Environmentalists herald the beginnings of a race to protect the world's oceans
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Environmental policy makers from more than 170 nations are meeting in Hawaii over the next 10 days. Many of the headlines are bleak. The conference has been named: Planet at the Crossroads. But there have also been some bright spots for the planet, including a growing push to protect the world's oceans.