Word: conservationism
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When the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), an inter-governmental regulatory body that oversees the world's annual tuna catch, failed last year to follow the recommendations of its own scientists and drastically reduce quotas for the fish, the tiny principality of Monaco drafted a proposal...
The New Plan Home Star was born last fall. After the recession appeared to hit bottom during the summer, White House officials dodged questions about whether a second stimulus effort would be needed to combat deepening unemployment. But behind the scenes, the call for more job-creating ideas had already...
And yet the whale wars continue - and even seem to be worsening. In January a vessel belonging to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a group that tries to disrupt Japanese whaling on the high seas, was badly damaged in a collision with a Japanese whaling ship. On March 12, the...
But today the African elephant stands on a precipice once again. The nations of Tanzania and Zambia are petitioning CITES, which begins a major meeting in Doha on March 13, to "downlist" the conservation status of elephants so that they can sell stockpiled ivory on the open market - ivory they...
Thankfully, Harvard takes a less manic (and emotionally scarring) approach to their senior gift videos than Yale did. A group of friendly-looking seniors rattle off some of the things we'd lose without the senior gift fund—did you know senior donations help fund financial aid, energy...