| Some 1,700 pairs of children's shoes contaminated with three times the legal limit for lead landed at a Seattle port on Wednesday. The $23,000 worth of footwear, made in China and destined for U.S. stores, joins a growing list of toxic consumer products -- from jewelry kits to toy robots -- that have been seized by customs agents. BLOG POSTS  | Sarah Chasis: New Report Shows Obstructionist Politics Harming Ocean Management
This week in our nation's capital, ocean leaders, advocates and businesses, along with ocean champions in Congress, are taking a closer look at the future of our oceans, as part of Capitol Hill Oceans Week. |  | Tamar Haspel: Raising Pigs for Meat: Love Them, Kill Them, Eat Them
Our pigs arrived two days ago, and never did anything cuter grace a cloven hoof. They're about 25 pounds each now, and we're going to get them to about 240. Then we are going to kill them and eat them. |  | Michele Simon: Your Burger Just Got a Little Safer, Thanks to Uncle Sam
Testing is not true prevention, and we still have a long way to go toward cleaning up the industrialized meat system. It also doesn't make ground beef completely safe or, for that matter, healthy. But it's a start. |  | Greg Stone: An Ocean Pioneer: President Anote Tong
I had the honor last week to present the Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in National Stewardship of the Ocean to a longtime friend, His Excellency Anote Tong -- President of the Republic of Kiribati. |  | Maggie Fox: Moving to Action on Climate Change
As a few nations are passing laws and regulations to reduce carbon pollution, people everywhere are seeing the impacts of climate change on their day-to-day lives, and deniers are being forced to throw in the towel. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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