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" Maximum sustainable yield is the spot where you can take the most with the population still growing back. Taking more than this is unsustainable."

This quote shows why it is so important to follow quotas in order to ensure the growing back of different species. If fisherman take more it can have a major negative effect on the population.

Alaska
https://www.adn.com

Austrialia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au

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"...every fisherman tries to catch as much as possible, but the end result is that none of them do." -Tragedy of the Commons

This quote was interesting to me because it focuses on the selfish aspect of the fisherman. They were only thinking about themselves which led to a negative impact on the fishing community as a whole. This is also happening to many other communities that involve using natural resources. Eventually, these resources will run out.

Colorado
http://www.environmentcolorado.org/issues

Australia
http://www.smh.com.au/environment

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Tragedy of the Commons:
"When the season is limited fisherman simply tend to build bigger and better boats." This quote is very true and because it shows how one of technology's goals is to optimize our profits. This happens even if destroying the environment is a consequence. It impacts nature in a negative way.

U.S. Newspaper Indiana
http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/state-approves-nature-preserves-112430/
International
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/environment

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"Technology might allow the fishermen to find and catch fish faster than the fish can reproduce."

This quote is very interesting because it describes how technology is having an effect on the environment. Not only does technology have a major effect humans, it also has an incredible effect on nature as well.

Germany
http://www.spiegel.de

Dahlonega
http://www.thedahloneganugget.com

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"But setting quotas like this only looks at one organism at a time." - What happened to the Grand Banks cod?

This quote shows that the government does not always look at the big decision on certain situations. When quotas are set, they need to take in mind how the quota will effect the other species in the ecosystem.

Dahlonega
http://www.thedahloneganugget.com/

Kentucky
http://www.news-expressky.com/

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"Technology might allow the fishermen to find and catch the fish faster than they can reproduce."
This quote is important because it ties directly into sustainability. One day there will be no more Cod for us as humans to consume. You also have to think of the impacts to the species itself, if the fish become endangered to eventually extinct this not only ends their species as a whole but along with it their contributions to their ecosystems.

U.S.

http://www.environmentalscience.org/articles-journals

International

http://www.bbc.com/news/science_and_environment

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"The government would hide any negative information that was brought against what was presented." - What happened to the Grand Banks cod?
I enjoyed this quote because there have been many times in the past where government agencies have been informed that they were not making environmentally conscious decisions but continued to go on with their actions anyway.

Arizona
http://archive.azcentral.com/news/green/

Australia
http://www.smh.com.au/environment

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"Technology might allow the fisherman to find and catch fish faster than the fish can reproduce"

I enjoy this quote because it is very relevant to today and shows tells us that technology can advance beyond nature. It makes you wonder what the future of our world will look like.

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"A destruction of the common resource"

This quote really stood out to me, well because it brought an urgency to what i was watching and drew me in wanting to know more. I thought it was interesting that because of a common resource, one not owned like the chickens it actually was the reason for overuse of the resource. Why? well because it is sure to be there tomorrow for the fishermen.
People are simply over fishing for personal profit and at fast rate, not realizing that the fish can't reproduce fast enough to allows humans to continue fishing this quantity of fish. I could lead to extinction of not only Tuna but other fish species if the quota lower and slow the rates of 'harvesting' fish.

Yellow Stone, Wyoming
https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/yellowstone-today.htm

Ireland
http://www.independent.ie

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"Maximum sustainable yield is the spot where you can take the most with the population growing back. Catching more than this is unsustainable, so quotas are set a little below for safety." -What happened to the Grand Banks cod?

I found this to be an interesting way to determine the quota, as they wanted to make sure they would still have the fish but they still want to take as much as possible.

Washington
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/

Cuba
http://www.cubaheadlines.com/news/environmentindex.html

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Tragedy of the Commons:
"Since 1960 the tuna catch has decreased by 75%"

This quote immediately stuck out to me because it plainly shows the effects of fishing and the overall impacts of man. There should be more motivations for fishermen and consumers to preserve all species and think about the effects of taking advantage of them. Extinction if a big part of environmental science and the lives of tuna are included in that, even if they do not seem important.

New York
https://www.nytimes.com/section/science/earth

Paris
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34320399

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"Setting quotas like this only focuses one organism at a time"- The Tragedy of the Commons

This quote caught my attention because when fishing, the government tries to meet supply and demand without harming an ecosystem. So they try to create smaller quotas for fisherman to reach, however, they do not understand how it is harming the rest of the ecosystem by picking off one of their food sources. This shows with trying to be considerate of an ecosystem, it still manages to take a major hit off of the expense of a human.

Washington
http://environmentwashington.org/issues

Fiji
https://www.theguardian.com/world/fiji

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"When the government gives money to the fishing industry it alters that feedback loop. The industry doesn't grow and shrink with the resource and the fleet and fish processors grows to overcapacity.” - What happened to the Grand Banks cod?

What this quote is talking about is the preditor prey relationship between the fishermen and the fish. When the government began giving money to the fishing industry it altered the relationship between the fishermen and the Cod population. The number of fishermen kept multiplying without giving the cod a chance to reproduce. This created a problem that resulted in a drastic decrease in cod population.

Colorado
http://www.environmentcolorado.org/issues

Bora Bora
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/fighting-environment-french-polynesia

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Tragedy of the Commons:
I really liked the quote:  "the fishermen try and catch as many fish as possible, but the end result is none of them do."

This is due to the Tragedy of the Commons. Due to all fisherman catching tuna or any fish for that matter for their own personal needs or occupations and not considering that fish are not a renewable resource, they over fish at a rate that the fish cannot replenish. In the long run, that resource will be extinct, and not be available to any fisherman.

http://www.yellowstonepark.com/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem/ (talks about the extinction of wolves and reintroduction and their effects on the environment.)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160321-coral-bleaching-great-barrier-reef-climate-change/ (Coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef)

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"But the best way to maintain fishing jobs, is to make sure there's fish." -What happened to the Grand Banks Cods.

This caught my attention because it's common sense, its a fact that everyone knows yet it only stands out once its said aloud. This relates to the environment because when harvesters, i.e. fishermen, hunters, trapper, over collect their harvest they push it to the brink of extinction not thinking about the species they are doing it do. That they are basically putting themselves out of jobs because they are letting their greed cloud the vision of environmental conservation.

United States:
Wyoming
http://www.yellowstone.co/newspaper/newspaper.htm
The Netherlands:
Holland
http://www.dutchdailynews.com

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"Sometimes these limits slow the tragedy, but they usually don't prevent the tragedy." - Tragedy of the Commons

This quote goes to show how in many things loopholes are found; similarly to how he discussed how the fishers will build larger, better boats in order to catch more fish at a faster rate, just because they only have specified days they are allowed to fish. This relates back to poaching in many countries because even though there are many regulations and laws on poaching, people still poach at a slower rate, and eventually the animals being poached will go extinct.

New Zealand
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=39

United States
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org

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"The Marine Research Institute, while a gov't body, was seperate from the central management authority. So the research was'nt influenced  by the politicians, who can worry about their image more than the truth."

This jumped out to me specifically because I hate how powerful our government has become. They have too much influence on the country as a whole where it needs be given back to the states and local authorities.

Atlanta Journal Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/

Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/

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“In the Tragedy of the Commons, every fisherman tries to catch as much as possible, but the end result is that none of them do. The fishing stock is driven to extinction.” -Tragedy of the Commons

This quote speaks volumes because if a resource is over used and not maintained, then as a result there is a collapse in that resource and there is no more. As he talked about in the video, “for every fish caught, there is one less for everyone else:”. This is an example of nonexcludable resources that are also rival resources which lead to “Tragedy of the Commons”.

Hawaii

http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/

London

http://www.standard.co.uk/

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"The industry doesn't grow and shrink with resource, and the fleet and fish processors grow to overcapacity."

Government offers lots of incentives to companies that get into growing businesses or help those that struggle to make ends meet. However the absence of free market has an everlasting impact on the environment. When competition is taken out of business it has a negative effect on the environment, and nature isn't able to keep up.
Yellowstone National Park, http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/

Saskatchewan, Canada http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news

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"Take a look at your kitchen, that's the tragedy of the commons."

This quote can relate to almost everyone. Whether it's dirty dishes or taking out the trash, there is always a chore that someone doesn't want to do. Most of the time these chores don't get done because it doesn't directly affect the person. Whether the dishes get done or not doesn't directly affect me right now. This reminded me a lot of car pollution. People don't think that it is important to reduce emissions because it doesn't directly affect them, it just affects the air around them. However, the dishes will eventually run out and need to be done, and the air quality will eventually get to a point where it's personally harmful.

Alaska- Alaska Dispatch News
https://www.adn.com/

Italy- The Local
http://www.thelocal.it/

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"Hiding a part of the whole truth is just lying."- Tragedy of the Commons

This quote is a basis of what everyone learned as a child. Just like in a court of law, you're expected to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. However, this is often overlooked for sake of making oneself appear better. An example of this is global warming. Politicans and "experts" say there is no such thing because they're getting paid off. But there is evidence that can argue otherwise. Some people brush off the idea by thinking corportations just want more money, but in 20 years when the sea level has risen I'm eager to hear how not telling the whole truth led to flooded countries.

Hawaii
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news

Ireland
http://www.irishtimes.com/search/search-7.1213540?q=environment

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"The government could do anything to make jobs, and they would be happy.  They could subsidize the face digging industry, specializing in digging ditches with your face, with competitive wages." - What happened to the Grand Banks cod?

Basically, this quote is saying that people were so in need of jobs, that the government could come up with the most ridiculous idea and anyone that needed money would accept it.

Maine
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/marine-environmental-research/
Australia
http://www.marineconservation.org.au/pages/fishing-issues.html

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"Hiding a part of the whole truth is just lying."

This quote spoke to me because this is essentially what SeaWorld does, in reference to Orca whales. In the documentary Blackfish, many former SeaWorld trainers are interviewed; and they state that they are trained to say lies. Some of the facts that the trainers are taught to say are that Orca whales actually live longer in captivity than the do in the wild; and that the majority of Orca whales' dorsal fin are curved over. Not only does SeaWorld try to cover up the reality of Orca facts, they also try to cover up the fact that Tilikum has killed 3 people in the course of his life.

Alaska
https://www.adn.com/section/alaska-news/environment/

Vietnam
http://vietnamnews.vn/environment

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"The flesh is soft and flaky and high in protein." - What Happened to the Grand Banks cod?

This is interesting to me because I completely agree with this. Cod is delicious. It is important to environmental science not only because it leads to overfishing caused by supply and demand (because of its soft and flaky flesh), but because that will then lead to a new fish population around their environments (often reefs) which just gets confusing. Also, some types of fishing can hurt the delicate reefs, like nets hitting and dragging across the reefs.

California
http://www.latimes.com/science/environment/

Ireland
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment

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"The tuna fisherman doesn't have incentive to conserve because he doesn't own the stock of fish."

This is pretty interesting because even if one country did try to fish less and save some tuna for later, the fish would still be gone when they returned. This would be a decent idea to try if somehow the whole world would agree to participate in this conservation, but that is very unlikely.

Hawaii
http://www.staradvertiser.com/?refresh
France
http://www.lesechos.fr/elections/index.php

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"In The Tragedy of the Commons, the fishermen try and catch as many fish as possible, but the end result is none of them do."

This quote explains that The Tragedy of the Commons is when common resources are over exploited resulting in none.

Hawaii
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/hawaii/newsroom/
Germany
http://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/environment/s-11798

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“Government doesn’t have to deal with the social or economic effects like they think they do. They are just the ones that make the decisions.” –Tragedy of the Commons

I thought this quote that could apply to many things. How this quote is important to environmental science is the fact that the government has a lot of say over what happens in out country. With the government having so much power over what happens, they could put a stop to how environmental scientists conduct research or they could start something that could be harmful to the environment.

Hawaii:

http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/

Germany:

http://www.rp-online.de/

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“But, setting quotas like this only looks at one organism at a time.”

I found this quote interesting because it shows that we don’t always understand the repercussions our decisions can have on the environment. This shows that when making decisions like this, we need to make sure we have all the information, such as what type of effect it will have on the whole environment.

Smoky Mountains

http://www.smokymountainnews.com/

Amazon Rainforest

https://news.mongabay.com/list/amazon/

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" The maximum sustainable yield isn't a good representation of the fishes productivity" - What happened to the Grand Banks cod?

I found this quote interesting because it helps to prove the point that fishing the sustainable yield isn't the only factor needed to keep the fish industry alive as well as keep the the Cod from being under populated.

Smokey Mountains
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/2061-threats-on-all-fronts

Australia
http://www.marineconservation.org.au/pages/fishing-issues.html

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"Thus, we get the overuse and under maintenance of the common resource." - Tragedy of the Commons

This quote explains that humans take advantage of nature and the environment. Humans are using resources faster then the resources are replenishing.

Colorado:
http://www.environmentcolorado.org/news

Iceland:
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2016/09/14/iceland_second_best_in_world_on_environmental_issue/

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"The Grand banks once supported one of the largest stocks of cod in the world, now mostly gone from over fishing. In the Barnets sea, same fish same fishing problems, but today they still have their fish."

This quote grabbed me because of the uniqueness of the situation and how suddenly the fish are back in Europe but not Canada. This leads in to the idea that sometimes to understand problems in our world we have to look beyond the main problem and instead look at some of the underlying problems that could affect ecosystem such as the government subsidies or the killing of the seals.

Utah:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671200/Record-visitation-poses-a-predicament-for-national-parks.html

The Bahamas:
http://www.theabaconian.com/2017/01/12/new-fly-fishing-regulations-implemented/

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"In the tragedy of the commons every fisherman tries to catch as much as possible, but the end result is that none of them do."

This quote points out the selfish nature of humans and how it contradicts our ultimate goal. When everyone tries to catch as much fish as they can the fish go extinct and no more can be caught (Tragedy of the commons). However if the number of fish people can catch is limited then the fish repopulate and more fish are able to be caught over time.

Australia:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news

Colorado:
http://www.denverpost.com/

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"So when the researchers presented their findings like, okay we should be conservative because we don't actually know how many fish there are, but we think there's probably maybe somewhere between 150,000 to 200,000 tons of fish. 200,000 tons of fish? Sounds good, said the government."

This quote was appealing to me because it shows that some politicians don't care about embracing issues about the environment. They will listen to researchers finding and refuse to fully contemplate the issue.

Montana:
http://mtstandard.com/

Maldives:
http://maldivesindependent.com/

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"...in relation to our present modes of fishing...nothing we do seriously affects the number of fish."

This quote directly summarizes the tragedy of the commons in a nutshell. It shows how people will take more than the environment can support under the false idea that nature is never ending and nothing they do can change the environment. When in actuality human involvement has a massive affect on an environment.

New Mexico
https://www.abqjournal.com/

Australia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

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"Over time this allows the fishing stock to increase, to recover, and that allows the quotas to increase as well." - The Tragedy of the Commons.

Obviously this quote relates to sustainability and conservation, however it caught my attention because of its implications of mutual benefit. Fishermen and other trades don't have concern for the bigger picture (the conservation of their resource), but if they educated themselves and followed a set of laws like the ones in the video, they would actually benefit from colluding with their competition.

Colorado:
http://www.denverpost.com/

New Zealand:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/

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"The researches couldn't work around the politicians"
A lot of the enviromental problems seem to arise from negiglence from polticians. It seems to be that often times scientists predict things but politicans dont listen. Our next president denied that global warming existed, which could make our country and the world face major conquences if we decided not to take care of the enviroment. Our environement can be sustainted if politicans who are the ones with power work with scientists.
Georgia
http://www.environmentgeorgia.org/news
Germany

http://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/environment/s-11798

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"The researchers couldn't work around the politicians to tell people what was going on or they could lose their job." This quote explains how the government threatened the fishermen and researchers if they told the citizens what was going on with the population of the cod fish. The researches tried to explain the importance of a range in uncertain circumstances, but instead got silenced by the government. In today's society, this still occurs. The government silences the researchers work for fear of what the outcome may be.
Arizona:
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-01-11/climate-change-air-quality/conservation-groups-protest-congressional-move-to-gut-protections/a55856-1
Brazil:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/27/amazon-deforestation-report-brazil-paris-climate-talks

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"The tuna fisherman has no incentive to conserve."
This quote explains the Tragedy of the Commons.  The tuna fisherman knows that the tuna population is decreasing each day. If he fishes less to conserve, he knows this only benefits other fisherman by allotting more fish for them to catch. With all the fisherman having this mentality, it leads to the Tragedy of the Commons. This all relates to Conservation. With out it, resources such as food, water, oil and much more will be depleted. It raises conflict in greed. Everyone wants to fulfill their needs and not worry about others. People as a whole are selfish, and the environment does not react well to greed.

Canada:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/toon-dreessen-/eco-friendly-buildings_b_13939018.html

North Carolina:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article52097775.html

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"The best way to maintain fishing jobs is to make sure there are fish."

This quote caught my attention because it's something that many people don't think about. While there are many fish in the sea, trees in the world's forests, and other things like that, these renewable resources can be seriously depleted if they are overused. Many people and governments think, as the video said, that just bringing in more and more will allow them to make more money, but it would benefit them more in the long run if they invested in the renewal of these resources.

Russia
https://themoscowtimes.com/

Louisiana
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/

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"They don't have to deal with the economic, social, and cultural effects of reduced cod quotas. I do."

I found this quote interesting because later on in the video it showed how the government in Europe actually put a massive quota decline in place and it destroyed the lives of hundreds of people that were dependent on the fishing industry. I think in some cases today conservation of animals and plants takes second place in society today because people do not fully understand the devastation they can have on the environment.

South Africa
http://mg.co.za/section/news-environment/

Montana
http://mtstandard.com/

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"But setting quotas like this only looks at one organism at a time."

This quote caught my attention because it shows how the government doesn't fully understand how our environment works. I think that the government should try harder to assess the severity of different environmental situations before they try to set quotas or make laws. Envirnmentalists should work more closely with the government to set regulations that are sustainable.

Montana
http://mtstandard.com/
Australia
http://www.smh.com.au/

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"Hiding a part of the whole truth is just lying...at least that's what I learned from saturday morning cartoons. "

This quote stood out to me in this video because of the simplicity of it. Something as simple as not lying should be a given as even little children know that it is wrong, and yet we see all across industries and corporations where they only tell part of the truth/lie in order to better themselves. They will disregard any negative actions it might put on the environment just so they can yield a temporary gain.

Redwood Forest: National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150119-california-forests-shrinking-climate-drought-science/

Amazon Rainforest: Waking Times
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2015/07/10/the-6-biggest-threats-to-the-amazon-rainforest/

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"The early fisherman described cod as inexhaustable.... because of new technology between 1958 and 1977 the catch of cod reached an all time high."

This shows how the change and improvement of technology greatly impacted the environment.  Because of better technology,  fisherman were able to catch a large amount of fish and keep it fresh on their voyage.  As a result,  the cod fish population were overfished and they were unable to reproduce quick enough to survive.  The early fisherman were wrong in assuming that the cod were a renewable resource that couldn't be exhausted.

Colorado: The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/

Puerto Rico:
http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/pr.php

Dr. Ellis note - Both of these are U.S. newspapers. Need one to be international.

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THOMPSONS, Tex. - Can one of the most promising - and troubled - technologies for fighting global warming survive during the administration of Donald J. Trump?

The technology, carbon capture, involves pulling carbon dioxide out of smokestacks and industrial processes before the climate-altering gas can make its way into the atmosphere. Mr. Trump's denial of the overwhelming scientific evidence supporting climate change, a view shared by many of his cabinet nominees, might appear to doom any such environmental initiatives.

But the new Petra Nova plant about to start running here, about 30 miles southwest of Houston, is a bright spot for the technology's supporters. It is being completed essentially on time and within its budget, unlike many previous such projects. When it fires up, the plant, which is attached to one of the power company NRG's hulking coal-burning units, will draw 90 percent of the CO ₂ from the emissions produced by 240 megawatts of generated power. That is a fraction of the roughly 3,700 megawatts produced at this gargantuan plant, the largest in the Lone Star State. Still, it is enough to capture 1.6 million tons of carbon dioxide each year - equivalent to the greenhouse gas produced by driving 3.5 billion miles, or the CO ₂ from generating electricity for 214,338 homes.

From a tower hundreds of feet above the Petra Nova operation, the carbon capture system looks like a fever dream of an Erector set fanatic, with mazes of pipes and gleaming tanks set off from the main plant's skyscraping smokestacks and busy coal conveyors. Petra Nova uses the most common technology for carbon capture. The exhaust stream, pushed down a snaking conduit to the Petra Nova equipment, is exposed to a solution of chemicals known as amines, which bond with the carbon dioxide. That solution is pumped to a regenerator, or stripper, which heats the amine and releases the CO ₂.

The gas is drawn off and compressed for further use, and the amine solution is then cycled back through the system to absorb more CO ₂.

Petra Nova, a billion-dollar joint venture of NRG and JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration, will not just grab the CO ₂, it will use it, pushing compressed CO ₂ through a new pipeline 81 miles to an oil field. The gas will be injected into wells, a technique known as enhanced oil recovery, that should increase production to 15,000 barrels a day from about 300 barrels a day. And since NRG owns a quarter of the oil recovery project, what comes out of the ground will help pay for the carbon capture operation.

The plant, which has received $190 million from the federal government, can be economically viable if the price of oil is about $50 a barrel, said David Knox, an NRG spokesman. The company expects to declare the plant operational in January, Mr. Knox said. Aware of problems with carbon capture projects around the country and of the risks of hubris, he said: "We're not going to declare victory before it's time."

If the price of oil stabilizes or rises, and if tax breaks for developing the technology continue and markets for carbon storage develop, he said, utilities might ask, "why would I not want to put a carbon capture system on my plant?"

But developing large-scale carbon capture has been neither straightforward nor easy. So far, problems have bedeviled major projects, often costing far more than projected and taking longer to complete. The federal government has canceled projects like Future Gen, which was granted more than $1 billion by the Obama administration.

Carbon capture systems are not just expensive to build; they tend to be power-hungry, and make the plant less efficient over all - a problem known as "parasitic load." The Petra Nova carbon capture process gets its energy from a separate power plant constructed for the purpose, which NRG says makes the system more efficient than it would otherwise be, and frees up all of the capacity of the main power plant to sell all of the electricity it produces. The company estimates that the next plant it builds could cost 20 percent less, thanks to lessons learned this time around.

If Petra Nova succeeds, it means a boost for carbon capture. Despite carbon capture's problems, its supporters, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the International Energy Agency, call the technology, known as carbon capture sequestration, crucial for meeting emissions standards that can prevent the worst effects of climate change.

"If you don't have C.C.S., the chance of success goes down, and the cost of success goes up," said Julio Friedmann, an expert at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories in California and a former Energy Department official. "If you do have C.C.S., the chance of success goes up and the cost of success goes down."

Carbon capture is proving itself, said David Mohler, the deputy assistant secretary for clean coal and carbon management at the federal Energy Department.

Developing technologies often involves delay and cost overruns initially, he said. "You cannot engineer all the bugs out from inside a cubicle - you really have to do this stuff in the real world," he said.

Driving down costs, he noted, is what engineers and businesses do through research, development and production. He cited the plummeting cost of initially expensive technologies like solar power. "We do figure things out as we go," he said.

What the Trump administration will do with carbon capture is, at this point, anyone's guess. "The technology only makes sense in a world where you are seeking to avoid putting CO ₂ into the atmosphere," said Mark Brownstein, a vice president for the climate and energy program at the Environmental Defense Fund.

But some supporters of the technology see reasons for hope.

"I actually think it's a moment of optimism," said Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, who met with Mr. Trump last month as a potential agriculture secretary. Ms. Heitkamp co-sponsored legislation with another Democrat, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, to expand and extend tax breaks for carbon capture projects. "What I saw with the president-elect was a laserlike focus on jobs," she said. "I think he was intrigued" about the economic opportunity that carbon capture could provide to keep coal power generation in the national mix, she added.

One of the pillars of Mr. Trump's campaign was his intention to revive the fortunes of the coal industry through support of so-called clean coal. And while the exact meaning of the much-used phrase is open to interpretation, it generally includes not just technologies that remove soot and smog-causing pollutants, but also carbon dioxide.

Ms. Heitkamp said that businesses, too, were likely to continue development of carbon capture technology, since they planned their plant investments on a curve of decades and are loath to change course because of a single election. "The decision they are making is not, what does the political outlook look like today? What's it look like over the life of this plant?"

Although she concedes that a full-scale revival of coal's fortunes is unlikely, carbon capture could be a way to extend the life of current facilities while keeping the nation's energy mix diverse.

Jeff Erikson, general manager at the Global C.C.S. Institute, which promotes the technology, said he did not expect to see a great number of new coal plants on the way. "I wouldn't say carbon capture is going to rescue the coal industry," he said, but pointed out that there is great potential for applying carbon capture to diverse natural gas plants and to industrial applications. Captured carbon can be used not just for oil production but a widening range of industrial processes, or can even be pumped into the ground.

One of the most innovative approaches to carbon capture is being tried 50 miles east of the Petra Nova plant, in La Porte, Tex., where a consortium of companies is trying an entirely new approach to low-carbon power generation.

In a $140 million, 50 megawatt demonstration project, the company, Net Power, will use superheated carbon dioxide in much the same way that conventional power plants use steam to drive turbines. This system, invented by a British engineer, Rodney Allam, eliminates the inefficiency inherent in heating water into steam and cooling it again. The power plant produces a stream of very pure, pressurized carbon dioxide that is ready for pipelines without much of the additional processing that conventional carbon capture systems require.

The creators say that their technology will produce electric power at a price comparable to combined-cycle power plants, the efficient gas-burning plants that burn gas to power one turbine and then use the excess heat from that process to generate additional power with a steam turbine. That means, in effect, that "the cost of being green is zero," said Bill Brown, the chief executive of Net Power.

"The potential to capture CO ₂ at no additional cost would be a game changer," said Fatima Maria Ahmad, a fellow at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, a think tank.

Net Power combines the resources of Exelon Generation, a power company, the engineering and construction firm CB&I, and 8 Rivers Capital, which developed the technology used in the project. The centerpiece of the project is a special turbine built by Toshiba and designed for the punishingly high pressure used in the process. And while any system that so closely resembles a rocket engine has the potential for what engineers delicately refer to as a RUD - " rapid unplanned disassembly " - those working directly on the project say they have designed safety features that give them confidence.

Even if the United States government shows little interest in reducing the nation's carbon footprint under Mr. Trump and a Republican Congress, consortium officials say they expect to find ready customers from companies in the United States and around the globe, where the threat of climate change is fully acknowledged. "We see this very much playing into all parts of the world," said Daniel McCarthy, executive vice president for CB&I's technology operating group.

Environmentalists remain divided on the issue of carbon capture, said John Coequyt, global climate policy director for Sierra Club. "This is the issue where the biggest range of positions exists within the environmental community," he said. Groups like the Clean Air Task Force favor it strongly. Other factions call clean coal a fig leaf to keep coal, with all of its environmental baggage, in the energy mix. And many suggest the billions of dollars spent on trying to capture carbon would be better directed to the technologies that don't pollute the atmosphere in the first place.

Dr. Friedmann, the former energy official, predicted that the technology would prove its usefulness. "It's convenient to just say 'Keep it in the ground,' " he said, referring to an antifossil-fuel slogan. "What I prefer to say is 'Keep it from the air.'"

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THOMPSONS, Tex. - Can one of the most promising - and troubled - technologies for fighting global warming survive during the administration of Donald J. Trump? The technology, carbon capture, involves pulling carbon dioxide out of smokestacks and industrial processes before the climate-altering gas can make its way into the atmosphere.

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"Government warlocks sensed that harp seals were responsible so the government increased seal hunting subsidies and quotas"

It just baffles me that to this day, if there is a problem people look at what they think the obvious answer is instead of trying to find out what is the problem. I feel like if we could identify a problem first hand we can get things fixed sooner. Ignorance is bliss.

Miami Herald:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article125578474.html

NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/science/donald-trump-carbon-capture-clean-coal.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fearth&action=click&contentCollection=earth&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

Dr. Ellis note - Both of these are U.S. newspapers. Need one to be international.

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"Perdue has an incentive to preserve the chicken stock, to maintain it, so he can continue in business into the far future."

This defines an issue of the Tragedy of Commons. Over-fishing and over-grazing are often a result of a lack of property rights. In a sense, the presence of ownership in stocks can preserve and provide sustainability t fishing populations.

In attempt to preserve tuna populations and prevent the Tragedy of Commons, New Zealand's implementation of fishing "property rights" boosts fisherman's incentive to preserve Tuna populations. Due to a fisherman's allowances with fish, they will not overfish in order to provide longevity in business and sustainability within the tuna population. Fishermen will also ensure other fishermen obey Individual Transferrable Quotas. With intent to preserve and a system of "checks and balances" governing tuna fishing, tuna fishing stock can increase and recover.

Georgia: http://www.environmentgeorgia.org

China: https://www.chinadialogue.net

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"Do you have roommates? Take a look at your kitchen. That's a tragedy of the commons."
This stood out to me because for one, my kitchen has had a pot of old Mac n Cheese in the sink for like 2 months and none of my roommates want to claim it, and two, it is a very prosaic example of a tragedy of the commons. Like over fishing or one's roommate refusing to find a system for cleaning the kitchen that works (I wont name any names TRAVIS), social norms are one of the factors that dictate the numerous ways that these tragedies play out. While it may sound simple and pragmatic to just stop fishing for tuna until the population bounces back or to just wash the stupid pot of moldy mac and cheese taking up the entire left part of the sink, the problems surrounding these tragedies are multifaceted and are typically not cut and dry issues. Cultural norms, geographic location, natural competition, social/economic factors, and Travis refusing to claim the pot of Mac n Cheese that I know he made during the Week 4 Eagles vs. Falcons game all intertwine to make solving issues like tuna stock depletion an immense task.

U.S.:
http://www.pickensprogress.com/
South Korea:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/index.asp

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"Technology might allow the fisherman to find and catch fish faster than the fish can reproduce" This identifies a potential scarcity of the fish because of technological advancements.
Colorado: The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/
Sweden: The Swedish Wire
http://www.swedishwire.com/

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"If predator population’s get too large and eat too much of their prey, then prey numbers will decline. Later, the predators might not have enough food, so they’ll die off a bit. Which decreases pressure on the prey population who can increase in numbers. Which in turn gives the predators more food allowing them to increase in numbers. And so on. When the government gives money to the fishing industry, it alters the feedback loop. The industry doesn’t grow and shrink the resource, and the fleet and fish processors from to overcapacity."
I liked this quote because it demonstrates how the industry is destroying the fish population. Unlike a normal habitat where the predator eats the prey and the prey reproduces when predator is low, fishing industries continue to take large amounts of fish leaving the fish community to decrease while the industry stays the same.

Hawaii: Hawaii Tribune - Herald
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/tough-times-coffee-farmers-keep-growing.html

Switzerland: The Local
http://www.thelocal.ch/20160720/study-grazing-cows-are-worse-for-the-environment

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"No one can legally be prevented or excluded from fishing for tuna at least outside of a nation's territorial waters."

This stood out to me because due to no laws on how many tuna can be caught then it could easily lead to the extinction of the species.

Chicago:
http://www.chicagotribune.com

Honduras:
http://www.hondurasnews.com

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"We've 'been discouraged from revealing the whole truth' or 'you can only tell half the answer because the other half is still being debated in Ottawa for its political sensitivities.'"
This quote stood out because I believe that the government chooses to hide things from its people quite often. It's pathological lying. Whether is be about something big or something small (like fishing) the government likes to hide information. It's important to search out the whole, real truth when it comes to our environment or the things that live in it so that we can better prepare for the future and so that we have a legitimate grasp on what is going on around us. This can help us realize what steps we need to take in order to preserve our world and minimize our impacts.
West Virginia:
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/
Tanzania (The Serengeti is located here):
http://www.dailynews.co.tz/

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"The government would 'hide negative notions, numbers, information, anything at all that took the gloss off what presented.'"
This quote stood out to me because the government does only talk about the positive things happening to our Earth, and they do not mention the negative affects going on in the World.

Australia: The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/environment
Wyoming: The Nature Conservacy
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/wyoming/

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"Technology may allow fishermen to find and catch fish faster then they can reproduce."
This stood out to me because with one piece of the ecosystem the other levels will not thrive as much, thus every population may decrease that is related to a giver organism. Therefore, the full ecosystem will become unbalanced.
Haiti: The Gaurdian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast

Wyoming: The Nature Conservacy

http://www.nature.org/?intc=nature.tnav.logo

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“No one owned, or owns, the resource in question. No one could be excluded from hunting the buffalo, cutting down the tree, or killing the elephant. Thus, we get the overuse and under maintenance of the common resource.”

People tend to shift their responsibility to other people if they won’t see an immediate benefit for themselves. Subconsciously, we tend to be more self-centered and worried about how an event or action will affect us, but we place less importance on the impact for others. This can be seen in how recycling is not as common as it should be. Individuals could recycle at little to no extra effort for themselves, but as it does not immediately concern them, they just throw the items in the garbage instead, regardless of the future potential benefits.

Australia

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

Alaska

https://www.adn.com/

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"The tuna fisherman doesn't have the luxury to conserve because he doesn't own his own stock of fish."

The fishing industry can be seen as a fierce competition to see who can get the most fish during the season. This level of competition leads to over-fishing, which in turn, leads to fish not being able to reproduce fast enough to maintain their population.

Pine Island, NY:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/dining/24onio.html

Switzerland:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/glaciers-continue-to-disappear/33362

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"Technology might allow the fishermen to find and catch fish faster than the fish can reproduce".

With the rise of the technology, fishermen can locate fish much easier, so their chances to fish them are significantly increased. Because of that, fish do not have enough time to reproduce, so there is a danger that some kind of fish will completely disappear in the future.

North Carolina
http://www.environmentnorthcarolina.org/sites/environment/files/issues-page/nce/nce-issues.html

Spain
http://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=281

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"One more tuna caught leaves one less tuna for everyone else". Limited amounts and overuse of natural resources can lead to a shortage for all people whether they use an abundance of a resource or very little. For every part of a resource used by one person, that is part that can not be used by another person.

Colorado: The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/news/environment/

Switzerland: Blick
http://www.blick.ch/

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"What Ostrom found is that under certain conditions, norms can evolve, so that people who over-fish or overgraze, they're socially disapproved. And those who contribute to the common resource, they're honored."
The over-fishing of tuna is leaving others with a decreasing tuna population. And when people help, the tuna population increases, turning the tragedy of the commons around.

Australia
http://www.smh.com.au/environment
Oklahoma
http://newsok.com/

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"Because he doesn’t own the stock of tuna, the tuna fisherman doesn’t have the incentive to conserve fish since he doesn’t receive the future benefits of conservation."
This affects the fish population because you can't easily regulate how much tuna you can fish. Overfishing = little time for repopulation in the off-season.

The Philippines
http://www.psst.ph/top-5-environmental-problems-philippines/

Redwood National and State Parks
https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/nature/environmentalfactors.htm

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"Government warlocks sensed the seals were responsible [for the cods dissapearance] so the government increased seal hunting subsidies and quotas."

Believing that highly impairing one species instead of accepting humans own fault for a decrease in a species life, is our own horrible arrogance.

Canada: Nature Canada
http://naturecanada.ca/

Arizona: The Arizona Public Media
http://www.news.azpm.org

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"Because of the new technologies between 1958 and 1977 the catch of cod reached an all time high" This quote shows how new technologies and overfishing  are destroying our fish populations and ecosystems.

Wisconsin: Public News Service
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/state-wisconsin/WI

Russia: The Moscow Times
https://themoscowtimes.com/search?q=environmental+

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"Hiding a part of the truth is just lying"
Frequently in news we only get to here what benefits others for us to here. Stories are molded so that the public forms the opinion that the writers want the public to form. This can be a problem for many areas, but does effect how people view and respond to environmental science. It did not benefit the government to be more cautious of the decline in cod, so they did not completely share and respond in accordance to the problem. Environmental problems are misrepresented to downplay the significance of an issue. The public is misinformed and is not able to respond in the manner needed.

Alaska https://www.adn.com/section/alaska-news/environment/

Nairobi, Kenya
http://africasciencenews.org

**Dr. Ellis note
Marcel,
Can you correct to LAST NAME, FIRST NAME
Thanks!

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"The tuna fisherman has no incentive to conserve because he doesn't own the stock of fish." I feel that this points out the main problem we need to solve for the tragedy of the commons.
Alaska: Juneau Empire http://juneauempire.com/
Iceland: Iceland Review http://icelandreview.com/

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What happened to Grand Banks Cod?

"The government can transfer money to the fishers in different ways, but the largest of these subsidies was the employment insurance." Because the government was able to pay the fishermen in this way, people were enabled to stay in the fishery. Because the Cod population is beginning to decrease, this is a problem. There have been disputes and fish bans because of this, which also caused riots and caused some people to become violent. When the Cod population decreased, fishermen were put out of work, unable to support themselves and their families. In order for fishermen to keep their jobs, the fish had to have enough time to repopulate and grow, because the older/larger the fish is, the more eggs it can produce, thus more fish to fry... ba dum tsss.
This is relevant to the issue of endangerment of certain species. Luckily, this problem was resolved over time and now we have Cod fish for days.

Environmental News in:

Ireland:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/second-case-of-bird-flu-confirmed-in-ireland-1.2936493

Texas:
http://www.environmenttexas.org/news/txe/haunted-protest-students-activists-ask-ut-cut-frightening-pollution

And here is a picture of a happy little Dugong eating his lunch :) Enjoy!

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"The Marine Research Institute, while a government body, was separate from the central management authority. So the research wasn't influenced by the politicians, who can worry about their image more than the truth." Although this could be more of a government concept, this is something that severely impacts the environment. Having an apolitical independent agency to focus on environmental issues is crucial so that political agendas set by more powerful politicians do not have conflicting interest with their image and the things that need to be done for the environment.
Colorado: The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/news/
Kent, England: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/

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"Common resources are those that are non-excludable, but rival. Unlike public goods, common resources get depleted as more people use them." When people or companies have no restrictions to resources with no property rights, overexploitation is inevitable. Unfortunately, we all will suffer from this greed: the environment and humans. One misused resource leaves one less resource for everyone else.

St. Thomas,  St. Thomas Source
http://stthomassource.com/content/community/environment/2017/01/13/beach-advisory-january-9-13

St. Marrten, Today
http://www.todaynewspaper.online/tourism/cruise-line-heavily-fined-environmental-violation/

**Dr. Ellis note
Linda,
Can you correct to LAST NAME, FIRST NAME
Thanks!

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"Since 1960, tuna catch has decreased by 75%". Due to the lack of ability to maintain and control the stock of tuna, much like Purdue does with chicken, the population of tuna has decreased at an alarming rate.
Oregon, The Oregonian:
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/
Germany, DW:
http://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/environment/s-11798

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"When you fish cod a lot their population are smaller and younger." This essentially shows that the maximum sustainability yield is not a good representation and  that the actions taken are diminishing the environment.
Newspapers:
New York City, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/
Grand Bahamas, Free Port News
http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/

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"If a fisherman conserves and fishes less today, that doesn't leave more tuna for him tomorrow, it leaves more fish for another fisherman to catch today." This identifies a potential weakness in incentives for sustainability.
Hawaii: Big Island Now.com
http://bigislandnow.com
Taiwan: Tapei Times
http://www.taipeitimes.com