David Helvarg is an American journalist

Journalist

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 and environmental

Environmentalism

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...

 activist

Activism

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. He is the founder and president of the marine conservation

Conservation ethic

Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as important to...

 lobbying

Lobbying

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 organization Blue Frontier Campaign

Blue Frontier Campaign

The Blue Frontier Campaign is a United States marine conservation activist organization founded by David Helvarg in 2003.The Campaign has established a nationwide network of grassroots lobbyists...

, a part of the Seaweed rebellion

Seaweed rebellion

The Seaweed Rebellion is an informal marine environmentalist activist movement in the United States. Deriving its name from an analogy with grassroots democracy, the movement comprises disparate organizations with the common aim of protecting the oceans, seas and coasts of the United States.The...

, which arose from his second book Blue Frontier. His first book, The War against the Greens, puts a case that violent organized resistance is being orchestrated against the environmental movement

Environmental movement

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Helvarg began his career as a freelance journalist before becoming a war correspondent

War correspondent

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 and then returning to news journalism.