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Showing videos filed under: fish
David Helvarg: Saved by the Sea
January 21, 2011As a child, David Helvarg used to look up at the stars and become angry that he was born too early to explore new worlds. But soon he realized that the ocean is a unexplored world. As an adult, Helvarg became a journalist and spent his time exploring the ocean, and founded the Blue Frontier Campaign to help conserve the world under the sea.Brave New Films: Drill, Baby, Drill?
June 22, 2010We heard the rallying cry with its cheap double entendre over and over during election season 2008. "Drill, baby, drill." Now, of course, the results of such a policy are coating the birds, fish, and coasts of the Gulf of Mexico: uncontrollable oil everywhere. Brave New Films is launching a new campaign for Power Without Petroleum, and you can join them on Facebook or on their website.Greg Grandin, Youth Unemployment, and Obama's Power
June 17, 2010Latin America is ahead of the curve when it comes to fighting resource-extracting corporations, says NYU professor Greg Grandin. While Obama makes nice with BP CEO Tony Hayward (and Glenn Beck claims that Obama is unfair to Hayward because he's white), Grandin notes, social movements across South and Central America have been fighting the companies that are after their resources for a while now--and dealing with the repercussions; often violent death squads, as well.The F Word: The Power of the Presidency
June 17, 2010President Obama's announcement that BP would set aside $20 billion in a fund for victims of the Gulf spill is a welcome relief to communities where businesses and homes have been destroyed. The total amount needed to compensate, however, is being estimated at closer to $60 billion. Obama swears the 20 is not a cap -- I guess we'll see. More to the point: Since the president had no legal basis to demand the set aside, on what basis did he extract those billions?Mike Papantonio: Legal Case Against BP
May 6, 2010As the oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast shrimpers and fisherpeople aren't just taking time off. They've already filed a class action lawsuit against British Petroleum, owners of the rig that's polluting their waters and killing their source of income (not to mention a major source of seafood for most of the country).Mike Papantonio, Child Farmworkers, and Net Neutrality
May 6, 2010As the oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast shrimpers and fisherpeople aren't just taking time off. They've already filed a class action lawsuit against British Petroleum, owners of the rig that's polluting their waters and killing their source of income (not to mention a major source of seafood for most of the country).BP Oil Spill Threatens Gulf Coast
April 30, 2010An underwater oil spill the size of Jamaica is spreading across the Gulf of Mexico, headed to ruin not only people's Gulf Coast vacations, but also fishing and the life cycles of many birds, fish, and sea turtles who migrate to the Gulf this time each year to mate. Local fishermen may be out of work completely for a season, and the effects on an already-battered area of the country will spread across the nation.Bernie Sanders, BP Oil Spill, and Kathleen Chalfant
April 29, 2010Republicans might have dropped their filibuster and agreed to allow a debate on financial reform, but with the amount of money that Wall Street firms have sunk into both Republicans and Democrats, does it make a difference? And what kind of reform do we really need, anyway?Fishing in Gaza
December 3, 2009Fishing has historically been an important source of income and sustenance for the residents of the Gaza strip. Yet Israel has systematically been narrowing the amount of space that Gazans can use to fish--first to six miles from shore, and then down to three. Dramatically restricted in their ability to feed their families, the Gazans spoke to Maggie Schmitt about their struggle.Health Care and the Senate and Afghanistan with Zoya
December 2, 2009"I do not ask for this support lightly. These are challenging times, and resources are stretched. But the American people must understand that this is a down payment on our own future." That was Barack Obama in a dramatic speech last night. The catch? He wasn't making a pitch for health care reform, heading off Republican and Blue Dog arguments at the pass. No, he was arguing for escalation in Afghanistan.
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