From Killing Aliens To Protecting Aliens Of The Deep
July 22, 2007 @ 06:15 AM (EST)
Source: Scienceblogs.com
There seems to be some inherent irony in an actress speaking against bottom trawling who stared in three movies killing aliens based on deep-sea isopods*. That stated, I welcome Sigourney Weaver's contribution to the effort to end bottom trawling. Joining forces with the Deep-Sea Conservation Coalition, a conservation consortium of several organizations, spoke at the UN this week in New York...
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