The Exxon Valdez Spill Triggered A Swift

I Am Not In Any Hurry To Grow Up.

We Have Been Far Too Aggressive About Extracting Ocean Wildlife, Not Appreciating That There Are Limits And Even Points Of No Return.

For Humans, The Arctic Is A Harshly Inhospitable Place, But The Conditions There Are Precisely What Polar Bears Require To Survive - And Thrive. 'harsh' To Us Is 'home' For Them. Take Away The Ice And Snow, Increase The Temperature By Even A Little, And The Realm That Makes Their Lives Possible Literally Melts Away.

It's A Fact Of Life That There Will Be Oil Spills, As Long As Oil Is Moved From Place To Place, But We Must Have Provisions To Deal With Them, And A Capability That Is Commensurate With The Size Of The Oil Shipments.

Since The Middle Of The 20th Century, More Has Been Learnt About The Ocean Than During All Preceding Human History; At The Same Time, More Has Been Lost.