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David Helvarg

"The FInest Hours" (Disney Enterprises, Inc.)

“The Finest Hours” celebrates a heroic, near impossible Coast Guard rescue — one of many in Coast Guard history

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Hello, GMO salmon: Why would anyone want to create a farmed Frankenfish when wild salmon are already the perfect fish?

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“Fish don’t like oil spills and neither do I”: Finally, something environmentalists and conservatives can agree on

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(AP/Don Ryan)

“When the people lead the leaders will follow”: Can activists reverse Obama’s disastrous Arctic drilling decision?

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Go to the beach: We protect the things we love, and our oceans are in dire need of help

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