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Ocean Issues Are Profoundly Important, Though Mostly Invisible

Keith Addis | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Arianna Huffington, Pacific Ocean, Oceans, Oceana, Deepak Chopra, Climate Change, Overfishing, Global Warming, Green News
Keith Addis

Ocean issues have always been hard to get people to care about even though they function as the primary battery for the planet's climate, generate millions of jobs, and produce food for billions of people.

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Expanding Islands of Trash

nytimes.com | LINDSEY HOSHAW | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Plastics, Toxic Chemicals, Trash-Island, Trash, Sustainability, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Oceans, Pacific Ocean, Garbage, Garbage Vortex, Environment, Green News

Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the Pacific garbage patc...

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Rescue Efforts Called Off In Coast Guard-Marine Corps Plane Crash Search

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Helicopter, Recovery, Faa, C-130, Carl Grigonis, Missing, Super Cobra, Samuel Leigh, Adam Bryant, San Diego Bay, Pacific Ocean, Danny Kreder, Ah-1w, Plane, Jason Moletzky, Recovery Efforts, John F. Seidman, Che Barnes, Rescue Efforts, Plane Crash, Rescue, Survivors, Sam Leigh, Monica Beacham, Thomas Claiborne, Coast Guard Marine Plane Crash, John Seidman, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is...

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VANUATU EARTHQUAKE: Tsunami Alert After 7.8 Quake

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: American Samoa, Tsunami, Australia, Natural-Disasters, New Zealand, Samoa, Vanuatu, Earthquake, Pacific Ocean, World News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three strong earthquakes rocked the South Pacific near the Vanuatu archipelago Thursday, generating a small tsunami ju...

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Cameron Brown: Another Mistrial For Dad Accused Of Throwing Daughter Off Cliff

AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Murder, Inspiration Point, Cameron Brown, Crime, Rancho Palos Verdes, Cliffs, Child Support, Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles, Laren Sarene Key, Mistrial, Home News

LOS ANGELES — A second mistrial has been declared in the case of a man accused of murdering his 4-year-old daughter by throwing her off a cliff....

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The Mother of All Road Trips, Part Two

Greg Archer | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Pacific Ocean, Big Sur, Michael Murphy, Esalen, Road Trip, Road Trips, Burn-Out, Living News
Greg Archer

Greg, what are you doing at Esalen? I ask myself. "I'm getting out of my own way," I finally respond.

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Why Not Organize Everything?

Norman Horowitz | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Your Nose Hairs Will Fall Out!, Tony Shearer, New Age, Malibu, Pacific Ocean, Organized Religion, Judaism, Spirituality, Hell, Heaven, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

I object to an "organized" day devoted to anything.

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Exclusive! Venice (CA) Car Show Photo Album - Summer Fun!

Steve Parker | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Southern California, Www.SteveParker.Com, Chevrolet, Venice Car Show, Cars, Car Shows, Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles, Venice Beach, Bugatti, Business News
Steve Parker

Summer is car show season, no doubt about it.

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Israel To Hold Missile Test In US

Al Jazeera English | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Missile Test Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Israel, Israel Us, Israel Missile Test, World News

Israel is set to hold a missile test on a US missile range in the Pacific Ocean in an exercise that will also see the US test three missile defence sy...

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Letter From Paris: Travels with My Daughter

Beth Arnold | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Marshall Store, Blair Graves, Marshall California, Sea Ranch Lodge, Tony's Seafood Restaurant, Expatriates, BBQ Oysters, Bodega BAy California, San Francisco, Expat, Pacific Ocean, Barabecued Oysters, Living News
Beth Arnold

What we've realized is that our home is wherever we are together, no matter where in the world that is. No matter where our lives take us. Those are the happiest mother's days for me.

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Bush's New Marine Monuments: The Good, the Bad and Next Steps

Sarah Chasis | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oil Rigs, George Bush, Natural Resources, Ocean Animals, Sonar Whales, Pacific Remote Islands, Nrdc, Sonar Harmful, George W. Bush, Whales, Marine Monuments, Sonar, Save the Whales, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sea Creatures, Beaches, Fish, Environment, Marinas, Ocean Resources, Oceans, Pacific Ocean, Politics News
Sarah Chasis

Dozens of scientific studies show that fully protected marine reserves have more and bigger fish than similar habitats that are fished, which makes them highly productive.

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Solar Cells, Turbo-Diesels Spell Future For Cars

Steve Parker | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: 24 Hours of LeMans, Photovoltaic, Suv, Miller Cycle Engine, Environmental Protection Agency, Mark Fields, Mississippi, Prius, Oxnard, Richard Nixon, Pacific Ocean, Mazda, Ford, Toyota, Los Angeles, Epa, Bmw, Pacific Coast Highway, Orange County, Audi, Solar Cells, Eunos, Highlander, Peugeot, Saabs, x5, Lemans, Millenia, Xedos, Subarus, Rx7, r10, Environment, Green News
Steve Parker

Many news reports the past two days have been about Toyota's intention to build the next-generation gas/electric hybrid Prius at a factory now under c...

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