https://www.toddwoody.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca5409e65019fbfd325ee01/1586975993180-U6S1800FQTIJN10KQC0J/CA13D43D-8950-4123-B2F5-B2BDEA2E29C2_1_201_a.jpeg Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca5409e65019fbfd325ee01/1586976228545-I2I1QPW61KQ10PUFELPR/FFE53113-998B-4565-B933-157E92D0C091_1_201_a.jpeg Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca5409e65019fbfd325ee01/1564095450682-KVEVM70WARWMI1GUOMAT/elasipod+sea+cucumber.jpg Miller - Do We Know Enough About the Deep Sea to Mine It? An investigation into secret environmental data collected by mining companies on deep ocean ecosystems shows how little is known about the rare habitats targeted for industrial mining. 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(China Dialogue Ocean) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca5409e65019fbfd325ee01/1576596030305-TBTNUXUAGU3B35PQ32VW/methane+hydrate.jpg Miller - Huge Amounts of Greenhouse Gases Lurk in the Oceans, and Could Make Warming Far Worse Stores of methane and CO2 in the world's seas are in a strange, icy state, and the waters are warming, creating a ticking carbon time bomb. (National Geographic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca5409e65019fbfd325ee01/1572974575427-3XH08RUI827U2OVUKFNM/port+state+measures.jpg Miller - China Is Key to Closing Ports to Illegally Caught Fish The world’s fishing superpower is set to ratify the Port State Measures Agreement in 2020. 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(The New York Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca5409e65019fbfd325ee01/1554410522729-9T7A99IMW0E6ZNV05XOZ/Sun+king.jpg My Journalism - You’d Never Know He’s a Sun King Secretive investor David Gelbaum has quietly poured nearly $1 billion into environmental companies and causes. (The New York Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca5409e65019fbfd325ee01/1554411032558-S8GAYIERU8VBDC67T0JH/ivanpah.jpg My Journalism - A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants California unions are using environmental laws to pressure renewable energy operators to hire their members - or else. (The New York Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca5409e65019fbfd325ee01/1554416422436-I02J19VZ34ORYFSEQLX4/image-asset.jpeg My Journalism - Wildlife at Risk Face Long Line at U.S. Agency The federal Fish and Wildlife Service is in emergency triage mode as it struggles with an avalanche of petitions and lawsuits over the endangered species list. 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