Our lights are on, and with them the oil burner. And I have a full tank of gas. I mean no disrespect to the people who have lost and suffered so much in this storm when I say, for us there was something nice about having no electricity for a few days. About cutting wood [...]
On the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary, Orion asked thirty writers and thinkers to name one thing we will increasingly need over the next thirty years if humans are going to find a way to live happily, sustainably, redeemably on earth. Carl contributed an essay on energy future. He wrote, “Big Energy has left us [...]
This blog originally appeared in Huffington Post on 2/21/12: A recent announcement about a giant new fishing boat boasted that its automation would be capable of baiting and setting 17,000 hooks per day http://bit.ly/zm2l7B. I put the announcement on my Facebook page, adding a disparaging, “We need this?” [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=597114862&ref=name] Although dozens of people agreed with [...]
When President Obama decided not to let the Keystone oil pipeline proceed, I sent a message of thanks to the White House. And I sent Bill McKibben, with whom it’s been my honor to have an occasional email correspondence, a message of exuberant congratulations. Obama’sNo was the right answer. But I think he was given [...]
Netflix now offers Carl Safina’s PBS series Saving the Ocean. Join host Carl Safina as he chronicles the unsung heroes who are hard at work inventing and implementing solutions to save the world’s oceans. Most of us have heard about the effects overfishing, pollution and industry are having on the world’s oceans. It’s time for [...]
By Carl Safina and Sharon Guynup First published on The Huffington Post. A May 25th Wall Street Journal op-ed (“The Myth of Killer Mercury”) accuses the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of fabricating evidence to support their proposed rule to limit mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, charging the agency with having a [...]
Check your local PBS listings for the first two episodes of “Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina“. And look for Carl’s new book, which was released on April 19th: “A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout“ Click here for upcoming events, media appearances and ongoing reviews for Safina’s new book, The View From [...]
January 11, 2011, NatGeo NewsWatch: Aboard ship in the Gulf of Mexico, Carl Safina talks with Sylvia Earle about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its aftermath. “It was a wake-up call,” says Carl, “and I hope we don’t hit the snooze button because it will happen again. There are thousands of rigs. There is [...]
Booklist calls Carl Safina’s upcoming book, The View From Lazy Point; A Natural Year in an Unnatural World, “A book of beautifully modulated patterns and gracefully stated imperatives.” Click here to read the full review! Lazy Point will be available on bookshelves in January 2011 so stay tuned…
The following article by Carl Safina appeared in Audubon Magazine’s Special Report: The BP Gulf Oil Spill. To view the original article, click here. Compared with a similar stretch of American coast or area of open ocean, the Gulf of Mexico has an unusually rich concentration of wildlife. Certain species that roam the open Atlantic [...]
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