article thumbnail

How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

GreenBiz

"When we talk about the blue economy, we're talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild," said Helvarg. Can ocean and coastal health become part of a "new deal" — green, blue or any other hue? Coastal Health. Social Justice.

article thumbnail

Celebrating World Ocean Day

Energy and Cleantech Council

As reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate , “[t]he ocean is essential for all aspects of human well-being and livelihood” and ocean warming, acidification and sea level rise are impacting fisheries and food production and depleting key ecosystem services.

Seafood 98
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

AGreenLiving

. “When we talk about the blue economy, we’re talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild,” said Helvarg. ” Can ocean and coastal health become part of a “new deal” — green, blue or any other hue?

article thumbnail

Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. In the San Francisco Bay Area, rising groundwater threatens to spread contamination that can evaporate and rise into the air inside homes, schools, and workplaces.

article thumbnail

Louisiana LNG Could Be ‘Nail in the Coffin’ for Local Fishermen

DeSmogBlog

Even in a state famous for its seafood, Cameron once stood out. A few decades ago, Cameron was the largest producer of seafood in the entire country, hauling in hundreds of millions of pounds of fish, shrimp, and oysters each year. Displaced Again Living in the shadow of Calcasieu Pass, Dardar and his wife began having health problems.

Seafood 84
article thumbnail

A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

DeSmogBlog

He fears that his constituency, which relies heavily on the seafood industry, will be forced to move since they will no longer be able to make a living. They believe that the collapse of their industry would benefit Walmart, edging the company closer to having a monopoly on the global seafood market.

article thumbnail

This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

GreenBiz

The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s. The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s.