Now Underway, The Great Seabed Enclosure
May 22, 2009
Nations stake claims to the ocean floor in search of oil, gas and minerals.
A New Continent of Plastic Trash
May 5, 2009
The Pacific Ocean now hosts floating debris twice the size of Texas.
Ocean “Dead Zones” Are Increasing
May 29, 2008
Where All That Stuff Goes
April 8, 2008
Reclaiming a True Global Commons in the Arctic Melt
March 30, 2008
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
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
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
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
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
Fish farming in the coastal waters of the US brings up environmental and commons issues.
