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Ocean “Dead Zones” Are Increasing

May 29, 2008 | By David Bollier

Where All That Stuff Goes

April 8, 2008 | By Jay Walljasper

Reclaiming a True Global Commons in the Arctic Melt

March 30, 2008 | By Kathryn Milun

Global warming sparks huge new commons controversies. Who owns the newly emerging Northwest Passage? Who can claim Antarctica's mineral riches?

Trusts as a Commons Solution: The Case of Fishery Trusts

June 11, 2007 | By David Bollier

The trust is to the commons what corporations are to the market: the best way to get things done.

Blue Pastures in a Public Trust

May 3, 2007 | By Mark Dowie

A proposal to open our coastal water to intensive fish-farming raises thorny environmental and legal questions.

Open Access Commons: An Open-Ended Question for Democracy

March 1, 2007 | By Kathryn Milun

A brief history of the commons offers instructive lesson.

Enforcing the Moratorium Commons: Of Terrorists, Pirates, State-sponsored Industrial Criminals, and Whales

February 21, 2007 | By Kathryn Milun

A face-off between activist "pirates" and Japanese whaling ships highlights the meaning and complexity of the commons.

Is Protecting the Oceans a Public Trust?

November 17, 2004 | By Mark Dowie

Fish farming in the coastal waters of the US brings up environmental and commons issues.