent preparing for the upcoming school year. Binders – check. Pens – check. But, how many school staff, parents or students stop to think about whether the school they will return to is a healthy learning […]

Environment

• Pennsylvania Wastewater Treatment Plants Fined
  Sewage treatment plants often spill over into adjoining waterways. ARTICLE PHILADELPHIA – July 29, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it has recently filed administrative penalty complaints against 10 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants (POTWs) operated by nine municipalities in Pennsylvania for failing to comply with the […]