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Here's a list of Surfrider Foundation's daily Coastal Factoids
since Aug. 13, 2001, sorted by date.
11/20/2009: New Study Predicts a Much Greater Rise in Sea Levels
11/19/2009: Federal Court Rules in Favor of Cleaner Coastal Waters for Florida
11/18/2009: Transgressing the Safe Biophysical Boundaries of Our Planet
11/17/2009: Surfing Area Protection
11/16/2009: Big Increases in Jellyfish Populations Are a Bad Sign for Our Oceans
11/13/2009: Once Again, EPA Weakens the Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule While Delaying Again Its Implementation
11/12/2009: New Nationwide EPA Study Shows Shocking Concentrations of Mercury in Fish
11/10/2009: Tiny Plastic Pieces in the Ocean Absorb Toxins Like a Sponge
11/09/2009: We're Doing a Poor Job Controlling Polluted Runoff
11/06/2009: Water Board Bans Septic Systems in Eastern and Central Malibu
11/05/2009: Models of Change
11/04/2009: Into the Fluid Treasury of the Sea
11/02/2009: Surfrider Foundation Is Nonpartisan and Committed to Preserving Diversity
10/30/2009: Good Policy Should Favor Sustainable Uses of the Ocean
10/29/2009: Humongous Australia Offshore Oil Spill Catastrophe Is Visible from Space
10/28/2009: New Type of Tidal Power Generator
10/27/2009: What's a Watershed? Unfortunately, Many Don't Know
10/26/2009: Marine Protected Areas Are Coming to the Irish Sea
10/23/2009: Most Large Cruise Ships Still Dump Raw Sewage
10/21/2009: Two Months Later, Australian Offshore Oil Well Is Still Leaking Oil
10/19/2009: Maldives' Underwater Cabinet Meeting Draws Attention to Global Warming and Our Responsibility
10/16/2009: EPA Pledges to Get Tough on Clean Water Act Enforcement
10/15/2009: Mangroves, Salt Marshes and Seagrass Are Intense Carbon Sinks, But Are Disappearing Fast
10/14/2009: Canada Announces Marine Protected Area Candidates Off Nova Scotia
10/13/2009: Scrubbers at Coal Fired Power Plants Are Simply Transferring Pollution from the Air to Our Waterways
10/12/2009: Bad Combo for Florida -- Least Prepared and Most Vulnerable
10/09/2009: European Union Presses Spain and Britain to Stop Sewage Dumping in Coastal Waters and Rivers
10/08/2009: Critical Habitat Designated in Alaskan Coastal Waters for Sea Otters
10/07/2009: Sharp Decline in Annual US Carbon Dioxide Emissions Is Expected for 2009
10/06/2009: Surfrider Foundation 25th Anniversary Gala on October 9th -- Tickets Still Available
10/05/2009: Significant Find of Endangered Staghorn Coral Off Palm Beach County Coast
10/01/2009: Long Term Hope for Klamath River Revival
09/30/2009: Progress on Reducing Sanitary Sewer Overflows in Virginia
09/29/2009: Loud, Harmful Ocean Sounds from Ever-increasing Numbers of Research Vessels, Military Sonar, Shipping, and Offshore Gas and Oil Exploration
09/28/2009: The Oceans Are Downhill from Everywhere
09/25/2009: Schwarzenegger: No California State Park Closures, Just Reduced Hours and Maintenance
09/24/2009: Department of the Ocean
09/23/2009: Double Whammy -- River Deltas Are Sinking While Sea Levels Are Rising
09/22/2009: EPA to Require Reporting of Global Warming Emissions
09/21/2009: Equinox
09/18/2009: Be Smart If Choosing a Cruise Line
09/17/2009: Global Warming Affects the Earth's Crust
09/16/2009: Record High Ocean Surface Temperatures Continue
09/15/2009: New Chesapeake Bay Restoration Plans -- This Time for Real?
09/14/2009: Shocking, Widespread Lack of Clean Water Act Enforcement
09/11/2009: Elmer Island, Louisiana's Newest Publicly Accessible Beach
09/10/2009: New View of Life on the Deep Seafloor by the Benthic Rover
09/09/2009: Example of 'Shifting Baselines' and False Claims of Abundance
09/08/2009: Civility and Pride of Alaskans for Their Marine Environment
09/04/2009: What is Marine Spatial Planning?
09/03/2009: Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter's Paddle for Clean Water on Sept. 13
09/02/2009: Bronx River Cleanup Gets More Funding
09/01/2009: NOAA Explains Recent East Coast Tide Anomalies
08/31/2009: Oil Rig Off Western Australia Continues to Spill Over 100,000 Gallons of Oil Daily
08/28/2009: EPA Orders Seattle and King County to Reduce Frequent Sewage Overflows
08/26/2009: Ending Sewage Discharges into the Ocean in South Florida
08/24/2009: Polluted Runoff from Houses Is Worse Than Previously Thought
08/20/2009: Public Beach Access Is Often Compromised by Private Beach Ownership
08/19/2009: New Research Published on Rogue Waves
08/18/2009: Accountability for the 2007 Cosco Busan Oil Spill in San Francisco
08/17/2009: Marine Research Should Not Harm Marine Mammals
08/13/2009: Ocean Friendly Yards in Long Beach, CA
08/12/2009: A Real Ecological Disaster for Coastal Wetlands in France
08/11/2009: A Soulful Activity, a Perfect Interaction, a Cleansing Experience
08/10/2009: Oil Spill DIsaster on the Norwegian Coast
08/06/2009: These Protected Areas (in North Central Coastal California) Are Like National Parks in the Sea
08/05/2009: EPA Acts to Improve Beach Water Quality on Neglected Leeward Coast on Oahu
08/04/2009: Navy Announces New Underwater Warfare Training Range Off Jacksonville, FL Coast
08/03/2009: Unfortunately, Sometimes It Pays to Pollute -- 3 Years of Runoff Violations Brings Paltry $47K Fine
07/30/2009: Public Input Sought by the National Ocean Policy Task Force by July 31
07/29/2009: There's an Environmental Crisis of Nutrient Over-Enrichment of Coastal Ecosystems
07/28/2009: It's Not Just Military Sonar, But Offshore Drilling's Loud Air Cannons That Can Injure Marine Mammals
07/27/2009: Why Identifying Surfing Areas Is Important
07/24/2009: NJ Artificial Reef Project Using Subway Cars Is a Failure
07/23/2009: Bad News for Caribbean Coral Reefs
07/22/2009: Even Bigger Than the Huge 1964 Alaskan Quake and Tsunami?
07/21/2009: Working for the Protection and Enjoyment of Waves
07/20/2009: Ship's Pilot Gets Jail Time for San Francisco Bay Cosco Busan Oil Spill
07/16/2009: Mouth of the Mississippi Is the World's Most Imperiled Coastal Marine Ecosystem
07/15/2009: EPA Orders Hawaii's Department of Transportation to Comply wit Polluted Runoff Regulations
07/14/2009: It's Official -- El Niño Weather Pattern Is Here
07/13/2009: Two Degrees of Temperature Rise Is Unacceptable
07/10/2009: Surfboards Getting a Little Greener
07/09/2009: The Edwards Dam Removal from the Kennebec River Is a Success Story
07/08/2009: Sounds Fair -- Global Warming Emissions Caps Should Be Based on a Country's Share of High Emitting Individuals
07/07/2009: Trash in the Ocean from the Surface to the Depths
07/06/2009: New EPA Mandate -- Improve Transparency and Enforcement of Clean Water Act Requirements
07/03/2009: Another Dam Removal Success Story
07/02/2009: El Nino Conditions Have Begun
07/01/2009: Seaside Italian Surf Town Hit By 'Apocalyptic' Explosion of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
06/30/2009: World's Losing Coastal Seagrass at Alarming Rates
06/29/2009: Inland Dams Are Robbing Louisiana's Coastal Marshes of Sand
06/26/2009: What To Do When Caught In a Rip Current
06/25/2009: It Makes No Sense
06/24/2009: The Need for Reform and the National Flood Insurance Program
06/23/2009: Add Artificial Sweeteners to the List of Unwanted Chemicals Found In Our Waters
06/22/2009: Bombs Washing Up at Martha's Vineyard?
06/19/2009: New Government Report: Climate Change Already Significantly Above Worst-Case Scenario
06/18/2009: San Mateo County (CA) Needs Volunteers to Do Beach Water Testing
06/17/2009: Nations Have to Work Together on Cross-Border Water Issues
06/16/2009: Preventing Jellyfish Joyrides
06/15/2009: Developing a National Ocean Policy
06/12/2009: Objective of the Clean Water Act
06/11/2009: Going With the Flow
06/10/2009: They Can't Act If They Don't Know
06/09/2009: Single-Use Plastic Bags Have Zero Justification
06/08/2009: Alliance Formed of NGOs, Private Sector and Government to Protect Important Coastal (and Other) Areas in Mexico
06/05/2009: Hawaii's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
06/04/2009: Americans Generally Don't View Ocean Conservation Issues As Urgent
06/03/2009: Sediment Runoff Is Degrading Hawaii's Reefs
06/01/2009: Florida Could Do Better
05/29/2009: Ecosystems Can Recover Over Time If We Let Them
05/28/2009: Threats Facing the Pacific Ocean
05/27/2009: Ireland's Successful Example of Charging a Fee for Plastic Bags
05/26/2009: Shifting Baselines -- Researchers Find More Clues to Unimaginable Ocean Life Abundance in the Past
05/22/2009: Most Severely Impacted Marine Habitat: Oyster Reefs
05/21/2009: Shocking Quantity of Toxic Chemicals Found in Marine Mammals' Brains
05/20/2009: Stealing the Public's Beaches to Temporarily Protect Misplaced Private Homes
05/19/2009: Polluted Runoff Can Affect the Quality of Our Lives
05/18/2009: Courage, Judgement, Brains, and Determination
05/15/2009: Indonesia Establishes Huge Marine Protected Area
05/14/2009: The Harmful Practice of Dismantling Large Ships on Beaches
05/13/2009: Mercury Levels Keep Increasing in the Pacific Ocean
05/12/2009: Finally, A Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan That's Not Voluntary and That Has a Budget
05/11/2009: Big Algae Plume Around Virgin Islands
05/08/2009: Where Ocean Litter Comes From
05/07/2009: NOAA's Sea Grant Program Is Helping Vietnam
05/06/2009: Are You Making a Positive or Negative Difference?
05/05/2009: Why Congress Needs to Fix the Clean Water Act
05/04/2009: Reducing Ocean Mercury Levels Requires Reducing Atmospheric Mercury Emissions
05/01/2009: Add Sealcoating to the List of Toxic Sources of Polluted Runoff
04/30/2009: Beach Lights Can Be Deadly for Turtles in Florida
04/28/2009: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue to Rise Rapidly
04/27/2009: Fish Consumption, Mercury, and the Legacy of the Bush Administration's Junk Science
04/24/2009: Even the Global Warming Naysayers Long Ago Secretly Acknowledged the Veracity of the Human Contribution to Global Warming
04/23/2009: Returning Beach Litter to Offending Manufacturer
04/22/2009: Researchers May Have Found Much Better Way to Reduce Polluted Runoff from Construction Sites
04/21/2009: U.S. EPA to Conduct 2 New Epidemiological Studies of Beach Water Quality
04/20/2009: It's Not Too Late
04/17/2009: Finally, U.S. EPA Recognizes Greenhouse Gases As Pollutants That Threaten Human Health
04/16/2009: Specs for a Runoff Reducing Rain Garden
04/15/2009: EPA Launches "Healthy Watersheds" Initiative and Web Site
04/14/2009: Commerce Secretary Upholds New York's Opposition to Planned Floating LNG Terminal in Long Island Sound
04/13/2009: Co-Existence with Other Living Things Must Become Part of Our Culture
04/10/2009: Toxic Flame Retardant Buildup in Killer Whales and Humans Highlights Need for Precautionary Principle
04/09/2009: Big Increase in Beach Litter in Britain
04/08/2009: We've Caught All the Big Fish and Are Now Going After Their Food
04/07/2009: We Must Continue to Act to Protect Our Special Places
04/06/2009: To Save Island Nations, We Must Do More to Reduce Global Warming
04/03/2009: More Evidence It's Best to Leave Dolphins Alone
04/01/2009: Deluge of Scuttled Boats Are an Environmental and Safety Hazard
03/31/2009: U.S. Proposes Big Reductions to Air Pollution from Ships in the Coastal Zone
03/30/2009: Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) in Action
03/27/2009: Test Results Indicate That Ocean Fertilization with Iron Won't Be Effective at Reducing Carbon Dioxide
03/26/2009: Reducing Polluted Runoff Is a Much Better Strategy Than Accepting and Trying to Treat Ever Increasing Amounts of Runoff
03/24/2009: Test of Robotic Fish to Detect Ocean Pollution
03/23/2009: 20th Anniversary of the Awful Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
03/20/2009: Predator X
03/19/2009: Virginia's Proposed Stormwater Permit Requirements Are Inadequate
03/18/2009: Federal Government Comes to Agreement on Offshore Renewable Energy Jurisdictions
03/17/2009: Public Comments Accepted Until April 6 for Nominations of Marine Protected Areas to the National System
03/16/2009: Septic Tanks and Submarine Groundwater Discharge into Coastal Waters
03/13/2009: 600 Million People Live in Low-Lying, Vulnerable Coastal Areas
03/12/2009: Caught in the Middle Are Our Natural Shores
03/11/2009: Surfrider Rincon (Puerto Rico) Needs Volunteers for Their 'Aquatic Art Workshop'
03/10/2009: 772 Cities in the U.S. Have Antiquated Combined Sewer Systems
03/09/2009: Ocean Acidification Already Having An Effect
03/06/2009: Retreat from the Shoreline in North Topsail Beach, NC
03/05/2009: The Ocean Should Not Be Used As a Dump!
03/04/2009: New Dolphin-Inspired Swim Fin Can Double Swimming Speed
03/03/2009: Fish Farms in Coastal Waters May Pollute Even More Than Previously Thought
02/27/2009: Obama Administration Proposes Big Increase in EPA's Budget for Clean Water
02/26/2009: US Army Plans to Clean Up Dumped Weapons in Pokai Bay (Oahu) from Shoreline to Just 40 Yards Offshore
02/25/2009: Failure to Mobilize
02/24/2009: Disaster Involving Huge Oil Tanker Narrowly Avoided Off Texas Coast
02/23/2009: EPA Proposes to Improve American Samoa's Beach Water Quality by Denying 301(h) Sewage Treatment Waivers
02/20/2009: Unexploded Bombs in Coastal Waters Are Leaking
02/19/2009: Ruling Affirms Mandatory Use of Low Impact Development Techniques in Puget Sound Cities
02/18/2009: Coastal Wetland Losses Continue in Eastern USA
02/17/2009: PBS' State of the Planet's Oceans Episode to Be Shown on March 18, 2009
02/13/2009: 35%
02/12/2009: Opposition Grows Against Increased Offshore Drilling
02/11/2009: Positive Vibrations in Oregon
02/10/2009: Surfrider Foundation's Kauai Chapter Is Looking for Volunteers
02/09/2009: Will the USA Soon Ratify the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention?
02/06/2009: Ocean Acidification Is Happening Fast
02/05/2009: NOAA Issues a La Niña Advisory Using Its New Alert System
02/03/2009: Google Earth Adds Oceans
02/02/2009: Beach Water Quality Problems in Dubai
01/30/2009: New Head of NOAA Owns Stock in Offshore Drilling Companies
01/29/2009: EPA Agrees to Review Ocean Acidification under the Clean Water Act
01/28/2009: Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Surface Waters Are (Finally) Coming to Florida
01/27/2009: Bring Back Kirra!
01/26/2009: Culturally, Historically, and/or Aesthetically Significant
01/23/2009: Connecticut's Working to Preserve Last Remaining, Environmentally-Valuable Coastal Properties
01/22/2009: The Passionate Life Force of a Community Moving Together in a Positive Motion
01/21/2009: Solace from the Ocean
01/20/2009: Leaking, Toxic Munitions Plague Coastal Waters of Many Countries
01/15/2009: Neutrality Goes Out the Window -- EPA Official Wants More Development and an Increasing Coastal Population
01/14/2009: EPA Delays By 4 More Years Implementation of Clean Water Regulations for Farms
01/13/2009: Navy Gets Permission to Kill Scores of Endangered Marine Mammals in Hawaiian Waters
01/12/2009: It's Time to Treat the Sea Right
01/09/2009: Oahu Must (Finally) Upgrade to Secondary Treatment of Sewage Dumped into Coastal Waters
01/08/2009: Judges Rule Clean Water Act Is Not Ambiguous with Regard to Pesticides
01/07/2009: The Need to Bring Order to Ocean Management
01/06/2009: Carbon Tax Has Advantages Over Cap-and-Trade
01/05/2009: Michigan to Lower Phosphorus Content of Detergents to Help Great Lakes Water Quality
01/02/2009: Lake Baikal Has Microbes That Can "Eat" Oil Spills
12/30/2008: Don't Forget about the Beach You Love -- Please Make a Year End Donation to Surfrider Foundation
12/29/2008: Enviro Groups Hammer Out Agreement with Navy over Mid-Frequency Sonar Use in the Oceans
12/26/2008: U.S. Geological Survey's New Report Predicts Much Greater Sea Level Rise from Global Warming
12/24/2008: Negative Feedback Loop with Rising Temperatures Releasing Methane Plumes
12/22/2008: Epidemiological Studies and Beach Water Pollution
12/19/2008: Marine Corps Sets the Record Straight with Regard to National Security and the Proposed Toll Road through San Onofre State Beach
12/18/2008: Less Is Better
12/17/2008: New U.S./French Satellite Is Now Collecting Valuable Oceanography Data
12/16/2008: Lots of Unknowns About Bacteria Found in Beach Sand
12/15/2008: Are Polluted Runoff Fines for Construction Companies Less Than the Cost of Compliance?
12/12/2008: Low Impact Development for Reducing Water Pollution in the Coastal Watershed
12/03/2008: Effective Grassroots Action by Surfrider Foundation's Oregon Activists
12/02/2008: The Latest from the UN Panel on Global Warming
12/01/2008: Each Year, Billions of Cigarette Butts Litter Our Landscape
11/26/2008: Global Failure -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue to Increase
11/25/2008: Floating Pig Farms
11/24/2008: We Can't Think It's So Big That It's Untouchable
11/21/2008: EPA Proposes New Rules for Better Disposal of Pharmaceutical Wastes
11/20/2008: Unacceptable High Rate of Septic Tank Failure Is Bad News for Coastal Water Quality
11/19/2008: Runoff-Reducing Tips for Homeowners
11/18/2008: Managing Vast Marine Reserves May Be Relatively Inexpensive
11/17/2008: Cost Overruns and Oversized Expectations for English Artificial Surfing Reef at Boscombe Beach
11/14/2008: Enviro Group Sues EPA Over Failure to Respond to Ocean Acidification
11/13/2008: It's Not Too Late
11/12/2008: Ocean Acidification from Increased CO2 May Be Worse Than Previously Thought
11/10/2008: Pharmaceutical Drugs In Our Waters
11/06/2008: EPA Levies Paltry Fine of Bacardi for Years of Clean Water Act Violations in Puerto Rico's Coastal Waters
11/05/2008: Mysterious, Rapid Tidal Changes in Maine
11/04/2008: New Jersey Bond Sales to Finance Clean Water Related Projects
11/03/2008: Gaping Loopholes in EPA's New Rules for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
10/31/2008: Chemical Weapons Dump Off the Leeward Coast of Oahu, Hawaii
10/30/2008: NOAA to Increase Protections for Elkhorn and Staghorn Coral
10/29/2008: Big Sewage Spill Closes 4 Miles of Beaches in SoCal
10/28/2008: Global Warming and Increased Waterborne Diseases
10/27/2008: Rhode Island's Project to Zone Its Offshore Waters
10/24/2008: Extraordinary Waves on Lake Michigan
10/22/2008: EPA Often Fails to Collect Levied Fines Against Polluters
10/21/2008: What's to Blame for Beach Water Pollution?
10/20/2008: Proper Coastal Planning Takes Foresight
10/17/2008: National Research Council Report Calls for 'Radical Change' in EPA's Ineffective Polluted Runoff Programs
10/16/2008: Beach Driving Can Cause Serious Ecological Impacts
10/15/2008: Jack London's Third Day of Surfing in 1907
10/14/2008: Our Bond with the Sea Is Emotional, Spiritual, and Physical
10/13/2008: Respect the Beach Awards for Junior High Students Robin Danielsen and Eric Keen
10/10/2008: Some International Progress on Controlling Air Pollution from Ships
10/02/2008: Some Positive Things About the Georgia Coast
10/01/2008: Why Is the Surfrider Foundation Removing the Artificial Surfing Reef in El Segundo, California?
09/30/2008: Scientific Associations Criticize Proposed Weakening of Endangered Species Act
09/29/2008: Global Warming Emissions Are Actually Accelerating
09/26/2008: Gov. Schwarzenegger Eliminates State Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring
09/25/2008: Opens Sept. 27: The Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
09/24/2008: Disappearing Islands in the Gulf of Mexico
09/23/2008: After Ike, Many Texas Houses Are Now on the Public Beach and Need to Be Removed
09/22/2008: U.S. Court Ruling Prevents EPA from Ignoring Polluted Runoff from Construction Sites
09/19/2008: Still So Much Undiscovered (and Being Discovered) in the Oceans
09/18/2008: Shoreline Hardening Is Reducing Oahu's Sandy Beaches
09/17/2008: Humanity's Cacophony Is Silencing the Natural Songs of the Sea
09/16/2008: Every Little Action Adds Up To Something Substantial
09/15/2008: How to Keep Pharmaceutical Drugs from Polluting Our Waterways and Drinking Water?
09/11/2008: Surfrider Foundation Partners with Oregon Commercial Fishers
09/10/2008: Surfrider Foundation Opposes Effort to Lift the Offshore Oil Drilling Moratorium
09/09/2008: Organizing for the Oceans
09/08/2008: Surfrider Foundation's Newport, Oregon Chapter Is Bustling
09/05/2008: Bad Coastal Development Policies Are Exacerbating Hurricane Damage
09/04/2008: The Nitrogen Dilemma
09/03/2008: Viruses Play Significant Role in Oceans' Carbon Cycle
09/02/2008: Bottom Trawling's Like Clear Cutting
08/22/2008: Enviro Coalition Raises $25 Million to Buy and Remove 2 Penobscot River Dams in Maine
08/21/2008: Mid-Tide's Continual Compromise
08/20/2008: Incredible Dancing Dolphins in the Wild
08/19/2008: Efforts to Remove Marine Debris Are Not Keeping Up with the Accumulating Trash
08/18/2008: Water Quality Testing By Researchers Using Lasers and Sound Waves
08/15/2008: Marine 'Dead Zones' Increasing Fast Worldwide
08/14/2008: Reduce Polluted Runoff - Use a Broom Instead of a Hose
08/13/2008: Old Deadlines Missed, New Deadlines Set for the EPA to Update Beach Water Quality Testing Standards and Methods
08/12/2008: Bush Administration Moves to Substantially Weaken Endangered Species Act
08/11/2008: Reduced Federal Protections for the Los Angeles River
08/07/2008: The Slow Creep of Environmental Decay in the Oceans
08/06/2008: Increasing Jellyfish Populations Are a Sign of the Declining Health of Our Oceans
08/05/2008: Inspirational, Elderly Woman Tests the Waters Around Our Capitol Using Clams
08/04/2008: 'Dead Zone' at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
08/01/2008: Increasing Criticism of Flying Airplane Advertisements at the Beach
07/31/2008: Banning Plastic Bags to Reduce Harmful Marine Debris
07/30/2008: Expanding Offshore Oil Drilling Would Be Counter-Productive
07/29/2008: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Hits New Low
07/28/2008: Increase in Jellyfish Is Afflicting NY/NJ Coast
07/24/2008: Upsetting Everybody
07/23/2008: Study Points to Phosphorus As Key Trigger for Toxic Algae Blooms
07/22/2008: Protection Against the Sun -- It's Not Only Sunscreen
07/21/2008: Environmental Groups Sue to Force Numeric Limits on Nutrient Runoff Pollution in Florida
07/18/2008: Commercial Scale Tidal Power Now a Reality
07/17/2008: The Squandering of Ocean and Other Resources to Fuel Insatiable Consumption
07/16/2008: Bali's Best Surfing Reef Is Damaged by Grounded Illegal Fishing Ship
07/15/2008: Offshore Drilling Rigs on the Alabama Coast Pose Real Dangers to People Living Nearby
07/14/2008: Some Officials Are Calling for a New 'Earth Systems Science Agency'
07/11/2008: Mark Twain (Almost) Surfing in Hawaii
07/10/2008: Grass Roots Means Solving Problems Yourselves
07/09/2008: Seagrass and Salt Marsh Coastal Ecosystems Receive Scant Attention by the Media
07/08/2008: U.S. Coral Reefs Continue Their Decline
07/07/2008: Report Concludes That Red Tide Along Florida's Northeast Coast Caused Human Illnesses
07/03/2008: Again, Leaky Septic Tanks Are Polluting Coastal Waters
07/02/2008: For Over 30 Years, Jimmy Carter's Been Fighting Against Bad Projects Proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers
07/01/2008: 'The Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2008' Is Introduced in Congress
06/30/2008: Restore the Long Beach (CA) Shore and Improve Water Quality -- Sink the Breakwater!
06/27/2008: Big Wind Farm Planned for 12 Miles Off of Rehoboth Beach, DE
06/26/2008: Supreme Court Reduces Oil Spill Deterrence by Their Exxon Valdez Decision
06/25/2008: Coastal Armoring Is Not the Solution
06/24/2008: Finally, Some Real Progress on Florida Everglades Restoration
06/23/2008: Issues in Tamarindo, Costa Rica
06/20/2008: JUNE 20th ONLY -- JOIN SURFRIDER with the INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY special
06/19/2008: Almost 5,000 Sewage Spills Totaling Over 16 Million Gallons Just in California Last Year
06/18/2008: We Already Have Metrics -- We Need To Act
06/17/2008: Exfoliating Soaps Are Adding Plastic Particles to Our Oceans and Waterways
06/16/2008: EPA's Updated Action Plan to Reduce the Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Is Toothless, Underfunded, and Relies on Polluters Voluntarily Reducing Nutrient Runoff
06/13/2008: Human Survival Should Trump Economic Growth
06/12/2008: South Carolina Governor Asks President Bush to Declare an Offshore National Monument
06/11/2008: Cuba's Relatively Well Preserved Coast
06/10/2008: EPA Weakens Clean Water Act Again in Allowing Polluted Water Transfers to Cleaner Bodies of Water
06/09/2008: China Is Copying the Coastal Environmental Mistakes Made in the Past by Industrializing Nations
06/06/2008: EU's Highest Court Stands Firm Against Shipping Industries' Attempts to Invalidate Ocean Pollution Laws
06/05/2008: Federal Court Rules Massachusetts Highway Dept Must Clean Up Its Polluted Runoff
06/04/2008: Both Arctic Ice Melt and Ocean Acidification Are Happening Much Faster Than Previously Predicted
06/03/2008: Almost 200 Countries Agree to Stop Harmful Plans to Grow Algae to Absorb Carbon
06/02/2008: Asbestos Contamination at Illinois Beach State Park
05/30/2008: Help Save Upham Beach in Florida!
05/29/2008: Navy Sonar Continues to Injure and Kill Whales and Other Marine Mammals
05/28/2008: Iceland to Resume Whaling
05/27/2008: Enviro Groups Sue to Keep Jet Skis Out of Our National Parks
05/23/2008: EPA Again Delays Improving Polluted Runoff Regulations for the Construction Industry
05/22/2008: Suspected Long Term Leaks of Uranium, Arsenic and Fluorides into Lake Ontario at Port Hope
05/21/2008: Training the Grassroots Activists
05/20/2008: Vancouver Island Surf Break Threatened
05/09/2008: Not Many Public Beach Access Points Along the Louisiana Coast
05/08/2008: The Sun's Tidal Influence Is Half That of the Moon
05/07/2008: Florida Government Approves $300 Million for Land Acquisition and Protection Program
05/06/2008: Algae Blooms Plague Florida Bay
05/05/2008: Fertilizers Used for Corn Based Biofuels Contribute to Coastal 'Dead Zones'
05/02/2008: Waterborne Chemical Contaminants from Industrial Farm Animal Production
05/01/2008: EPA's New Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans -- Public Comments Welcome
04/29/2008: Surfrider Foundation Is a Grassroots Organization
04/28/2008: Smithsonian's New Emphasis on the Oceans
04/25/2008: $20 Million for Beach/Waterfront Access in North Carolina
04/24/2008: Drawbacks of Current Beach Water Quality Testing for Enterococcus Bacteria
04/23/2008: Crisis from Lack of Investment in Municipal Waste-Water Systems
04/22/2008: 182 Pounds of Trash Per Beach Mile
04/21/2008: Throw the Big Fish Back?
04/18/2008: Public Access to Beaches in Georgia
04/17/2008: Pump Don't Dump Campaign in Florida
04/16/2008: More Plastic Litter on British Beaches Than Ever Before
04/15/2008: Recent Trends in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
04/14/2008: Coastal Salt Air May Exacerbate Air Pollution
04/11/2008: NY State Says 'No' to Long Island Sound LNG Project
04/10/2008: It's Even Worse Than We Thought
04/09/2008: Swedish Pointbreak Under Threat
04/08/2008: EPA and NOAA Approve Coastal Nonpoint Programs for SC and FL
04/07/2008: Surfrider Foundation Cape Fear Chapter $33 Campaign for 'Access 33'
04/04/2008: Texas Coast Low Oxygen Dead Zone
04/03/2008: Help Keep Inland Litter Off Our Beaches
04/02/2008: Causes of Beach Advisories and Closures Due to Water Pollution
04/01/2008: Ocean's Least Productive Areas Are Expanding Relatively Quickly
03/31/2008: We're Inside That Ocean, Tuned into the Environment
03/28/2008: New Design for Cargo Ships Could Eliminate Ballast Tanks
03/27/2008: NOAA's Accepting Comments on Revised Draft Framework for Marine Protected Areas
03/26/2008: An Example of Surfrider Foundation's Grassroots Activism by the Ventura Chapter
03/25/2008: Federal Agency Approves LNG Terminal in Long Island Sound
03/21/2008: Broken Promises by the Army Corps
03/20/2008: World's Biggest Tidal Energy Project Planned Off S. Korean Coast
03/19/2008: Keeping Alive Our Inborn Sense of Wonder
03/18/2008: The Folly of Building Coastal Structures in Areas of Rising Sea Levels
03/17/2008: Restore the Shore in Long Beach, CA
03/14/2008: ANWR, America's Greatest Coastal Wilderness, Is Targeted by Oil Drillers Yet Again
03/13/2008: Wave Powered Boat
03/12/2008: More Reason to Move Transportation Infrastructure Away from the Beach When Possible
03/11/2008: Martin County, on Florida's Coast, Is Doing Well in Conservation Goals
03/10/2008: EPA's New VOLUNTARY Plan to Significantly Reduce Pollution at Coastal Ports Is Guaranteed to Fail
03/07/2008: Coral Reefs Are Magical
03/06/2008: Bottom Trawling Is So Bad That Its Effects Are Visible from Space
03/05/2008: Exponential Growth of Plastic and Other Debris in Our Oceans
03/04/2008: Marine Invasive Species Mostly Brought by Shipping and Aquaculture
03/03/2008: Courts Again Rule to Limit Navy Sonar That Harms Marine Mammals
02/28/2008: For 25 Coastal States/Territories, Surfrider's STATE OF THE BEACH Publication Reports on 8 Beach Health Indicators
02/27/2008: Polluting Pays When Fine Is Less Than Cost of Compliance
02/26/2008: For Preserving Our Oceans' Health, Time Is of the Essence
02/25/2008: Best Way to Save the Montauk Lighthouse Is to Move It Inland
02/21/2008: Southeast Florida Pumps Massive Amounts of Insufficiently Treated Sewage into Local Coastal Waters
02/20/2008: EPA's Best Management Practices for Reducing Polluted Urban Runoff
02/19/2008: Low Oxygen Dead Zones Are the New 'Normal' Off Northwest Pacific Coast
02/18/2008: What Is Surfrider Foundation Doing with Your Donated Dollars?
02/14/2008: Kiribati Creates World's Largest Marine Protected Area
02/13/2008: Only One Human Fatality from Shark Attacks in 2007
02/12/2008: Best Surf Travel in the World Could Be to Your Local Beach
02/11/2008: Bush's Proposed 2009 Budget Full of Decreased Funding for Clean Water Programs
02/08/2008: Inspiring Others for Ocean Conservation
02/07/2008: San Onofre State Beach Saved... for Now
02/06/2008: Win, Lose, Or Draw, We Made History with Big Turnout at CA Coastal Commission Meeting
02/05/2008: Washed Off Sunscreen Killing Coral?
02/04/2008: Scientists Expect a Big Sea Level Rise During This Century
01/31/2008: Natural Oil Seepage to Blame for Recent Oil-Afflicted Beaches in Central/Northern California
01/30/2008: More New Beach Closures from San Francisco Bay's November Cosco Busan Oil Spill
01/29/2008: Bondi Beach Put on Australia's National Heritage List
01/28/2008: Massive Water Pollution from U.S. Methods Associated with Meat Production
01/25/2008: Only an Estimated 150 Vaquita Porpoises Remain in Gulf of California
01/24/2008: Helping Improve Beach Water Quality -- Another Reason Not to Drive
01/23/2008: BEACH Act Funding at Lowest Level Ever for 2008
01/22/2008: Surfrider Kauai Chapter's Volunteer Net Patrol
01/18/2008: As Black Abalone Goes, So Goes Our Ocean...
01/17/2008: President Bush's Exemption to Allow Navy to Kill Whales and Other Marine Mammals
01/16/2008: Australia Aims to Stop Japanese Whale Hunting in Whale Sanctuary
01/15/2008: Research Indicates Ocean Fertilization Schemes May Be Ineffective at Reducing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels
01/14/2008: Florida Dumps Lots of Insufficiently Treated Sewage into Popular Coastal Waters
01/11/2008: Connecticut Governor Opposes LNG facility in Long Island Sound
01/10/2008: Corn Ethanol Production's Exacerbating the Runoff That Feeds the Dead Zone at Mouth of Mississippi River
01/09/2008: Low Impact Development to Help Reduce Runoff Pollution
01/08/2008: Judge Rules Navy Must Take Some Precautions for Whales and Other Marine Mammals
01/07/2008: Yet Another Huge Oil Spill from a Single-Hulled Tanker
01/04/2008: A Wave Breaks When ...
01/03/2008: Oil Slick Hits Argentina's Patagonia Beaches
01/02/2008: Reducing Ocean Dumping through Water Reclamation
12/31/2007: Surfrider Foundation 2007 Accomplishments Thanks to Your Support
12/27/2007: Naples, FL Finally Gives Attention to Polluted Runoff
12/26/2007: Another Way to Walk on Water
12/21/2007: EPA Proposes More Exemptions for Factory Farms
12/20/2007: Not Enough Public Beach Access in Florida
12/19/2007: Rash of Oil Tanker Mishaps Continues
12/18/2007: Federal Government Agencies Affecting the Coast
12/17/2007: The Larger, Longer, and Slower Kelvin Waves
12/14/2007: The Destroyers
12/13/2007: Studying Rogue Light Waves Helps Understanding of Rogue Ocean Waves
12/12/2007: NOAA Releases Report on Deep Sea Coral Ecosystems
12/11/2007: Where the Funds Came from to Preserve Pupukea-Paumalu on the North Shore of Oahu
12/10/2007: Looooove to surf, boogie board, swim and play on the beach!
12/07/2007: Not Again! Oil Tanker Spill Off South Korea Coast
12/06/2007: Argentinean Protests Continue Against Uruguayan Pulp Mill Now in Operation
12/05/2007: What? North Carolina May Allow Developers to Build Even Closer to the Encroaching Shoreline
12/04/2007: Another Artificial Reef Gone Awry
12/03/2007: New Bio-Diesel Program in San Francisco Reduces Water Pollution, Too
11/30/2007: Surfrider Foundation Strives to Be Accurate and Nonpartisan
11/29/2007: EPA Wants Public Input on Proposed Air Pollution Regulations for Large Diesel Ship Engines
11/28/2007: Human Health Advisory from Red Tide in Santa Cruz, CA
11/27/2007: Requirements for an Adequate Global Ocean Observation System
11/26/2007: Building a Global Ocean Observing System
11/21/2007: Ancient Sea Scorpion Was Huge
11/20/2007: Bunker Fuel Is Cheap for Shipping Companies, But Costly for Society
11/19/2007: Sitting by the (Oil Smeared) Dock of the Bay
11/16/2007: Precautionary Principle and Ecosystem Approach
11/15/2007: Offshore Wind Farm Assessment Study To Be Done For New Jersey
11/14/2007: The Quiet Eco Disasters: Spills from Oil Pipelines and Oil Facilities
11/13/2007: Beautiful Beaches Hit by San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
11/12/2007: Marine Mammals Rescue People?
11/09/2007: Bad Oil Spill by Cosco Busan in San Francisco Coastal Waters
11/08/2007: Throwing Money Into the Sea
11/07/2007: Evidence That Whales Have Complex Conversations
11/06/2007: Ocean Acidification from Increased CO2 May Devastate Shellfish and Coral
11/05/2007: Say What? We Need to Kill Marine Mammals to Help Offset Columbia River Dams' Killing of Salmon?
11/02/2007: Motorized Racing on Coastal Sand Dunes Is Anything But Low-Impact
11/01/2007: Canada's Creating a Large Marine Protected Area in Lake Superior
10/31/2007: The Most Infamous Pirate
10/30/2007: Global Framework Needed for Ocean Protection
10/29/2007: 405 Year Old Clam Found -- Longest Lived Animal
10/26/2007: Property Owners in San Clemente, Home of Surfrider Foundation Headquarters, Vote in a Landslide to Continue the CLEAN OCEAN Fee
10/25/2007: Someone Had to Fight for the Reef's Survival
10/24/2007: Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor To Be Preserved
10/23/2007: Oceans May Be Absorbing Much Less Carbon Dioxide
10/22/2007: Planned Retreat from the Beach Can Work
10/19/2007: Give Public Comment on West Coast Governors' Ocean Health Action Plan
10/18/2007: Stormwater Management Must Be a Forethought, Not an Afterthought
10/17/2007: Sewage Treatment Coming to North Shore, Oahu?
10/16/2007: Repeated Violations, Little Enforcement and Paltry Fines for Clean Water Act Violators
10/15/2007: Beach Water Pollution Worsening in Greece
10/12/2007: Marine and Terrestrial Protected Areas Go Hand in Hand
10/11/2007: U.S. Dept of Interior Ignores Marine Mammal Population Decreases
10/10/2007: Beach 'Erosion' Is Somewhat of a Misnomer, As Beach Sand Is Always Moving
10/09/2007: China to Start Requiring Environmental Impact Reports for All Construction Projects in Coastal Zone
10/08/2007: Australia Gives Green Light To Tasmanian Pulp Mill
10/05/2007: Plastic "Mermaid Tears" Mar United Kingdom Beaches
10/04/2007: Mussels Show What Contaminants Are in Coastal Waters
10/02/2007: Retreat from the Beach Makes a Lot of Sense
10/01/2007: EPA Both Extends Compliance Deadline And Proposes Weakening of Oil Spill Prevention Regulations
09/28/2007: Report Recommends Denying Certification of Toll Road Through San Onofre
09/27/2007: Ship Strikes Are Killing Blue Whales Off Southern California Coast
09/26/2007: Green Roofs Mean Less Polluted Runoff
09/25/2007: Ecosystem Approach
09/24/2007: We Need More Marine Protected Areas
09/21/2007: Severe Melting This Year of Arctic Ice -- And That Can Affect Ocean Currents
09/20/2007: You Take It Personally
09/19/2007: Judge Orders Bad Army Corps Mississippi Flood Control Project To Be Stopped
09/18/2007: Attempt to Create New Jersey Coastal and Ocean Protection Council
09/17/2007: World Water Monitoring Day in the Period from Sept. 18 to Oct. 18
09/14/2007: Restoration of the Great Lakes Would Be a Good Investment
09/13/2007: Sinking Pacific Island of Tuvalu Urges Nations to Cut Global Warming Emissions
09/12/2007: Surfrider Foundation Closely Monitors Beach Health Indicators
09/11/2007: La Nina Conditions Forecast for Upcoming Months
09/10/2007: Libya Announces Regionally-Planned, Sustainable Coastal Development Project
09/07/2007: There's No Excuse Not to Fully Treat Sewage Anymore
09/06/2007: EPA Sued Over Failure to Implement Ship Pollution
09/05/2007: Invasive Algae Is Smothering Costa Rican Reef
09/04/2007: NOAA Is Helping Remove Small, Obsolete Dams
08/31/2007: Grease Down the Drain Can Block Sewer Pipes
08/29/2007: Corn Based Biofuels, Polluted Runoff, and Dead Zones
08/28/2007: Sunscreens To Have a UVA Radiation Rating in Addition to UVB Rating
08/27/2007: Coast Guard Should Be Defending the Law, Not a Supreme Court Defying Superferry
08/24/2007: Arctic Sea Ice Is Melting More Than Ever And That Can Impact Ocean Currents
08/23/2007: Court Thwarts Efforts By Shipping Companies to Delay Ballast Water Regulations
08/22/2007: We CAN Reverse the Environmental Degradation Occurring in the Oceans
08/21/2007: Dredging Sink Hole Causes 2.5 Billion Gallon a Day Water Loss from 2 Great Lakes
08/17/2007: Beach Closures Cause Economic Losses, Too
08/16/2007: Ocean Acidification Is a Serious Threat
08/15/2007: Protecting Our Coastal Waters... Or Not!
08/14/2007: Surf Can Help
08/13/2007: 800 U.S. Cities Still Have Outdated Combined Storm Water and Sewage Systems
08/10/2007: Inordinate Amount of Pollution from Ships Is Fouling Coastal Areas
08/09/2007: Exposure to Polluted Beach Water Can Make You Sick
08/08/2007: Navy Refuses to Relocate Sonar Practice Range to Prevent Whale and Marine Mammal Deaths
08/07/2007: Army Corps Really Messed Up This Surf City, NJ Beach Fill Project
08/06/2007: Increasing Pollution Flowing into Chinese Coastal Waters
08/03/2007: After 6 Years of Court Defeats, Bush Administration Gives Up Attacking the Dolphin-Safe Label for Tuna
08/02/2007: Oil Spill Cleanup Chemicals May Be Deadly for Coral
08/01/2007: Old, Large Ships Are a Big Disposal Problem
07/31/2007: Local Beach Brings Joy to Gaza Surfers
07/30/2007: Enforcement of Clean Water Act Laws Especially Weak Under the Bush Administration
07/27/2007: Haven't You Heard? The Ocean Is Not a Dump!
07/26/2007: Oregon's Marmot and Little Sandy Dams Are Being Removed
07/25/2007: Restore the Shore in Long Beach, CA -- Sink the Obsolete Breakwater!
07/24/2007: National Park Service Defends ORV Use at the Expense of the Sensitive Beach Environment of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
07/23/2007: All Sea Turtle Species Are Endangered or Threatened
07/20/2007: Underhanded Move by Fisheries Service to Curtail Public Comment on Navy Sonar in Oceans
07/19/2007: Attacks on Clean Water Act Have Reached a Crescendo
07/18/2007: With Clean Water Act Waiver, BP to Increase Toxic Dumping in Lake Michigan
07/17/2007: Many New Jersey Beach Access Fees Increase
07/16/2007: Coastal Oil Spill Hits Ibiza Nature Reserve
07/13/2007: Artificial Reefs Can Cause Problems
07/12/2007: Lush, Green Lawns Are Not Environmentally Friendly
07/11/2007: What's Polluting the Oceans? Look Inland
07/10/2007: Ocean Friendly Garden
07/09/2007: Sink the Useless Long Beach, CA Breakwater!
07/06/2007: Three Years after the Ocean Reports, Still No Big Oceans Bill from the Federal Government
07/05/2007: Bill Introduced in the House Would Provide Some Much Needed Strengthening of BEACH Act
07/03/2007: San Diego's Point Loma Treatment Plant Is Last Big Holdout Dumping Sewage into Coastal Waters
07/02/2007: Complaining's Not Enough
06/29/2007: Desalination Is Not a Solution to Global Water Scarcity
06/28/2007: Point Judith Park in Rhode Island to Get Permanent Protection
06/27/2007: Chronic Under Funding of the BEACH Act by Congress
06/26/2007: North Carolina Beaches Will Retreat Relatively Quickly in the Decades Ahead
06/25/2007: Report: Climate Change Threatens UK Surf Spots
06/22/2007: Coastal Armoring Reduces Beach's Biodiversity
06/21/2007: The Ocean Begins at Your Front Door
06/20/2007: EPA Solicits Public Comment on Regulating Ballast Water and Other Maritime Vessel Discharges
06/19/2007: New Water Quality Testing Techniques Are Good, But Expensive
06/18/2007: Great Lakes Beaches Still Have Very High Numbers of Beach Closures
06/15/2007: The Health of Our Beaches Suffers from Bad Urban Planning
06/14/2007: Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Is Still Getting Bigger
06/13/2007: Are We Contributing to the Awful Red Tides?
06/12/2007: Island Vacation Green Travel Tips
06/11/2007: All of Europe's Seas Are Being Degraded
06/08/2007: June 8 Is World Ocean Day
06/07/2007: More Environmentally Friendly Materials Used Lately by Some Surfboard Producers
06/05/2007: California Coastal Commission's Been Downsizing For Over 25 Years
06/04/2007: Shoreline Armoring's Incompatible with a Healthy Beach Ecosystem
06/01/2007: Are President Bush's Intentions to Undermine or to Support Efforts to Reduce Global Warming?
05/31/2007: EPA Spins Beach Water Quality Report as Showing "Progress"
05/30/2007: Global Warming Emissions Are Accelerating Worldwide
05/29/2007: The Beach -- Good for Mind and Body
05/25/2007: If Eliminating Fishing Subsidies Is Too Hard, Pay Them NOT to Fish
05/24/2007: NOAA Predicts Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
05/22/2007: Plastics in the Ocean -- It's a Bigger Problem Than Is Commonly Thought
05/21/2007: Some Ocean Regions Can't Absorb Any More Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
05/18/2007: May 18 Is Endangered Species Day
05/17/2007: U.S. Senate Bill Introduced to Improve Coastal Monitoring
05/16/2007: U.S. Justice Department Wants Young Eco-Activists Who Damaged Only Property to Be Labelled As Terrorists Because They 'Tried to Change Government Policy'
05/15/2007: EPA Delays Implementation of More Clean Water Laws, This Time for Oil Spill Prevention and Control
05/14/2007: Bush Administration Makes Big Announcement on Coral Reef Conservation, But Funding Commitment Is Conspicuously Absent
05/10/2007: Now's a Critical Time for Coral Reefs
05/09/2007: Oil-Filled Shipwreck To Be Finally Removed from Washington Beach
05/08/2007: Bill Introduced in the House to Stop Harmful "Fill" Dumping in Waterways
05/07/2007: EPA Delays Polluted Runoff Laws for Factory Farms for the Umpteenth Time
05/04/2007: Arctic Sea Ice Melting Much Faster Than Computer Models Predict
05/03/2007: Bush Administration Keeps Pushing Hard for Expanded Offshore Drilling
05/02/2007: Yet Again, Wal-Mart Fined for Stormwater Runoff Violations
05/01/2007: European Union Will No Longer Allow Single-Hulled Oil Tankers
04/30/2007: Court Rebuffs Bush Administration's Latest Attempt to Weaken Dolphin-Safe Labeling Laws
04/27/2007: Toxic Algae's Killing Birds and Sealife in Southern California
04/26/2007: 270 Acres of Coastal Land in Northeast Puerto Rico to Be Bought and Preserved
04/25/2007: Oil Spills' Bad Effects on Beach Ecosystems Can Last for Several Decades
04/24/2007: EPA Unveils New Open Source Watershed Management Program
04/21/2007: One in Four People Live Close to the Coast Below 100 Feet Above Sea Level
04/20/2007: Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Proposed for Endangered Species Listing
04/19/2007: Netherlands' First Offshore Wind Farm Opens
04/18/2007: Global Warming Isn't Just an Environmental Issue
04/16/2007: Criteria for Establishing Marine Reserves
04/13/2007: Scarce Funding to Date for Coastal Wetlands Restoration Along the Gulf Coast
04/12/2007: We Need More Marine Protected Areas
04/11/2007: Possible La Niña Conditions Starting in Late Spring and Early Summer
04/10/2007: U.S. Military Dumped Chemical Weapons in Many Places Off the Popular South Shore Coast of Oahu
04/06/2007: Carwash Runoff
04/05/2007: Coastal Wetlands Are Immensely Valuable and Increasingly So As Global Warming Increases
04/04/2007: Even Insurance Commissioners Say Governments Shouldn't Subsidize Coastal Homeowners' Insurance
04/03/2007: Town of Gizo in Solomon Islands Hit Hard by Tsunami
04/02/2007: Supreme Court Rules That Federal Government's Duty Is To Regulate Global Warming Emissions from Cars
03/30/2007: Momentum Building for Removing Obsolete Dams
03/29/2007: Navy Still Refuses to Take Easy Measures to Stop Killing Whales and Dolphins
03/28/2007: Tuscan Surf Town in Italy Besmirched by Oil Spill
03/27/2007: ExxonMobil's Character
03/26/2007: New Evidence on Global Warming's Effects on Ocean Currents
03/23/2007: Alaska's Aleutian Coast Is Still Alarmingly Unprepared for Oil Tanker Mishaps
03/22/2007: In Draft Report Released in March 2007, US Gov't Rates Coastal Waters as Fair to Poor
03/21/2007: Rivers of Urban Runoff Pollution: Our Roads
03/20/2007: Two Elwha River Dams to Be Removed
03/19/2007: Court Upholds Clean Water Act Laws for Mining Waste Dumping
03/16/2007: Big Cuts in NOAA's Marine Sanctuary Program Budget
03/15/2007: Proposed Liquified Natural Gas Facility by Coronado Islands Is Canceled
03/14/2007: Sea Level Rise Seems to Be Accelerating
03/13/2007: Keep Cars Off Our Beaches, Please
03/12/2007: Green Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii
03/09/2007: Bush Administration's Proposed Sewage Treatment Infrastructure Budget Cuts Bad News for Coastal Water Quality
03/08/2007: Let's Not Allow a Toll Road Highway to Irrevocably Alter the San Onofre Experience
03/07/2007: Let the Local Politicians Know You Care About the Beach
03/05/2007: Low Impact Surfing, Worthy of Emulation
03/02/2007: World Bank to Help the Coastal Environment for a Change
03/01/2007: The Oceans: A Place to Play, Work, Rest, and Discover
02/28/2007: Humans' Effects on the Oceans Are Changing the Dynamics of Disease
02/27/2007: The Oceans Are Becoming a 'Microbial Soup'
02/26/2007: Fish, Coral and Marine Mammals Are Dying While Bacteria, Algae, and Jellyfish Thrive
02/23/2007: Colorful Hawaiian Beaches
02/21/2007: The Other CO2 Problem
02/20/2007: A Beach Manifesto
02/16/2007: Navy Rejects Lawful Orders to Reduce Marine Mammal Killings
02/15/2007: Perils of Basing Nature Conservation on Economic Benefits
02/14/2007: How Come All Coastal Waters Nationwide Aren't 'No Discharge Areas' Like in New Hampshire?
02/13/2007: CO2 Storage under the Seabed Gets OK -- No One Responsible for Leaks and Monitoring
02/12/2007: Beach Fill Not a Solution to Decades of Bad Decisions
02/09/2007: Dirty Secrets of the International Aquarium Industry
02/07/2007: Aging Sewage Infrastructure Means More Pollution Leaking into Coastal Waters
02/06/2007: The Beach as the 'Great Leveler' in Brazil
02/05/2007: Too Much Harmful Beach Grooming in SoCal
02/02/2007: 20th Anniversary of the National Estuary Program
02/01/2007: The Ocean Revolution's Coming from the Bottom Up
01/31/2007: 'Hepatitis A' in Coastal Waters After Rains in Imperial Beach, CA
01/30/2007: U.S. Government Gets a 'C-" on Ocean Policy Report Card for 2006
01/29/2007: UN Report: We're Locked in to 1,000 Years of Sea Level Rise
01/26/2007: The Dreaded 301(h) Waiver to the Clean Water Act
01/25/2007: Tsunami's Speed
01/24/2007: Navy: It's Either Us (Navy Sailors) or Them (Marine Mammals)
01/23/2007: Florida Government Mistakenly Tries to Legislate Away Hurricane Risk
01/22/2007: Standing Up Against Costly Beach Fill
01/19/2007: Out of Control Off-Road Vehicles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
01/18/2007: The Ocean as a Huge Periodic Table
01/17/2007: Estrogen Hormones in Waters Downstream from Treatment Plants
01/16/2007: Coastal Environment Getting Worse in China
01/12/2007: Increasing Eutrophication Is Impacting Coastal Water Quality on East Coast
01/11/2007: 2006 the Warmest Year on Record for the USA
01/10/2007: More Than 3 Beach Trips Annually On Average For Every American
01/09/2007: Fish Have As Good a Nose As Anybody
01/08/2007: Surfboarding in an Aircraft Carrier
01/05/2007: Farm Animal Manure Is a Big Water Quality Issue
01/04/2007: Too Easy to Build Ugly Seawalls in Florida
01/03/2007: Hopefully Some Protection Soon for the Imperiled Atlantic White Marlin
12/29/2006: Moving Pictures of Live, Giant Squid
12/28/2006: Ruptured Pipeline Causes Oil Slick Off the Texas Gulf Coast
12/27/2006: A Striking Shorefront Anomaly at the Expense of Its Neighbors
12/21/2006: Coast Guard Withdraws Great Lakes Plan for 2500 Square Mile Live-Firing Zone
12/20/2006: Keep the Sand Flowing
12/19/2006: Feared Extinction of the White-Fin Dolphin
12/18/2006: Bad Precedent of Allowing Vehicles on Beach in a National Park
12/15/2006: Recognizing the Impossibility of Preserving Oceanfront Structures
12/14/2006: Still So Much to Discover in the Oceans
12/12/2006: Too Much Sewage Is Getting Dumped in New York City Waterways
12/11/2006: Current Ocean Water Testing Has Big Drawbacks
12/08/2006: New Zealand Moves to Protect Great Whites
12/07/2006: UN Declares 2007 As the Year of the Dolphin
12/06/2006: National Park Service Announces Ocean Park Stewardship Plan
12/05/2006: Some of the Negative Effects from Jetskis
12/04/2006: El Niño Weakened Atlantic Hurricane Season
12/01/2006: Surfers and Divers at Greater Risk from Polluted Waters
11/30/2006: The Predictions Are Now Happening
11/29/2006: Appalling Sewage Situation in the Great Lakes
11/28/2006: Alternative Energy and the Coastal Environment
11/27/2006: Surfrider Foundation's South Bay (CA) Chapter Is Firing on All Cylinders
11/22/2006: Another Weakening of the Clean Water Act by the EPA
11/21/2006: Surfrider Foundation Oahu Chapter's Been Active in 2006
11/20/2006: It Is More Sensible to Move Inland the Montauk Point Lighthouse
11/17/2006: U.S. Coastal Counties Contain Over Half of U.S. Population
11/16/2006: If You Are Going to Eat Seafood, Do It Right
11/15/2006: USA Ranks Close to Last in Climate Change Efforts
11/14/2006: Longest Coastlines by Country
11/13/2006: Continuing El Nino into Spring 2007
11/09/2006: Typical Ocean Water Monitoring Only Tests for Bacteria
11/08/2006: Surfrider Foundation Continues to Work Hard for Public Beach Access
11/07/2006: Plastics in All of the Oceans
11/06/2006: Ocean Acidification from Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions
11/03/2006: U.S.' Methyl Bromide Production and Use Are Undercutting the Montreal Protocol
11/02/2006: It's Not Too Late to Reverse the Precipitous Decline of Marine Biodiversity
11/01/2006: Splendid, Diverse Coast of Washington State
10/31/2006: Surfrider's 2006 State of the Beach Report's Featured Indicator: Shoreline Structures
10/30/2006: Unsustainable Beach Fill Projects
10/27/2006: In an Ideal Beach World...
10/26/2006: Retreat from the Beach in Ventura, CA Is a Model Approach
10/25/2006: Big Pulp Mill's Black Wastewater Is Discharged Less Than 1 Mile Offshore in Oregon
10/24/2006: Schwarzenegger On the Fence About Offshore LNG Terminals
10/23/2006: Florida -- the Capital of Algal Blooms
10/20/2006: Biggest Ozone Hole Ever Over Antarctica
10/19/2006: The Primary Reason Why the Army Corps of Engineers Needs Reform
10/18/2006: Mighty Phytoplankton
10/17/2006: The World's Moving towards an Ecosystems Based Approach to Managing the Environment
10/16/2006: US Coast Guard to Create 34 Live Fire Zones in Great Lakes
10/13/2006: Scientific Panel Urges an End to Hardening of Sheltered Coastal Shores
10/12/2006: Eastern Pacific 'Garbage Patch' Gyre near the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument
10/11/2006: Builders/Developers' and Cities' Attempt to Repeal California's Polluted Runoff Regulations Fails
10/10/2006: 'Indicator' Mollusks Show Decreased Levels of Toxins
10/09/2006: Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter's Success in Schools
10/06/2006: What Is El Niño?
10/05/2006: Disturbing Finds of Male Fish with Female Characteristics in SoCal Ocean Waters
10/04/2006: 80% of Marine Pollution Comes from the Land
10/03/2006: New Jersey Beach Sweeps in Honor of Surfrider Member Daniel Clune
10/02/2006: Ecosystem-Based Oceans Management
09/29/2006: Florida's Real Estate Mentality Trumps Hurricane Mentality
09/28/2006: No New Shoreline Structures
09/27/2006: Oregon's Exemplary Beach Access
09/26/2006: Being Effective and Weathering Personal Attacks
09/25/2006: What State Is Your Beach In?
09/22/2006: Identifying and Solving Beach Health Problems Requires Looking at the Big Picture
09/21/2006: Our Beaches Are Facing Serious Problems
09/20/2006: Raw Sewage Dumped in Canadian Waterways
09/19/2006: Threats to the Vitality of Our Ocean Dependent States
09/18/2006: Clean Water at Beaches Is a Fundamental Right
09/15/2006: The Ocean Is Becoming a Lot Noisier
09/14/2006: Invasive, Tropical Lionfish in Long Island Sound
09/13/2006: Surfer Fashion Looking to Get More Environmentally Friendly
09/12/2006: Proposed Sea Wall along the Beach in Rincon, PR
09/11/2006: Purpose of Clean Water Paddle for the Coastal Bend Chapter
09/08/2006: Tropical Storm Florence Sending a Large, Dangerous Swell Towards East Coast U.S.
09/07/2006: We Need to Recognize Threats Early
09/06/2006: Ice Core Samples Show Earth's CO2 Levels Highest in 800,000 Years
09/05/2006: Aging California Coastal Nuclear Plants Are Starting to Fail
09/01/2006: Shoreline Retreat of 6 Feet Per Year
08/31/2006: Beach Music
08/30/2006: Ocean's Energy
08/29/2006: Beach Water Quality Standards Need Updating
08/28/2006: We Can't Take for Granted the Continued Success of the Montreal Protocol
08/25/2006: More Trouble for Caribbean Coral Reefs
08/23/2006: Preserving the Coast in Maine, While There's Still Time
08/22/2006: Future Hurricane Could Cause Very High Storm Surges for NYC and Long Island
08/21/2006: Not Just Caring, But Doing Something About It
08/17/2006: Rising Sea Levels Are the Elephant in Florida's Living Room
08/16/2006: Marine Conservation Needs to Catch Up with Land Conservation
08/15/2006: Our Fragmented Governance of the Coast and Ocean
08/14/2006: 'Sudden Wetland Dieback' in Coastal Saltwater Marshes in New England
08/11/2006: 99.7% Drop in Caribbean Sea Turtle Populations
08/10/2006: Long Term Investments and Shoreline Property
08/09/2006: I Love the Ocean... So I Support Surfrider
08/08/2006: U.S. Federal Government Dithers While Urgent Action's Needed for Oceans
08/07/2006: Raw Sewage in the Great Lakes on the International Border
08/04/2006: Big Increase in Funding for Sewage Treatment Infrastructure Needed
08/03/2006: Increased Beach Water Quality Closings and Warnings in 2005
08/02/2006: So Much Still Undiscovered in the Oceans
07/31/2006: Water Conservation Is a Better Choice than a New Huntington Beach Desalination Plant
07/28/2006: Oil Coats Lebanon's Beaches
07/27/2006: Dead Zone Off Oregon Coast Is Expanding
07/26/2006: Less Boat Engine Air Pollution Will Result in Cleaner Air and Better Ocean Water Quality
07/25/2006: Too Many Government Insurance Subsidies for Coastal Development in Flood Zones
07/24/2006: Hormones and Antibiotics in Our Waterways
07/21/2006: Global Warming -- It's a Scientific Reality
07/20/2006: Why We Need to Reduce Polluted Runoff
07/19/2006: NOAA's Addressing the Marine Debris Problem in Hawaii
07/17/2006: It Just Keeps Getting Warmer
07/14/2006: Thank You Again, Pearl Jam
07/13/2006: Drift Nets -- the Walls of Death
07/12/2006: Correlation between Impervious Surfaces and Microbial Pollution
07/11/2006: Rogue Waves More Frequent Than Thought
07/10/2006: Southwest Florida Coral Reefs in Trouble
07/07/2006: We Need an Ocean Revolution
07/06/2006: Gaping Loophole in New Factory Farm Waste Regulations
07/05/2006: At Last Moment, Judge Stops Navy's Use of Loud Sonar Next to New Hawaiian Marine Reserve
06/30/2006: Still the Masses Come
06/29/2006: Navy to Blast New NW Hawaiian Islands Marine Reserve with Ultra-Loud Sonar
06/27/2006: Finally, Sewage Infrastructure Improvements Coming to Puerto Rico
06/26/2006: The Whole Ball of Wax
06/23/2006: National Academy of Sciences' Latest Global Warming Report
06/22/2006: Hey, Quiet It Down and Stop Hurting Our Marine Mammals!
06/21/2006: Ocean Acidification's Bad News for Our Coral Reefs
06/20/2006: Combo Beach Remover: Rising Sea Levels and Sea Walls
06/19/2006: The Supreme Court Decision on the Clean Water Act Could Have Been Much Worse
06/16/2006: Why the Surfrider Foundation Is Appealing the Solana Beach Ruling
06/15/2006: Plastics: The Scourge of Beaches Everywhere
06/14/2006: The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
06/13/2006: It's Really About Our Oceans, Waves, and Beaches
06/12/2006: U.S. Military's Dumping of Chemical Weapons in the Oceans Was More Prevalent Than Previously Thought
06/09/2006: Establishment of Marine Protected Areas Is Gathering Momentum
06/08/2006: Keeping Pharmaceuticals Out of Wastewater and Away from Coastal Waters
06/07/2006: Health Conscious, Savvy Beachgoers
06/06/2006: Protect Marine Resources Best with Marine Reserves
06/05/2006: President Bush Says He Appreciates Our Type of Work
06/02/2006: Beach Sand Can Contain Harmful Bacteria Longer Than Near-Shore Waters
06/01/2006: Florida Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Vulnerable Coastal Construction
05/31/2006: Everyone's Affected by the Ocean
05/30/2006: Florida's Beach Water Quality Needs Improvement
05/29/2006: Why Beach Fill Projects Are Opposed by Locals
05/25/2006: A Lot More Could Be Done to Protect Beachgoers from Contaminated Beach Water
05/24/2006: Deadly Seiche Wave of 1954 in Lake Michigan
05/23/2006: Bill Clinton: We Must 'Get Off Our Butts' and Do Something About Global Warming
05/22/2006: Offshore Oil Wells Conflict with Coastal Tourism
05/19/2006: Long Beach, NJ to Designate 7 Summer Surfing Areas
05/18/2006: Balancing Sun Protection for Our Skin
05/17/2006: Global Warming Is Already Damaging Our Beloved Coral Reefs
05/16/2006: 17 Years Later, 6 Miles of Shoreline Still Fouled by Exxon Valdez Spill
05/15/2006: Supreme Court Upholds States' Right for Regulating Dams
05/12/2006: How Many Hours Are Sunscreens Effective?
05/11/2006: Construction Companies Are Damaging Puerto Rico's Coral Reefs with Sediment-Laden Runoff
05/10/2006: May 11 is "Endangered Species Day"
05/09/2006: Amazing Dolphins
05/08/2006: Why Did It Take So Long to Assess Our Streams?
05/05/2006: More New Species Discovered in Ocean Depths
05/04/2006: El Niño and La Niña and Atlantic Ocean Hurricanes
05/03/2006: Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning System Still Not Up to Par
05/02/2006: More Whale Strandings Linked to Navy Sonar
05/01/2006: Look Outside
04/28/2006: A High Environmental Cost from Ocean Fish Farms
04/27/2006: Plastic In the Ocean Doesn't Go Away
04/26/2006: Hawaii, After the 50+ Million Gallon Sewage Spill into Waikiki
04/25/2006: 17 Teaspoons of Chemicals for 1 Non-Organic, Cotton T-Shirt
04/24/2006: Proposed Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary
04/21/2006: Are Big Ports and Adjacent Beaches 'Diesel Death Zones?'
04/20/2006: Non-Native Iguanas Taking Over Florida Barrier Island
04/19/2006: Sewage Outfalls in Southeast Florida Coastal Waters
04/18/2006: Vacuuming Invasive Algae in Kaneohe Bay on Oahu
04/17/2006: Ocean Dumping, the London Convention, and the 1996 Protocol
04/14/2006: American Public Is Cognizant of Global Warming Really Happening
04/13/2006: Help from the Ocean for Fighting Antibiotic Resistant Staph
04/11/2006: Unprecedented Die-Off of Caribbean Coral Reefs
04/10/2006: Congress Stops Proposed Offshore Wind Farm for Nantucket Sound
04/07/2006: Coastal Oil Spills Affect People's Health, Too
04/05/2006: Increasing Ocean Acidity and Carbon Dioxide Can Cause Big Problems
04/04/2006: Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Is Acidifying the Oceans
04/03/2006: Only 13% of U.S. Ocean Fish Stocks Are 'Healthy'
03/31/2006: Bad Beach Fill Pollutes the Local Marine Environment in Florida
03/30/2006: We're Losing, Not Gaining Wetlands
03/29/2006: Increasingly Common Red Tides
03/28/2006: Exxon Still Won't Pay Punitive Fine for Valdez Spill
03/27/2006: Where's the Law Enforcement for Water Polluters?
03/24/2006: California Attorney General's Office Against Proposed Highway through San Onofre State Beach
03/23/2006: Over 9 Million Gallons of Oil Spilled in Gulf of Mexico After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
03/22/2006: Ocean Debris Tracking Buoys Deployed
03/21/2006: Great White Sharks Can Cross Oceans
03/20/2006: Study Shows the Obvious: Personal Watercraft Negatively Impact the Coastal Environment
03/17/2006: We Need More Ocean Protection
03/16/2006: Federal Budget Cuts Target Environmental Programs Again
03/15/2006: Don't Dump in Our Great Lakes!
03/14/2006: Mounting Evidence of Red Tides' Harmful Effects on People
03/13/2006: 500 Oil Spills Annually in Existing North Slope Alaska Oil Fields
03/10/2006: Sharks: We're Still Finding Out Who's Out There
03/08/2006: It's Time to Act to Save the World's Fisheries
03/07/2006: Future Global Warming Could Be Much Worse Than Previously Predicted
03/06/2006: Big Push Right Now to Expand Offshore Oil/Gas Drilling
03/03/2006: Continental Maritime Wins Water Quality Award
03/02/2006: Can't We Stop Highly Destructive Drift-gillnet and Longline Fishing?
03/01/2006: Endangered Sea Turtles
02/28/2006: Toxic Barrels in Sabine National Wildlife Refuge on Louisiana Coast
02/27/2006: 225 Acre Coastal Parcel on Hawaii's Big Island Bought for Preservation from Developers
02/24/2006: The Hurricane-Climate Connection
02/23/2006: Who Says Florida Red Tides Aren't Harmful to People?
02/22/2006: Lots of Maui Sand Going to Honolulu Construction Sites
02/21/2006: Fate of Clean Water Act in Supreme Court's Hands Now
02/17/2006: The 1 Million Gallon Murphy Oil Spill in New Orleans
02/16/2006: Deal Made to Protect Vast Expanse of Coastal Rainforest in Northwest Canada
02/15/2006: Incredible Biodiversity at the Saba Bank Coral Atoll in the Caribbean
02/14/2006: President Nixon on Saving Endangered Species, Like Those at San Onofre
02/13/2006: Fewer Grey Whales in Mexico's Lagoons This Winter
02/10/2006: Only 300 Right Whales Left -- They Need Some Coast Guard Help
02/09/2006: Burning Coal Puts Mercury in Our Fish
02/08/2006: Again, Backup Generators' Failure to Blame for Big Sewage Spill
02/07/2006: Mexico Outlaws Import/Export of Marine Mammals
02/06/2006: Will Government Wake Up and Deal with Oceans' Crisis?
02/03/2006: Oceans Dominate Earth's Systems
02/02/2006: Little Known, Massive Oil Spill in Gulf
02/01/2006: Lots of Pollution from Seaports
01/31/2006: Japanese Research Ship CHIKYU: $500 Million and 210 Yards Long
01/30/2006: Gulf Hurricanes Really Changed Things
01/27/2006: Study: Sea Level Rise Will Continue
01/26/2006: Why Enviros Oppose Judge Alito's Nomination
01/25/2006: Plankton At Risk from Global Warming
01/24/2006: Once Again, Learning the Hard Way
01/23/2006: EPA Asking for Comments on Draft Watershed Management Handbook
01/19/2006: Don't Take More (from the Ocean) Than You Need
01/18/2006: 10,000 Pounds of Diatoms for 1 Pound of Tuna
01/17/2006: How Can This -- 2 Million Gallon Sewage Spill -- Happen?
01/13/2006: Mechanical Cleaning of the Beach Is Problematic
01/12/2006: On the Beach? Tread Lightly
01/10/2006: Acting Against Invasive Coastal Species
01/09/2006: Bleak Future Not Only for the Maldives
01/06/2006: EPA's BEACON Water Quality Site Showing Historical Data Has Big Flaws
01/05/2006: There Are Problems Everywhere
01/04/2006: USA's Increasing, Not Decreasing, Global Warming Emissions
01/03/2006: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands -- America's Galapagos
12/30/2005: We Need More Action NOW to Help Our Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes
12/29/2005: Inadequately Treated Sewage in Our Waters Poses a Significant Human Health Threat
12/28/2005: Ronald Reagan Wanted to Preserve and Protect San Onofre State Beach
12/27/2005: Moving Low-Lying Seaside Communities Inland After Katrina
12/22/2005: The ANWR Environmental Battle's Never Over
12/21/2005: Big One Year Increase in U.S. Global Warming Emissions
12/20/2005: International Ocean Census Project Now Halfway Finished
12/19/2005: The Great Lakes Need Active Cleanup, Not More Photo Ops and Jabber
12/15/2005: There's No Need to Wreck Coastal Habitat to Secure the Border
12/14/2005: We Need to Prioritize Spending
12/13/2005: Coastal Access Is a Problem in Maine
12/12/2005: We Need to Find Out the Sources of Water Pollution at Our Beaches
12/09/2005: CA Attorney General Categorically Opposed to Proposed Highway through San Onofre State Beach
12/08/2005: The Best Mud Beaches
12/07/2005: What Is the Kyoto Protocol?
12/06/2005: Hurricane Frequency and the 2005 Season
12/05/2005: That's Not Good for Lake Erie's Beaches
12/02/2005: Huge Bycatch Waste by U.S. Shrimp Industry
12/01/2005: Gulf Stream Current to Europe Is Slowing Down
11/30/2005: Lessons in Surviving a Tsunami
11/29/2005: Rising Sea Levels Forcing Abandonment of Islands
11/28/2005: Origins of Coast Guard
11/23/2005: Residents Will Pay to Reduce Polluted Runoff from Flowing to Our Beaches
11/22/2005: It's Not Very Appealing to Put a Highway through a State Park
11/21/2005: Federal Flood Insurance Promotes Coastal Development
11/18/2005: Stay Far Away from the NOAA Ocean Buoys!
11/17/2005: Dolphin Hunting in Japan
11/16/2005: Benjamin Franklin, America's Famous Swimmer
11/15/2005: Too Much Sewage Dumping in Southern California's Offshore Waters
11/14/2005: Where Did the Army Dump Chemical Weapons Off Oahu's South Shore?
11/11/2005: Drilling in ANWR May Be Reinserted in Final Budget Bill
11/10/2005: Beaches Are Ever-Changing, Restless Armies of Sand Particles
11/09/2005: Ventura County Cutting Back on Beach Water Testing Due to Insufficient Funding
11/08/2005: Army Doesn't Know the Locations of Half of Its Chemical Weapons Dumpsites Offshore
11/07/2005: U.S. Army Dumped Huge Quantities of Chemical and Radioactive Waste into Our Oceans
11/04/2005: Katrina and Rita Tore Through and Submerged over 100 Square Miles of Coastal Wetlands
11/03/2005: Sea Walls Are Accelerating Beach Erosion
11/02/2005: Are You Waiting To Do Something About Global Warming?
11/01/2005: The Titanic Had Everything Under the Sun Except a Sufficient Number of Lifeboats
10/31/2005: Surfrider Foundation's Beach Preservation Policy
10/28/2005: Hopes for Worldwide Network of Marine Parks
10/27/2005: U.S. House Committee Approves Ending Drilling Moratorium in Offshore Waters
10/26/2005: If Surfers Don't Save Trestles, Who Will?
10/25/2005: Public Not Well Informed about the Health of Our Beaches
10/24/2005: Surfrider Foundation's Water Quality Goals for Monitoring
10/20/2005: Our Legacy to Our Great Great Grandchildren
10/19/2005: Wilma, the Most Intense Atlantic Storm Ever
10/18/2005: Water Pollution Is Top Environmental Priority
10/17/2005: Majority of Americans Are Sympathetic to Environmental Concerns
10/14/2005: Oil Companies Pushing Hard for Increasing Coastal Drilling
10/12/2005: Astounding Great White Shark
10/11/2005: Vince Is First Tropical Storm to Reach Spain and Portugal
10/10/2005: Army Corps Proposal to Armor Many San Diego County Beaches
10/07/2005: Shoreline Structures Are Problematic
10/06/2005: Surfrider Foundation Beach Access Goals
10/05/2005: Dam Removal: Restoring Ecosystems and Beach Sand
10/04/2005: 8 Million Gallons of Oil Spills in Waterways in Southeastern Louisiana after Katrina
10/03/2005: Canada Lobbies US Federal Government Against Drilling in ANWR
09/30/2005: Coral Bleaching in the Caribbean
09/29/2005: UN Declares Mexican Coastal Area a World Heritage Site
09/28/2005: Bush Administration Now Citing Hurricanes as Excuse to Push for Oil and Gas Drilling in Coastal Waters and ANWR
09/27/2005: New York and New England Can Get Hit Hard by Hurricanes, Too
09/26/2005: Buildup of Heat in the World's Oceans
09/23/2005: Don't Expect Anyone to Do the Job for You
09/22/2005: Big Sewage Problems in Puerto Rico
09/21/2005: Finally Some Bans on Highly Destructive Bottom Trawling
09/20/2005: Bill Introduced to Weaken Drastically the Endangered Species Act
09/19/2005: Estuaries (2 of 2): Cultural Benefits of Estuaries
09/16/2005: Estuaries (1 of 2): What Is an Estuary?
09/15/2005: Appreciating the Physical Processes of the Shore
09/14/2005: Slowing Down Beach Sand Loss in Hawaii
09/13/2005: Evidence Indicates Global Warming Makes Hurricanes More Powerful
09/12/2005: Devastation on the Mississippi Coast
09/09/2005: Depth of Water Always Changing in the Surf Zone
09/08/2005: Removing Nature's Coastal Storm Protections
09/07/2005: Major New Force Causing Marine Extinctions
09/06/2005: Coastal Jetties Rob Sand from Peter to Pay Paul
09/01/2005: They Need to Know You Care
08/31/2005: Undermining the Fundamental Framework of Living Systems?
08/30/2005: Huge Disaster from Hurricane Katrina
08/29/2005: Stay Away from the Gulf Coastal Area for a Several Days
08/26/2005: Commercial Fishing Is the 3rd Most Dangerous Occupation in the U.S.
08/25/2005: What Is a Beach?
08/24/2005: The Spectrum of Waves
08/23/2005: Red Tide Is Killing Marine Life Off the Gulf Coast of Florida
08/22/2005: Recent, Harmful Coral Bleaching Generally Attributed by Scientists to Global Warming
08/19/2005: STATE OF THE BEACH: Widespread Water Quality, Coastal Access, Erosion Response and Beach Ecology Concerns
08/18/2005: When Are U.S. Politicians Going to Wake Up about Global Warming?
08/17/2005: Cutting Back on 'Critical Habitat' for West Coast Salmon
08/16/2005: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands No Longer Safe from Invasive Species
08/15/2005: Mega Port Planned for Northern Baja
08/12/2005: Lost Fishing Gear in the Oceans Is Typically Not Biodegradable
08/11/2005: Sea Otters Need to Do It Again
08/10/2005: Beach Water Pollution May Be Worse during New and Full Moons
08/09/2005: Strong Protection for Georgia's Coastal Islands
08/08/2005: Very Large Waves Generated by Hurricane Ivan Last September
08/04/2005: The Circular Life Cycle of Florida Turtles
08/03/2005: Beach Access Is Plentiful in Oregon, Scarce in Maine
08/02/2005: The BAD: Ocean Outfalls for Sewage in California
08/01/2005: Greatest Threat to Coasts and Oceans
07/29/2005: What Happens When We Insist on Building Very Close to the Water's Edge
07/27/2005: Get Informed about Your Local Beach
07/26/2005: America's Surrounded by and Reliant on the Oceans
07/25/2005: Excerpt from Surfrider Foundation's Upcoming State of the Beach 2005 Report
07/22/2005: Costly Beach Fill for Whom at Whose Expense?
07/21/2005: EPA Seeks Comments on Pesticide Review Process
07/20/2005: Toxic Algae Sickens Beachgoers in Italy
07/19/2005: State of California Sues Trancas Property Owners Association for Bulldozing Beach Sand
07/18/2005: Very Long Sea Floor Rupture from the Earthquake that Caused the Big Tsunami
07/15/2005: Beach Fill -- At What Cost and to Whose Benefit
07/14/2005: Indian River Lagoon in Florida Is Losing Its Dolphins
07/13/2005: Fisheries Agency Delays Congressionally-Mandated Report as Fish Populations Continue to Decline
07/12/2005: High Water Temps in the Great Lakes, Too
07/11/2005: Effects of Rising Temperatures: Alaskan Coast Experiencing Lots of Forest Fires
07/08/2005: Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating
07/07/2005: Hundreds of Seabirds Dying on East Coast
07/06/2005: Biodegradable Balloons Are Harmful to Sealife Who Eat Them
07/05/2005: Proposed US-Mexico Gargantuan, Coastal Border Barrier Is Overkill and Harmful to Local Coastal Environment
07/01/2005: Indisputable, Increasing Acidity of Oceans from CO2 Emissions
06/30/2005: Discarded Pharmaceuticals Endangering Aquatic Life and People?
06/29/2005: Large Cruise Ships Are Big Coastal Water Polluters
06/28/2005: Big Problems with Army Corps' Beach Fill Plan for Long Beach, NY
06/27/2005: Oceans Are an Untapped Reservoir of Possible Medicines
06/24/2005: Record Levels of Toxins in Shell Fish in Maine from Current Red Tide
06/23/2005: Designing Fish Farms So That Marine Ecosystems Are Not Harmed
06/22/2005: Japan Loses Vote to Increase Whaling
06/21/2005: Congress Is Deliberating The Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2005
06/20/2005: Trawl Fishing Banned in Large Area Off West Coast
06/17/2005: Why Do So Few Americans Pay Heed to Global Warming?
06/16/2005: Importance of Water Quality and Beach Access in New England
06/15/2005: Large Multinational Companies Urge Action on Global Warming
06/14/2005: Bad Coastal Development Can Worsen Tsunami's Destruction (2 of 2)
06/13/2005: Bad Coastal Development Can Worsen Tsunami's Destruction (1 of 2)
06/10/2005: Florida Red Tides Are Toxic to Marine Mammals
06/09/2005: Rip Currents (3 of 3)
06/08/2005: Rip Currents (2 of 3)
06/07/2005: Rip Currents (1 of 3)
06/06/2005: Rock Jetties at the Beach Implicated in Swimmer's Deaths
06/03/2005: UN Warns that Caribbean Is Not Prepared For Hurricanes
06/02/2005: Ten Beautiful Places without Jetskis
06/01/2005: Navy Cleanup of Waterfront Bases Often Inadequate
05/31/2005: After 22 Years, Finally Beach Access
05/27/2005: Almost 4 Beach Trips Annually on Average for Every American
05/26/2005: Big Population Decline for the Red Knot Shore Bird
05/25/2005: EPA Retreats on Sewage Blending and Dumping Proposal
05/24/2005: Some of the Many Symptoms Associated with Swimming in Polluted Ocean Water
05/23/2005: Massive Amounts of DDT and PCBs Still Plague Coastal Waters off the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Califoria
05/20/2005: America's Rivers Now Getting More Polluted after Decades of Improvement
05/19/2005: Huge Sewage Infrastructure Investment Needs
05/18/2005: Watershed Restoration Can Be Effective Even in High Density Urban Areas
05/17/2005: Why Louisiana's Coast Is Retreating Inland Fast
05/16/2005: Louisiana's Coast Is Retreating Inland Fast
05/12/2005: Delaware's Surf Spots
05/11/2005: Scientists Find Marine Organism That Uses Cadmium
05/10/2005: There Is No Effective Mitigation for Highway Building in San Onofre State Beach
05/09/2005: Wonderful Hawaii
05/06/2005: UN Considering Longline Fishing Moratorium in the Pacific Ocean
05/05/2005: Too Much Secondary Treated Sewage Dumped Too Close to Shore in California
05/04/2005: The Mighty Tuna
05/03/2005: Middle of Long Island Sound Proposed as LNG Terminal Site
05/02/2005: Annual California Mussel Quarantine, May 1 to October 31
04/28/2005: Preserving Important Parts of the Waterfront for Our Great-Grandchildren's Great-Grandchildren
04/27/2005: Red Tide In Southwest Florida Difficult To Deal With
04/25/2005: Staghorn and Elkhorn Corals To Be Proposed For Listing Under U.S. Endangered Species Act
04/22/2005: Estimated 250,000 Seal Pups Killed in Canada This Spring
04/21/2005: New Computer Model for USA Hurricane Predictions
04/20/2005: Ships' Ballast Tanks Often Carry Deadly Organisms
04/19/2005: 70 Feet High Rogue Wave Strikes Cruise Liner Off Florida Coast
04/18/2005: This Time, Private Money and Influence Can't Stop Public Beach Access in Malibu
04/15/2005: Offshore Drilling Moratorium Expires in 2012
04/14/2005: Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Would Undermine Protection for All Our Wildlife Refuges
04/13/2005: Future Oil/Gas Offshore Drilling Threatens Florida Coast
04/11/2005: Military Bungling Cleanup of Closed, Coastal Military Bases
04/08/2005: Top Predator Fish Populations Are Plummeting
04/07/2005: Manatee Rights
04/05/2005: Research Links Farm Runoff to Algal Blooms
04/04/2005: Different Beaches Are Made of Different Kinds of Materials
03/31/2005: The Most Valuable Capital Assets
03/29/2005: Overfishing on a Global Scale
03/28/2005: The Bountiful, Giving Ocean
03/25/2005: The Ocean Is Most Unpredictable
03/23/2005: Too Much Noise in the Oceans
03/22/2005: Sound Travels 5 Times Faster in Water Than Air
03/21/2005: Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Explodes Upon Contact with Water
03/18/2005: Hidden Strategy to Open Offshore Drilling
03/17/2005: Congress Poised to Allow Drilling in America's Greatest Coastal Wilderness
03/16/2005: Jet Skis - Don't Use Them
03/14/2005: Don't Turn Your Back on the Ocean
03/11/2005: EPA's Proposed Sewage-Blending-and-Discharge Proposal Is a Weakening of the Clean Water Act
03/10/2005: Much More Investment in Sewer and Water Infrastructure Needed
03/09/2005: Ships' Protection Against Lightning
03/07/2005: Enviro Groups Sue Over Rancho Mission Viejo in SoCal
03/04/2005: NYC's Newton Creek Needs Restoration Regardless of Olympics
03/03/2005: U.S. Coastal Population Keeps Growing
03/02/2005: Hydroelectric Dams Produce Lots of Greenhouse Gases
03/01/2005: The World's Ice Is Melting Fast -- and Raising Sea Levels
02/28/2005: New Tidepool Protection Officer for Laguna Beach, CA
02/24/2005: Natural Coastlines Helped Protect Against Tsunami's Wrath
02/23/2005: 135 Members of Congress Sign Letter Against EPA's Relaxing of Sewage Dumping Laws
02/22/2005: No Room for Doubt: Ocean's Getting Warmer and People Are to Blame
02/21/2005: Ocean Warming Strongly Linked to Global Warming Emissions
02/18/2005: Very Big Alaska Oil Spill in Coastal Wildlife Refuge
02/17/2005: New Highway through San Onofre State Beach Is Highly Inappropriate, Says the CA Attorney General
02/15/2005: Coastal Trash Legislation Introduced in the Senate
02/14/2005: Equality Among Surfers
02/11/2005: Pew Fellowship to Help Establish Marine Protected Areas in the Solomon Islands
02/10/2005: Bush's Proposed 2006 Budget Has Draconian Cuts in Beach Water Quality Related Programs
02/08/2005: US Tsunami Warning System Needs Big Repairs
02/07/2005: International Scientists Are Calling for a Moratorium on Long Line Fishing to Save the Pacific Leatherback Turtle
02/04/2005: EPA Wants to Weaken the Clean Water Act Again
02/02/2005: Some Beach Water Quality Hotspots in Puerto Rico
01/31/2005: Davidson Seamount Off the Big Sur Coast
01/28/2005: Erroneously Referred to as Tidal Waves
01/26/2005: Hawaii's Seasons
01/25/2005: Surfrider Foundation Chapters Getting It Done
01/24/2005: Spitzer Helping Defend Clean Water Act from Army Corps of Engineers
01/21/2005: False Sense of Security in Florida
01/19/2005: Two Year Plan to Upgrade the U.S. Tsunami Detection System
01/18/2005: The Jet Ski, Spewing Nauseating Fumes Since 1970
01/17/2005: The Water Skee
01/13/2005: Surfers Make the Best Lifeguards in Hawaii?
01/11/2005: Blending Sewage and Then Discharging It Into Waterways
01/10/2005: Coastal Mangrove Forests and Coral Reefs Help Reduce Tsunami Damage
01/07/2005: Recent, Heavy, West Coast Rains Not from the El Nino
01/06/2005: Jack London's Advice on the Royal Sport of Surf-Riding
01/05/2005: Coral Reef 250 Feet Deep Found Off Florida Coast
01/04/2005: Way Too Many Sewage Overflows in the USA
01/03/2005: Seabirds Eating Balloons
12/30/2004: Time Between the Earthquake Happening and the Subsequent Tsunami Reaching the Coasts
12/28/2004: Defense Department Wants More Environmental Exemptions
12/26/2004: Hypoxia - the Depletion of Oxygen in Bottom Waters
12/23/2004: Stop the Climate Experiment
12/22/2004: Plastic in the Oceans Is a HUGE Problem
12/21/2004: Research Indicates Sharks Can Detect Magnetic Fields
12/20/2004: Sharks Do Get Cancer
12/17/2004: Upsetting the Natural Balance in Lake Michigan
12/16/2004: Untreated Sewage Causes Lots of Illnesses
12/15/2004: New EPA Rules to Allow More Insufficiently Treated Sewage To Be Dumped in Coastal Waters
12/14/2004: Cruise Operator Carnival Guilty Again for Illegal Sewage Discharges
12/13/2004: Florida's Very Large Algal Bloom
12/10/2004: Lone Whale Singing Like No Other
12/09/2004: Longline Fishing Is Decimating Pacific Leatherback Turtles
12/08/2004: Symbolic Sea Turtles
12/07/2004: Congress Tries to Block States' Decision Making Powers on Coastal LNG Plant Sitings
12/06/2004: Sea Level's Risen 3 Inches in the Past 20 Years
12/03/2004: Incredibly Destructive Shallow Longline Fishing in the Pacific Ocean
12/02/2004: Rumours on the Bush Administration and Upcoming Ocean Policy
11/30/2004: Lots of Beach Trips in the U.S.
11/29/2004: Overwhelmed Combined Sewer Systems a BIG Problem
11/24/2004: The Sea and the Shore and the Origins of the Public Trust Doctrine
11/23/2004: Swimming Back and Forth Across the Oceans
11/22/2004: Military Use of Loud Sonar in Our Oceans
11/19/2004: Miami Beach -- The EndPoint
11/18/2004: The Laggards in Fighting Global Warming
11/17/2004: Tsunamis
11/16/2004: Reinventing Ourselves at the Beach
11/11/2004: Republican Gains in the Senate Mean America's Greatest Coastal Wilderness Is Threatened
11/10/2004: Seabirds Getting Sick from Eating Plastic in the Oceans
11/09/2004: Dredging the Lower Snake River's Not a Good Idea
11/08/2004: Overfishing of Just One Fish Species Can Profoundly Alter an Entire Marine Ecosystem
11/05/2004: Capable Grassroots Organizations
11/04/2004: Causes of Getting Sick from Swimming in Polluted Water
11/02/2004: European Parliament Passes Resolution Against Harmful Sonar Use in Oceans
11/01/2004: It's Obvious Which Candidate Is NOT for the Environment
10/28/2004: The Need for More and Better Beach Health Information
10/26/2004: Administrative Erosion of Beach Access in Oahu
10/25/2004: Inland Cigarette Butt Litter Fouling Our Beaches
10/21/2004: Surfrider Foundation -- Very Close to the Ocean Itself
10/20/2004: Gov. Schwarzenegger Presents Plan to Protect the California Coast
10/19/2004: Massive Beach Retreat in One Night
10/18/2004: The Mystery of Not Caring
10/14/2004: Beach Health Indicator Info Is Limited, But Nonetheless Points to Serious Problems at the Coast
10/13/2004: UN Endorses Partial Protection for the Great White Shark
10/12/2004: Calif. and Other States Lacking Money to Uphold Clean Water Act Regulations
10/11/2004: The Ocean Planet
10/08/2004: Hidden Soul of the Sea
10/07/2004: Bottom Trawling A Highly Destructive Fishing Practice
10/06/2004: Proposals to Build Offshore Windmills Are Controversial
10/05/2004: Inadequate Sewage Infrastructure Causes Big Problems for Puerto Rico's Beach Water Quality
10/04/2004: Ozone Hole Over Antarctica Smaller This Year
10/01/2004: Big Toxic Algae Bloom Off Washington State's Coast
09/30/2004: Maldives Face Utter Disaster from Global Warming
09/29/2004: Very High Mercury Levels in Swordfish in California Grocery Stores
09/28/2004: Surfrider Foundation Malibu Chapter on Sept.29 to Commemorate Surfrider's Historic First Meeting
09/27/2004: Remarkable Path of Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne
09/24/2004: Hurricane Ivan Roars Back to Life
09/23/2004: U.S. Ocean Jurisdiction
09/22/2004: Another Dam's Coming Down, This Time in New York
09/21/2004: Surfing in New Hampshire
09/20/2004: Sea Otter Awareness Week, Sept. 27-Oct. 2
09/17/2004: Good Year for Olive Ridley Turtles on Mexico's Pacific Coast
09/16/2004: Eliminating 2-Strokes Paid Off in Lake Tahoe
09/15/2004: International Coastal Cleanup Day Is Sept. 18
09/14/2004: Big Protests Against US Military for Plans to Blow Up Coral Reef in Okinawa
09/13/2004: EPA's New Environment Management System for Wastewater Industry
09/10/2004: Lots of Cigarette Butts at Our Beaches
09/09/2004: Sierra Club Report Criticizes Bush's Coastal Policies
09/08/2004: International Conservation Groups Call on Bush & Koizumi to Cancel Airbase Construction on Okinawa's Coral Reef
09/07/2004: Hawaii Has Over 1,600 Surf Spots
09/06/2004: Hurricane Frances Pounds Florida
09/02/2004: Scandinavian Coastguards Use Popcorn in Oil Cleanup Training
09/01/2004: Floating, Polluting Smokestacks
08/31/2004: Unbelievable! National Marine Fisheries Service Reopens Hawaiian Longline Swordfish Fishery
08/30/2004: Recreational Fishers Catching More Fish Than Previously Thought
08/27/2004: Removing Pharmaceuticals and Hormones from Wastewater
08/26/2004: We Have Better Options Than to Drill for Oil in ANWR and Offshore California
08/25/2004: EPA Publishes Summary of Fish Consumption Advisories
08/24/2004: Maryland's Coast Two-Thirds Publicly Owned
08/23/2004: Latest Predictions: Weak El Nino for This Fall and Winter
08/20/2004: Better Beach Access Needed in New York
08/19/2004: Beach Access a Big Problem in Maine
08/18/2004: Does Your Organization 'Walk the Talk'?
08/17/2004: Swordfish Often Have High Levels of Harmful Mercury
08/16/2004: We Have Nothing
08/13/2004: U.S. Commerce Department Chastised by Judge Over Attempts to Weaken Dolphin-Safe Labels
08/12/2004: August 22nd Is Our BirthDay
08/11/2004: Court Overturns US Commerce Department's Weakening of 'Dolphin Safe' Label
08/10/2004: Los Angeles Agrees to Upgrade Dilapidated Sewer System
08/09/2004: Dead Zones: Those Not Highly Mobile Simply Die
08/06/2004: To Reduce Mercury in Fish, Coal-Fired Power Plants Must Close or Clean Up
08/05/2004: Education and Awareness Are Key
08/04/2004: Coastal Town of Huskisson in Southeast Australia Bans Plastic Shopping Bags
08/03/2004: Evolution of Whalewatching
08/02/2004: Public Beach Access in New Jersey
07/30/2004: Beach Environmentalists' and Fishing Industry's Long Term Interests Coincide a Great Deal
07/29/2004: Even the Creatures at the Bottom of the Oceans May Be Affected by Climate Change
07/28/2004: NATO Sonar Strongly Suspected of Killing Whales Again
07/27/2004: Identifying and Solving Beach Health Problems Requires Looking at the Big Picture
07/26/2004: Unless We Do Something About It, We Could Lose Our Beaches
07/22/2004: Beach Ecology - The Beach Is Alive
07/21/2004: Los Angeles City Council Trying to Clean Up Local Waterways
07/20/2004: State of Massachusetts Doing Beach Water Testing for 60 Coastal Communities
07/19/2004: Carbon Dioxide Absorption by the Oceans May Harm Coral and Other Marine LIfe
07/16/2004: Think You're Buying Red Snapper Fish? Probably Not
07/15/2004: Removal of Matilija Dam in Ventura County Suggested in 1964
07/14/2004: British Coastal Waters Invaded By Jellyfish
07/13/2004: Instead of Cleaning Up, Oil Companies Sue Calif. Coastal Commission
07/12/2004: Female Hormones in Sewage Changing the Sex of Fish
07/09/2004: Important Project Unveiled to Cut Pollution in Western Indian Ocean
07/08/2004: Hurricanes Spur Plankton Growth in Oceans
07/07/2004: Out-of-Control Shark Fishing for Shark Fin Soup
07/05/2004: Florida Manatees Dying from Jet Skis and Powerboats
07/02/2004: Win-Win Situation for the Large, New Marine Protected Area in the Great Barrier Reef
07/01/2004: Arch Conservatives Holding Up USA Ratification of the Law of the Sea
06/29/2004: Moving Coastal Structures Inland
06/25/2004: Statement on La Jolla Seals
06/24/2004: There's Now More Runoff-Producing, Impervious Surfaces Than There Are Wetlands
06/23/2004: Surfrider Foundation Volunteers Test the Waters Near Maverick's
06/22/2004: Global Warming Is Happening Now
06/21/2004: Dead Dolphins, Whales and Turtles Washing Up Onshore in Mauritania
06/18/2004: Big Increase in Red Tides in Chinese Coastal Waters
06/17/2004: The Galapagos Islands of North America
06/16/2004: Monterey Bay Aquarium Creates 'Center For the Future of the Oceans'
06/15/2004: Not Nearly Enough Marine Protected Areas
06/14/2004: Having Time to Help Our Beaches and the Surfrider Foundation
06/11/2004: Bit Off His Finger Anyway
06/10/2004: Krakatoa Tsunami Traveled Around the World
06/09/2004: The Power of Waves
06/08/2004: Better to Keep Buildings Off the Shoreline
06/07/2004: Hippo Sweat an Effective Sunscreen for the Beach
06/04/2004: Gray Whales Seem To Be Increasing in Numbers in Eastern Pacific
06/03/2004: European Union Needs to Strengthen Beach Water Quality Regulations
06/01/2004: Finally, Some International Protection for Endangered Seahorses
05/28/2004: Massive Red Tide Off the Coast of China
05/26/2004: California Sea Lion Found Full of Plastic
05/25/2004: Surfrider Foundation's 20th Anniversary Surfboard Auction by Sotheby's
05/24/2004: Putin of Russia Signals Support for Global Warming Treaty
05/20/2004: Greenpeace Acquitted in Important Case That's Relevant for All Activist Groups
05/19/2004: Seasickness
05/18/2004: Wal-Mart Fined Again for Polluted Runoff Violations
05/17/2004: 'Preliminary Report' of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Recommends Changes for the US Army Corps of Engineers
05/14/2004: US Government Attack Against Greenpeace Is an Attack Against All Activist Organizations
05/13/2004: 3,600 People Per Day Moving to the Coasts in the U.S.
05/12/2004: Royal Caribbean Commits to a Cleaner Fleet
05/11/2004: Plastic's Accumulating in the Oceans
05/07/2004: Invading Through Ballast Water
05/06/2004: Half of All USA Extinctions Occurred in Hawaii
05/04/2004: Conserve Energy Before Building Offshore Windmills?
05/03/2004: Recommendations for Managing Our Coastal Areas Better
04/29/2004: Clean Cruise Ships Act of 2004 Introduced in Congress
04/28/2004: Investing in Our Oceans Policy -- A Very Reasonable Investment
04/27/2004: Big South Swell Pounds Southern California
04/26/2004: American Public Not Aware of Ocean's Importance
04/23/2004: Effective Ocean Policy Requires High-Quality Education
04/21/2004: Recommendations of Preliminary Report by the US Commission on Ocean Policy
04/20/2004: Establishing a National Ocean Council within the Executive Office of the President
04/19/2004: Most Coastal States Have Not Adopted Federal Beach Water Testing Standards
04/16/2004: Lots of Unexploded Bombs Left on Hawaiian Island of Kahoolawe by U.S. Military
04/15/2004: Early Submarine in 1776
04/14/2004: Preserving Our Beaches Is Intimately Connected to Preserving the Watershed
04/12/2004: Most Giant Cruise Ships Are Giant Coastal Polluters
04/09/2004: Study Shows Surfers More Likely to Get Sick in High Runoff Areas
04/08/2004: Numerous, Repeated, Unpunished Clean Water Act Violations by Sewage Treatment Plants and Other Major Facilities
04/06/2004: Injection Wells for Sewage Are A Bad Idea In Florida
04/05/2004: New England Hurricane of 1938
04/02/2004: Record High Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Earth's Atmosphere
04/01/2004: Australia to Ban Fishing in One-Third of Great Barrier Reef
03/31/2004: USA and Others Granted Exemptions to Destroy More Atmospheric Upper Level Ozone
03/30/2004: Oxygen Depleted 'Dead Zones' in the Ocean a Huge, Growing Problem
03/29/2004: Rogue Waves
03/26/2004: The Surfrider Foundation Joined the Lawsuit Defending the Texas Open Beaches Act
03/25/2004: Santa Monica, California To Ban Smoking at Beaches, Too
03/23/2004: Reducing Beach Litter by Banning Smoking
03/22/2004: U.S. Military's Trashing the Unique Makua Valley on Oahu
03/19/2004: Why Coral Reefs Are Declining
03/18/2004: Latest Scientific Reports - Global Warming Is Worsening
03/17/2004: Overwhelming Scientific Evidence of Global Warming Taking Place
03/15/2004: More Coastal Natural Resources Are in Poor Condition Than Good Condition
03/12/2004: Halt Deep-Sea Bottom Trawling
03/11/2004: Caribbean and Florida Coral Reefs Are Suffering Staggering Declines
03/10/2004: Trouble in Paradise in the US Virgin Islands
03/09/2004: A Terrible Plan: Triple Border Fence for Coastal San Diego County
03/08/2004: Logging Plans Bad for Oregon Coastal Water Quality
03/05/2004: Unexpected Diversity of Life in the Ocean
03/04/2004: Why Don't We Restore the Marshall Islands, too?
03/03/2004: New, Large Marine Protected Area in the Pacific Created by 4 Countries, Enviro Groups, and the UN
03/01/2004: The Special 1,110 Acres of the Pupukea-Paumalu Area on the North Shore of Oahu
02/27/2004: Why the EPA's Sewage Blending Proposal Is VERY Bad
02/26/2004: 137 Dams Removed in the USA since 1999
02/25/2004: 5 U.S. Energy Companies Confirm Commitment to Clean Energy
02/23/2004: Judge Upholds Commercial Fishing Ban at Channel Islands Marine Reserve
02/20/2004: Land-Based Pollution Sources Are Main Threats to Coral Reefs
02/19/2004: Loggerhead and LeatherBack Turtles Being Wiped Out by Longline Fishing
02/18/2004: Google Cancels Oceana Ads on Cruise Ship Pollution
02/17/2004: New York City Water Quality Has Shown Improvements
02/16/2004: American Bureau of Shipping and the Prestige Oil Spill Disaster
02/13/2004: Royal Caribbean's Not Upgrading Sewage Treatment on Cruise Ships
02/12/2004: Slowest Growing Creature
02/11/2004: Even a Little Oil in Oceans Causes Longterm Damage
02/10/2004: First Underwater Reserve in USA Established in 1960
02/09/2004: Huge Benefits to Protecting Both Mangrove Forests and Coral Reefs
02/06/2004: Bush Judicial Nominee a Career Mining and Grazing Lawyer-Lobbyist
02/05/2004: Hopefully Congress Will Not Accept Bush's 2005 Proposed Budget
02/03/2004: Bush Administration's Proposed 2005 Budget Cuts Funding for Runoff Projects and Sewage Treatment
02/02/2004: Ships Are Huge Coastal Air Polluters
02/01/2004: Melting Arctic Ice Could Alter Ocean Circulation Patterns
01/30/2004: All Mammals in the Ocean Contain Toxins in Their Bodies
01/29/2004: Danger from Sharks Pales in Comparison to Danger from Drowning
01/28/2004: Misnamed Fishing Association Actually Working Against Florida Manatee Protection
01/27/2004: What's In the Storm Drain Flowing to the Ocean? Anything on Earth
01/26/2004: Ruling for Pesticide-Free Buffer for Northwest Waterways Helps Salmon and Water Quality
01/23/2004: Marine Protected Areas Too Important To Be Put On Hold
01/22/2004: Preserving the San Mateo County Coast
01/21/2004: Raw Sewage Problems in St. Croix Waters
01/20/2004: Public Comment Period Ending Soon for EPA's Proposed Weakening of Regulations on Sewage Treatment and Discharges
01/16/2004: US Military to Ask Again for More Environmental and Public Health Exemptions
01/15/2004: New Marine Reserve in Puerto Rico Is One Big Step Towards Ultimate Goal
01/14/2004: Establishment of California Marine Protected Areas Now Stalled
01/13/2004: Forever Walking Upon These Shores - Kahlil Gibran
01/12/2004: New Jersey Acts Against Polluted Runoff
01/09/2004: Red Tide to Blame for Increase in Manatee Deaths in Florida in 2003
01/08/2004: Tidal Bores
01/07/2004: Beach Grooming Can Be Detrimental to the Beach's Ecological Health
01/05/2004: 85 Surf Spots in 25 National Parks
01/02/2004: Signs of Water Quality Problems at Sebastian Inlet and Other Locations in Florida
12/31/2003: Rotten Jellyfish Awards
12/30/2003: Pool Water from Homes Should Never Be Drained into the Street
12/29/2003: Surfrider Foundation's Looking Good After 20 Years
12/26/2003: Beaches Are Dynamic Ecosystems
12/24/2003: Injection Wells Are Subterranean Ocean Outfalls
12/23/2003: Exxon Valdez Spill Still Causing Big Environmental Damage
12/22/2003: Sinking, Salty North Atlantic Waters Allow Gulf Stream to Reach Europe
12/19/2003: Raw Sewage Being Pumped into St. Croix Waters
12/18/2003: No El Nino Nor La Nina Predicted for 2004
12/17/2003: With the Bush Admnistration, Maintaining the Status Quo in the Clean Water Act Is A Big Deal
12/16/2003: Nearly Everyone Wants to Be Near the Coast
12/15/2003: Ocean Dumping of Radioactive Waste by U.S.
12/12/2003: Lot of Quartz in West Coast Sand
12/11/2003: Individual Gain at the Public Expense
12/10/2003: Bullying Beaches in Delaware
12/09/2003: More Turtle-Unfriendly Seawalls for Indian County, FL
12/08/2003: Wave Height's Traditionally Measured from the Back
12/04/2003: Clean Sweep in Court Case for CaliforniaCoastline.org
12/02/2003: Big Winter Storms Can Linger
12/01/2003: The Great Ash Wednesday Storm
11/26/2003: 218 House of Representatives Members Send Bush Letter Against Weakening Clean Water Act
11/25/2003: Sewage Treatment Insufficiencies in Hawaii
11/24/2003: Beach Nourishment Is Very Expensive And Temporary
11/21/2003: Energy Bill Hits Coast Hard
11/20/2003: Precautionary Principle for Ocean Governance
11/18/2003: Tsunamis Move Fast
11/17/2003: Tidal Waves Sloshing Between Coasts
11/14/2003: Condition of Ocean and Beaches Very Important to Californians
11/13/2003: It Is One Thing To Talk Academically About Conservation...
11/12/2003: Fighting Proactively in Addition to Reactively
11/11/2003: Federal Protections for Florida Manatees Are Being Weakened
11/10/2003: UN's International Painting Contest for Children with Theme of "Seas and Oceans"
11/07/2003: The Prestige Oil Spill Disaster Continues Today
11/06/2003: Melting Ice Could Change Ocean Currents
11/05/2003: Trawling Is a Neandertal Approach
11/04/2003: Pharmaceutical Products Reaching Our Waterways
11/03/2003: Surfrider Foundation Recommendations for the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
10/31/2003: A Walk on the Uninhabited, Desolate NW Hawaiian Islands, 2 of 2
10/30/2003: A Walk on the Uninhabited, Desolate NW Hawaiian Islands, 1 of 2
10/29/2003: Standing Science On Its Head and Attacking the Clean Water Act
10/28/2003: Surfing in Past Hawaiian Culture
10/27/2003: 500+ Acres at Ormond Beach To Be Bought by CA Coastal Conservancy
10/24/2003: More Than 210,000 Life Forms in the Oceans
10/23/2003: Ephemeral Surfboards
10/22/2003: Farmed Salmon Threatening Survival of Wild Salmon
10/20/2003: Consensus in the Scientific Community about Effectiveness of Marine Reserves
10/17/2003: Activist Quote of the Month
10/16/2003: Seagrass - Important and Not Getting Enough Protection
10/15/2003: US Navy Agrees to Restricted Sonar Use; All Navies of the World Should, Too.
10/14/2003: An Equestrian Sewer Near the Surfrider National Office
10/13/2003: Ominous New Term
10/10/2003: Navy Sonar Causing Deadly Bends Sickness in Marine Mammals
10/08/2003: Toxic Dumping in Great Lakes on the Increase
10/07/2003: Furious That My Retirement Dollars Are Funding a Seawall
10/06/2003: Are Your Retirement Dollars Funding a Seawall?
10/03/2003: Exploratory Offshore Drilling a Bad Idea
10/02/2003: Many Millions of Tropical Fish Harvested Annually
10/01/2003: Global Warming Not Only Triggering Rising Sea Levels, But Already Causing an Estimated 160,000 Deaths Annually
09/30/2003: Heinz Center Report on Coastal Zone Management Indicators
09/29/2003: Surfrider Foundation Helping the State of Texas Defend the Texas Open Beaches Act
09/26/2003: Whale Decimation in North Pacific Maybe Led to Major Population Declines for Seals, Sea Lions, and Otters
09/25/2003: Privately Owned Coastline Makes For Insufficient Public Beach Access
09/24/2003: Texas Beach Homes Where They Should Not Be
09/23/2003: Proposed Clean Water Act Changes Would Be Completely Outrageous
09/22/2003: Fish Farms Harming Local Environment
09/19/2003: Skin Cancer Alert: Record Ozone Hole Over Antarctic
09/18/2003: Hurricane Isabel - Storm Surge and Waves
09/17/2003: Scarps from Replenished Sands
09/16/2003: Biggest Wave
09/15/2003: Needing a Witness
09/12/2003: Development on Coastal Bluffs and Cliffs Increases Coastal Erosion
09/11/2003: Bermuda Triangle's Reality
09/09/2003: Sound from the Inside of a Large Shell
09/08/2003: Defying Description
09/05/2003: Can't Surf the Rest of the Vacation
09/04/2003: Navy Gets Permission to Kill More Whales
09/03/2003: Extra Glass Increases Surfboard Durability
09/02/2003: What Do You Want From a Surfboard and Its Manufacturer?
08/29/2003: Comments on Bush Administration's Attempt to Weaken Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) to Allow for New Offshore Oil Drilling
08/28/2003: Dr. Suzuki Says, "Protect Coral Reefs - Don't Drive an SUV"
08/27/2003: Hurricane Ignacio Hits Baja California
08/26/2003: Buying Land to Protect the Santa Barbara County Coast
08/25/2003: Echoes
08/22/2003: Nominated To Be Head of EPA, Leavitt Has Bad Enviro Record
08/21/2003: Royal Caribbean Has Not Been An Environmentally Responsible Cruise Ship Company
08/18/2003: Ocean Vent Microbe Likes It VERY Hot
08/15/2003: Arctic Ice Melting from Global Warming
08/14/2003: All Life Ocean Dependent
08/13/2003: New Underwater Volcano Found in Aleutian Island Chain
08/12/2003: Maryland Coast Is Sinking, Sea Level Rising
08/11/2003: Cruise Ships May Be Worse Than You Think
08/08/2003: They Don't Know What the Stinky Blobs Are Near Atlantic City
08/07/2003: New Federal Laws Inadequate for Protecting FL Manatees
08/06/2003: Eco-Friendly Surfboards
08/05/2003: No Surprise: Beach Grooming Bad for the Environment
08/04/2003: Massive Trash Found in Uninhabited Pacific Islands.
08/01/2003: Surfboard Foam Is Usually Nasty Stuff
07/30/2003: Marine Reserves Already Proving Their Worth
07/29/2003: We're Starting to Understand
07/28/2003: 10,000 Big Containers Fall in Oceans Annually
07/25/2003: No Doubt On Need for Army Corps of Engineers Reform
07/24/2003: Doctors' Online Guide to Health Effects of Water Pollution
07/23/2003: Coral Reefs in Atlantic Ocean Not Doing Well
07/22/2003: Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Won't Stop Dumping in Our Oceans
07/21/2003: Surfrider's State of the Beach Report: Collecting Important Coastal Environmental Info
07/18/2003: Rain Gardens for Runoff
07/17/2003: Big Great Lakes Cleanup Plan Coming?
07/16/2003: Increasing FL Beach Access
07/15/2003: Mounting Enviro Pressures for Great Barrier Reef
07/14/2003: The Need To Know Coastal Environmental History
07/11/2003: LESS THAN ONE: A Public Awareness Campaign for Pacific Ocean Marine Reserves
07/10/2003: Yes There Are Sharks, No There Aren't Any Attacks
07/09/2003: Solar UV Affects Sea Life
07/08/2003: Jean-Michel Cousteau's Upcoming REMOTE ISLANDS Documentary
07/07/2003: Potential for Coral Reef Damage in FL
07/03/2003: Definition of Watershed
07/02/2003: Giant, 40 Feet Long, Unknown Creature Found on Chilean Beach
07/01/2003: United Nations Cuts in Half the Recommended Maximum Consumption Levels of Shark and Swordfish
06/30/2003: Underwater Cables Damaging Florida Coral Reefs
06/27/2003: Bangs, Pops, and Whoops from Adult Reef Fish
06/26/2003: President Bush Gets an 'F' Environmental Grade
06/25/2003: Radioactive Waste Dumped Regularly in the Irish Sea
06/24/2003: Bureaucrats in the Environmental Movement, Too
06/23/2003: Scientific Whaling?
06/20/2003: Aquatic Invaders Via Ballast Water
06/19/2003: White House Edit's EPA's Warnings on Global Warming
06/18/2003: Marinas, Harbors and Bays Are Most Polluted Coastal Waters
06/17/2003: No Stopping Effects of Big Storms
06/16/2003: Proposed Mine Threatens Lake Superior Coastal Wilderness
06/13/2003: Cruise Ship Blues
06/12/2003: New Coral Reef Found in Muddy Australian Waters
06/11/2003: EPA Not Enforcing Clean Water Act against Many Big Polluters
06/10/2003: Mercury in Fish Coming from Coal-Fired Power Plants
06/09/2003: Mercury in Fish
06/06/2003: Pew Oceans Commission Final Report Released
06/05/2003: Army Perchlorate Problem on Cape Cod
06/04/2003: Stormwater Management at the EPA Headquarters Office Complex
06/03/2003: Last Buffalo Hunt
06/02/2003: Polluting Salmon Farms
06/01/2003: 445 Pounds of Litter Per Beach Mile
05/30/2003: Selfish David Geffen and Malibu Beach Access
05/29/2003: Antiquated NYC Laws on Ocean Recreation
05/28/2003: Wonderful Hawaii
05/27/2003: 500% Increase in Seawalls in California
05/26/2003: Good Beach Access in Oregon
05/23/2003: Beach Access Is Important
05/22/2003: What State Is Your Beach In?
05/21/2003: UK Fishers Accepting Voluntary End of Fishing to Help Salmon
05/20/2003: Tsunami Are Powerful
05/19/2003: Hurricane Nomenclature
05/16/2003: Internal Waves
05/14/2003: Willing to Fish the Last Fish
05/13/2003: Life Is a Marginal Affair
05/12/2003: Remember Super Bowl Sunday, 1988?
05/09/2003: Surfing on Lake Michigan
05/08/2003: Huge Sewage Spills in Baltimore
05/07/2003: Watch Out for the Jet Skis
05/06/2003: Report on Effectiveness of Coastal Zone Management Act
05/05/2003: Ever Changing Surf
05/02/2003: Fish Feel Pain
05/01/2003: Fossil Politics Trumping Public Interests at the Coast
04/30/2003: Plastic Outweighs Surface Plankton in Central North Pacific Ocean
04/29/2003: Bush Wants to Cut Clean Water Funding Even More
04/28/2003: Tour Boats Using Surfboards to Attract Great Whites
04/25/2003: Great Whites Hassled by Pleasure/Tour Boats
04/24/2003: EPA Septic Tank Regulations Are Only Voluntary
04/22/2003: Coastal Louisiana and Mississippi Are Sinking
04/21/2003: Beach Access a Problem in Maine
04/18/2003: Nitrogen Pollution from Insufficient Wastewater Treatment
04/17/2003: Runoff Producing Pavement Increasing in U.S. Cities
04/16/2003: Collect Rainwater in Barrels to Water Your Lawn
04/14/2003: Toxic Sludge Dumping in Ocean by Ships
04/11/2003: Ocean Commission's Deliberative Phase Ends - Final Report Soon
04/10/2003: Shipping Operations More Polluting Than Accidents and Spills
04/09/2003: No Need for Military Exemptions from Enviro Laws
04/08/2003: Oil Industry Harrassing Marine Mammals in Gulf of Mexico
04/07/2003: Strong Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted
04/03/2003: NYC To Save Money By Dumping Old Subway Cars Off NJ Shore
04/02/2003: Bush Backs Down - Victory Against CA Offshore Drilling!
04/01/2003: Clean Energy and Drinking Water for Pacific Islanders?
03/31/2003: Robbing Sand with Hard Beach Structures
03/27/2003: Jet Skis and Speed Boats Are Decimating Florida Manatees
03/26/2003: Effects of Commercial Whaling
03/25/2003: Oceans: 99% of Earth's Biosphere Volume
03/24/2003: Construction Sediment Runoff Bad for Elkhorn Coral
03/21/2003: Harmful Coral Bleaching in American Samoa
03/20/2003: Another ANWR Vote Eventually
03/19/2003: EPA Seeks Comment on Draft Strategic Plan for National Water Program
03/18/2003: NOAA Not Minimizing Bycatch from Fishers
03/17/2003: New Factory Farm Animal Waste Rules A Step Backward
03/14/2003: Senate Vote Coming Soon on Oil Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
03/13/2003: Oil and Gas Industries Given Clean Water Act Exemptions
03/12/2003: Public Education Important in Improving Septic System Management
03/11/2003: Lots of Septic Systems Out There - Hopefully, Not Leaking
03/10/2003: Horseshoe Crab Harvest Ban in May 2003 in Delaware Bay
03/07/2003: We Need Tougher Laws Against Ship Discharges
03/06/2003: Seas Might Rise Several Yards Over the Next Several Centuries
03/04/2003: Male Elephant Seals Roam Far
03/03/2003: Current Fish Farming Practices Aren't Sustainable
02/28/2003: Marine Mammals Rely Heavily on Sound
02/27/2003: PISCO Doing Long-Term, Near-Shore Research
02/26/2003: Not Just Whales, But Fish Vulnerable to Loud Noise
02/25/2003: Hog Waste Turned into Fuel
02/24/2003: New Coral Reef Report from WWF
02/21/2003: Marine Mammals Tell Us a Lot About the Waters in Which We Recreate
02/19/2003: Many CA Coastal Cities and Counties Still Have No Required, Local, Coastal Plan
02/18/2003: Leatherback Turtles in Big Trouble
02/14/2003: Bush Proposes Big Cuts in Federal Land Purchases by Interior Dept
02/13/2003: Toxoplasma Gondii from Cat Feces in Runoff May Cause Sea Otter Deaths
02/12/2003: The Health of Our Oceans Are Integrally Connected to Everything We Do
02/11/2003: Reward for Helping Catch Criminals Killing/Maiming Pelicans
02/10/2003: U.S. Military Trying Again to Get Blanket Environmental Immunity
02/07/2003: Right Whale Survey Team Mourned
02/06/2003: Shrimp Trawlers Killing Sea Turtles
02/05/2003: Healthy Marine Wildlife Enhances the Surfing Experience
02/04/2003: It's Most Important That You Do It
02/03/2003: 53% Drop Under the Bush Administration in Clean Water Act Enforcement Cases Against Polluters
01/31/2003: Over 40,000 Raw Sewage Spills Annually
01/30/2003: Local Authorities Often Don't Know What's Polluting Local Beaches
01/29/2003: The Oceans As a Public Trust
01/28/2003: 31% of All Manatee Deaths in FL Due to Boats Hitting Them
01/27/2003: Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes with Wetlands
01/24/2003: 44 Robotic Floats Researching Climate Change in the Ocean
01/23/2003: California Coastal Commission In Crisis After Court Rules It's Unconstitutional
01/22/2003: A Central Principle of Marine Protection
01/21/2003: Britain's Promoting Wave and Tidal Power to Generate Electricity
01/17/2003: NW Atlantic Shark Populations Plunging
01/16/2003: Exxon Valdez Spill Still Harming Sea Life
01/15/2003: Marine Reserves Help Ocean Ecosystems Recover
01/14/2003: Bush Administration Wants to Weaken Clean Water Act and Wetlands Protection
01/13/2003: Navy Confirms Use of Depleted Uranium off WA Coast
01/10/2003: Single Hulled Tankers Until 2015
01/09/2003: Evidence for Global Warming Is Coming Thick and Fast
01/08/2003: Caribbean Coral Reefs Declining Fast
01/07/2003: Dolphin-Safe Tuna Label Watered Down
01/06/2003: Hoodlums of the Sea
01/03/2003: Ruling Against CA Coastal Commission Undermines Citizens Wishes
12/30/2002: Nat'l Academy of Sciences and GAO Criticize Bush on Wetlands
12/27/2002: Take Action Against Global Warming - Win Stones Tix
12/24/2002: 2 Per Day?
12/23/2002: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decrease in USA in 2001, Largely Due to Slow Economy
12/20/2002: Daytona Beach Region Growing Too Fast
12/18/2002: Tsunamis on the West Coast
12/17/2002: New Factory Farm Waste Regulations Inadequate?
12/16/2002: More Spills Unless Single-Hulled Tankers Are Banned
12/13/2002: Second Hull Prevents Huge Oil Tanker Spill
12/12/2002: Important EPA Factory Farm Runoff Rules Coming Soon
12/11/2002: Oil Tanker Prestige Could Leak Oil For a Long Time
12/09/2002: Sea Ice Is Melting and Will Affect Ocean Currents
12/06/2002: Dredging Is Damaging Coral Reefs in Florida
12/05/2002: Seabirds Suffer From Even Very Small Oil Spills
12/04/2002: New York-New Jersey Coast Suffering from Sprawling Development
12/03/2002: Sea Ice May Be Melting Faster Than Previously Thought
12/02/2002: Bush's Push For CA Offshore Drilling Dealt a Setback
11/29/2002: Reefs South of Sebastian Inlet Have Costa Rican Turtles
11/27/2002: Jet Ski Bans Result in More Park Visitors
11/26/2002: More Coastal Dunes Protected in Morro Bay in California
11/25/2002: Cigarette Butts Are Plastic, Toxic Pollution
11/22/2002: We Can't Believe They Even Asked
11/21/2002: Atlas of Natural Hazards in the Hawaiian Coastal Zone
11/20/2002: Phenomenal Number of Fish Return After Dam Removal
11/19/2002: Maui Bans All Dolphin and Whale Exhibits
11/18/2002: California Agribusiness Wants More Exemptions from Clean Water Laws
11/15/2002: Poorly Timed Sand Renourishment Projects
11/14/2002: More Reasons Why Elections Do Matter
11/13/2002: Rat Poison for National Park on Californian Offshore Island
11/12/2002: Cutting Environmental Enforcement at the Federal Level
11/11/2002: Some Positive Election Results
11/08/2002: Applauding Ban on Pelagic Longline Fishing
11/07/2002: Post Election Consequences
11/06/2002: Destructive Longline Fishing Finally Banned Off West Coast USA
11/05/2002: Tidal Energy to Power Norwegian Town
11/04/2002: Jean-Michel Cousteau on the U.S. Navy's LFA Sonar
11/01/2002: Bush Trying to Dismantle Important Clean Water Act Provisions
10/30/2002: Our Oceans Are More Vulnerable and Valuable Than We Ever Imagined
10/29/2002: Removing Dams in Oregon - from Pacific Ocean to Mt. Hood
10/28/2002: Saving Bolsa Chica and Southern California's Last Coastal Wetlands
10/25/2002: Oil Spill Continues to Pollute Coast 30 Years Later
10/24/2002: Marine Reserves Help Boost Fish Stocks - More Reserves Needed
10/23/2002: Clean Water Action Turns 30
10/22/2002: Oregonians Want to Protect Coastal Wildlife
10/21/2002: Bush Dismantling the Clean Water Act Provisions
10/18/2002: 80% of Sewage Plants and Large Factories Exceeding Water Pollution Discharge Limits
10/17/2002: Fecal and Total Coliform Bacteria and Beach Water Testing
10/16/2002: Important Coastal Tract Purchased for Protection in Mendocino County, CA
10/15/2002: Clean Water Act Background Info
10/14/2002: War Means More Sewage in Coastal Waters?
10/11/2002: Military Sonar Killing Whales Again
10/10/2002: Surfrider's Repairing Shoreline Damage in Rincón, PR
10/09/2002: Inspiration for Surfrider from the Ancient Hawaiians
10/08/2002: About Half of All Lakes and Estuaries Too Polluted for Swimming or Fishing
10/07/2002: Californians Love the Beach
10/04/2002: U.S. Corel Reefs Suffering
10/03/2002: Navy Doing Underwater Explosions in Puget Sound
10/02/2002: October 18th is 1st National Water Monitoring Day
10/01/2002: October 3rd Is National Estuaries Day
09/30/2002: Big Cruise Ships Are Big Coastal Polluters
09/27/2002: Industrial Waste Discharges Into Our Oceans
09/26/2002: Too Much Bycatch
09/25/2002: What You Can Do to Reduce Beach Water Pollution
09/24/2002: NOAA and American Rivers to Work Together on Dam Removal and Habitat Restoration
09/23/2002: Many Beaches Not Posted with Advisories When Water Standards Exceeded
09/20/2002: 19% More Beach Closures and Warnings in 2001
09/19/2002: EPA's Ignoring Global Warming
09/18/2002: Tide Differences Around the World
09/17/2002: Why the Moon Influences Tides More Than the Sun
09/16/2002: Serious Environmental Problems with Farmed Salmon
09/13/2002: Parts of Great Lakes Still Too Toxic
09/12/2002: The Littoral Cell
09/10/2002: The Original Hawaiians and Ancient Civilizations Understood
09/06/2002: Removing One Fish Species Can Cause Big Chain Reactions
09/05/2002: Marine Reserve Areas Work Well
09/03/2002: Island State of Tuvalu Wants to Sue USA for Climate Change
08/30/2002: Dysfunctional Coastal Development Causes Widespread Coastal Degradation
08/29/2002: 10% or More of Pavement in a Watershed Spells Trouble
08/28/2002: Alaska's Long Coastline and Bountiful Ocean Waters
08/27/2002: Malibu's Selfish and Wealthy Homeowners Block Public Beach Access
08/26/2002: Sunlight May Help Block Some Cancers
08/23/2002: Coastal Areas Vulnerable to Effects of Climate Change
08/22/2002: Pavement Equals Runoff
08/21/2002: Phytoplankton In Decline?
08/19/2002: Jet Skis Are Extremely Dangerous
08/16/2002: Saving Water Through Smart Showers
08/15/2002: Overharvesting of Blue Crabs Could Decimate East Coast Salt Marshes
08/14/2002: Save Lots of Water with Front-Loading Washing Machine
08/12/2002: Bush Administration Wants No Enviro Laws for Most US Ocean Waters
08/09/2002: Army Corps Is Supposed to Protect Wetlands, But Allows Their Destruction Instead
08/08/2002: EPA's Revising Polluted Runoff Rules for Construction Sites
08/07/2002: Government Not Enforcing Clean Water Act Against Biggest Polluters
08/06/2002: New, Strict Air Pollution Rules Proposed for Boat Motors
08/02/2002: Norwegian Cruise Ships Admits to Illegal Dumping
07/31/2002: EPA Publishes Guidance for Beach Grants
07/30/2002: Surfrider Believes in Marine Protection Efforts
07/26/2002: Army Corps Projects Badly Need Independent Review
07/25/2002: Record Number of Dam Removals in 2002
07/24/2002: Dealing With a Jellyfish Sting
07/23/2002: Unknown Giant Squid Washes Ashore in Australia
07/22/2002: Sea Level Rising Faster Due to Alaska Glacier Melt
07/18/2002: Forecasting Stinging Jellyfish in the Chesapeake Bay
07/17/2002: Navy Sonar Given Green Light; Bad News for Marine Mammals
07/16/2002: Why People Shouldn't Feed Or Pet Dolphins
07/15/2002: Foreign Ships Not Complying With Existing Lax Ballast Water Regulations
07/12/2002: Keep Your Distance from Dolphins, Please
07/10/2002: USA's Bountiful Ocean Areas
07/09/2002: Santa Cruz, CA Working On Code of Etiquette for Kayakers and Surfers
07/04/2002: NMFS Wants to Allow Turtle Killing in Hawaii
07/02/2002: New Weather-Ocean Buoy Off the Florida Coast
07/01/2002: Less Than One One Hundredth of One Percent of U.S. Waters Are Fully Closed to Extractive Industries
06/28/2002: Alien Seaweed Continues to Threaten Southern California Waters
06/27/2002: At Least 500 Dams Already Removed
06/26/2002: Big Sur Coast in Central California Gains Protection
06/24/2002: Common Bacteria Found in Humans Is Now Killing Elkhorn Coral
06/21/2002: No Water Bill Without Reform Of Army Corps of Engineers
06/20/2002: Commercial Tuna and Swordfishers Killing Atlantic White Marlins
06/19/2002: Right Whales in Danger from Ships
06/18/2002: Orange County, CA Residents Willing to Pay for Secondary Treatment of Sewage
06/17/2002: Households Willing to Pay to Treat Sewage Properly
06/14/2002: Oil Dumping Conviction for Ship Captain Sets Precedent
06/13/2002: Public Domain Beach Access in Puerto Rico
06/12/2002: No Beach Water Testing for Oregon
06/11/2002: Improving Public Beach Access in NJ
06/10/2002: World's Longest Fresh Water Coastline
06/06/2002: Lots of Shoreline Armoring in Maine
06/05/2002: Lots of Taxpayers' Money for Beach Sand in FL
06/04/2002: Delaware's Lax Beach Water Quality Standards
06/03/2002: Thank You to the California Coastal Conservancy
05/30/2002: Fast Retreating Beaches in Texas - The Bad and Rad from Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/29/2002: Habor Waters in New York City Are Getting Cleaner - The Bad and the Rad, Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/28/2002: Florida Manatees In Trouble
05/27/2002: Sewage Problems in Puerto Rico - The Bad and Rad from Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/24/2002: 29 Million Gallons of Oil Flow Into Coastal Waters Annually
05/23/2002: Florida's Making Money from Beaches - The Bad and Rad from Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/22/2002: Beach Lovers in the State of Washington - The Bad and Rad from Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/21/2002: Clean Beach Water in NJ - The Bad and Rad from Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/20/2002: Wonderful Hawaii - The Bad and Rad from Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/17/2002: Little Public Beach Access in MA and ME - The Bad and Rad from Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/16/2002: Irresponsible Gov't in Oregon - The Bad and Rad from Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/15/2002: CA Shoreline Armoring - The Bad and Rad from Surfrider's State of the Beach 2002
05/14/2002: Worst Fish to Eat That Are Not Abundant Nor Well Managed
05/13/2002: Best Fish to Eat That Are Abundant and Well Managed
05/10/2002: Our Fish Are Disappearing from Overharvesting
05/09/2002: Recent Olympic Peninsula Beach Cleanup
05/08/2002: CA Governor Davis Supports Dumping Sewage in Coastal Waters
05/07/2002: Army Corps' Projects Should Get Outside Review Before Approval
05/06/2002: Weakening of the Clean Water Act
05/03/2002: Volunteer Power
05/02/2002: Poor Land Use and Too Many Cars Degrade the Coast
05/01/2002: To Detect Pathogen Movement: Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
04/30/2002: International Marine Mammal Project
04/29/2002: NASA Launches Satellite For Water Cycle Study
04/26/2002: Department of Defense Wants Full-Time Permission to Trash Environment
04/25/2002: Plastics in Oceans Promoting Non-Native Species Invasion
04/24/2002: Plastic Cigarette Butts Most Common Beach Litter
04/23/2002: Carnival Cruise Lines Guilty of Criminal Polluting
04/22/2002: Powerboats Killing Even More FL Manatees
04/19/2002: Sprawl, Driving Cars, and Coastal Degradation
04/18/2002: Marine Reserves Work Well
04/17/2002: Why You Shouldn't Eat the Free Whale Meat in Tokyo
04/16/2002: New Whale Species Found in California Waters
04/15/2002: Rolling Back Jet Ski Bans
04/12/2002: Recognition for Clean Water
04/11/2002: Public Approval of Marine Protected Areas
04/10/2002: Why MPA's? Fishers Are Armed with Military Technology
04/09/2002: Need for Marine Protected Areas - Fishers Are Too Skilled
04/08/2002: Eat Whale Meat? No Thanks.
04/05/2002: Beach Development Over Snowy Plovers
04/04/2002: The Whole USA Is a Coastal Watershed
04/03/2002: Lots of Great Lakes Beaches
04/01/2002: EPA's New Coastal Condition Report
03/29/2002: New England's Coastal Land Trusts
03/28/2002: California Communities Still Dumping Sewage in Ocean
03/27/2002: Every Otter Matters
03/26/2002: Boating Enviro Tips
03/25/2002: Pacific Islands Urge USA Not to Use Pacific Ocean as Missile Test Dumping Grounds
03/22/2002: More Melting of Antarctic Ice
03/21/2002: Canadian Government Allows Seal Killing
03/20/2002: Beach Trips in USA
03/19/2002: More Predictions of Coming El Nino
03/18/2002: First Wildlife Refuge in 1903 Off the Florida Coast
03/15/2002: Bush Administration's Recent Rollback of Salmon Protections
03/14/2002: Environmental Voting by Latinos
03/13/2002: Marine Protected Areas and Special Places
03/12/2002: World Day of Action Against Seal Hunts
03/11/2002: Oregon's CoastWatch
03/08/2002: 44+ Billion Pounds of Fish Bycatch Annually
03/07/2002: Prop 40 Passes in California
03/06/2002: Clean Water Act and Other Exemptions for Department of Defense
03/05/2002: Comment on EU Ratification of Kyoto Protocol
03/04/2002: California's Living Marine Resources
03/01/2002: It's Been Warmer Lately
02/28/2002: Tsunami Damage
02/27/2002: New Runoff Regulations in San Diego County, California
02/26/2002: Pacific Islanders Want USA to Ratify Kyoto Protocol
02/25/2002: Beautiful Cumberland Island in Georgia
02/23/2002: Waterspouts
02/22/2002: Tidal Ranges
02/21/2002: The Coast Around Surfrider Headquarters in Southern California
02/20/2002: Challenges of Surviving the Intertidal Zones
02/19/2002: Long Eastern Pacific Coastline
02/18/2002: Pirates in the 16th-18th Centuries, Part 2 of 2
02/15/2002: Pirates in the 16th-18th Centuries, Part 1 of 2
02/14/2002: Negative Effects of Eutrophication and Accompanying Hypoxia
02/13/2002: Eutrophication and Hypoxia
02/12/2002: Algal Bloom
02/11/2002: California Current
02/08/2002: Set Waves
02/07/2002: Scripps Institute Harming Marine Mammals Again
02/06/2002: High Heat Capacity of Oceans
02/05/2002: Imperfections in California Coastal Water Quality Testing
02/04/2002: Nuclear Energy's Contribution to the Norwegian Coast
02/01/2002: Sea Otters Are Clever
01/31/2002: Japan's Bribing Small Countries for Whaling Acquiescence
01/30/2002: Trillion Gallons of Untreated Sewage Into Waterways Annually
01/29/2002: Waves Are Important to Intertidal Flora and Fauna
01/28/2002: Changing Sex of Oysters
01/25/2002: Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
01/24/2002: Sand Eating Red Worms
01/23/2002: So Much Is At the Coast
01/22/2002: Longline Fishing and Seabirds
01/21/2002: Delaware Beach Sand, Part 2 of 2
01/18/2002: Delaware Beach Sand, Part 1 of 2
01/17/2002: Reluctance to Issue Hurricane Evacuation Orders
01/16/2002: Hurricane Andrew - Almost the Big One
01/15/2002: Rebuilding in Coastal Flood and Storm Zones
01/14/2002: Surfrider in Schools
01/11/2002: Surfrider Volunteers Power Our Efforts
01/10/2002: Lots of Surfrider Coastal Water Testing
01/09/2002: Boats and Jet Skis Killing FL Manatees
01/08/2002: Great White Sharks Dive Deep and Migrate Far
01/07/2002: 2-Stroke Engines Are HUGE Polluters
01/04/2002: Ballast Water a Big Problem at Our Harbors and Coasts
01/03/2002: High Mercury Levels Around Offshore Oil Rigs
01/02/2002: Renourished Beaches Are Problematic, #2
01/01/2002: Renourished Beaches Are Problematic
12/31/2001: Orange County California's Storm Water Permit
12/28/2001: California Coastal Conservancy to Work on Increased Beach Access
12/27/2001: Retreat from the Cliffs in Southern California
12/26/2001: Ride the Wave As Far As You Can
12/25/2001: Paradigm Shift Needed For Beaches
12/24/2001: Why Jet Ski Tow-In Surfing Is So Bad, 3 of 3
12/21/2001: Why Jet Ski Tow-In Surfing Is So Bad, 2 of 3
12/20/2001: Why Jet Ski Tow-In Surfing Is So Bad, 1 of 3
12/19/2001: Intertidal Zone
12/18/2001: 549 Minke Whales Killed This Year by Norwegian Whalers
12/17/2001: Ocean Governance Needs Big Improvement
12/14/2001: The Line Between Land and Ocean
12/13/2001: Surfer's Nasal Sinus Drain
12/12/2001: Formation of Waves, Part 2
12/11/2001: Formation of Waves
12/10/2001: Beach Sand Made From Quartz and Feldspar
12/07/2001: More Economy at the Beach
12/06/2001: Ship Ballast Water a Huge Problem
12/05/2001: Low Impact Development to Reduce Polluted Runoff
12/04/2001: New Administrator of NOAA a Retired Navy Admiral
12/03/2001: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Are Needed
11/30/2001: Tuvalu Island To Be Abandoned
11/29/2001: Fast Changing Coast
11/28/2001: Precipitous Decline in Sea Otters
11/27/2001: At the Beach with My Son
11/26/2001: Better Water Quality at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in CA
11/23/2001: Water Testing 200 Yards From Shore?
11/21/2001: Will Washington DC Ever Have Clean River Water?
11/20/2001: ANWR and the Exxon Valdez
11/19/2001: Introduced Species in Marine Waters, Part 3
11/16/2001: Introduced Species in Marine Waters, Part 2
11/15/2001: Introduced Species in Marine Waters
11/14/2001: What Causes Hurricane Damage?
11/13/2001: Duke Kahanamoku Commemorative Stamp To Be Issued in 2002
11/12/2001: Drilling for Oil at Our Nation's Top Coastal Wilderness, ANWR
11/09/2001: Three Main Types of Coral Reef
11/08/2001: Types of Waves
11/07/2001: Coral Is Formed Very Slowly
11/06/2001: Estuaries
11/05/2001: Seafloor Spreading and Subduction
11/02/2001: To Make a Pound of Bluefin Tuna
11/01/2001: The Deep Sea Is A Dynamic Place
10/31/2001: Coastal Nuclear Power Plant Near Surfrider National Office
10/30/2001: The Point Off the Coast of Cape Hatteras
10/29/2001: Clams and Cement
10/26/2001: The Largest Animal Ever
10/25/2001: Environmental Leaders
10/24/2001: Plankton
10/23/2001: Threatened And Endangered Species in Hawaii
10/22/2001: Navy Sonar Injures Marine Mammals
10/19/2001: The Timeless Beach
10/18/2001: Eutrophication in Coastal Estuaries
10/17/2001: Big Public Reaction Against Planned Sonar Deployment by Navy
10/16/2001: Marine Mammals Need More Protection
10/15/2001: Airborne Pollution Contaminating Oceans
10/12/2001: Secondary Treatment of Sewage Often Inadequate
10/11/2001: Groins at the Beach Cause Lots of Problems
10/10/2001: Humpback Whales
10/09/2001: California Voters and the Coastal Initiative
10/05/2001: City of Thousand Oaks Continues to Pollute Ventura County Beaches
10/04/2001: Talk About Conflict of Interest...
10/03/2001: Cruise Ship Confirmed As Killer Of Humpback Whale
10/02/2001: Wisconsin Gives Awards $6.9 Million in Grants Against Runoff Pollution
10/01/2001: Newport Beach Against Sewage Dumping in Offshore Waters
09/28/2001: Pew Oceans Commission to Report to Congress
09/27/2001: Big Whale Sanctuary Declared by Cook Islands
09/26/2001: Runoff in Southern California
09/25/2001: Polluted Runoff Awareness Is Increasing
09/24/2001: ANWR Oil Won't Help Us
09/21/2001: Rigs to Reefs Bill a Bad One
09/20/2001: Big Beach Cleanup by the Surfrider San Diego Chapter
09/19/2001: Water Quality on Beaches Outside Boston
09/18/2001: AOC Award for Former President Clinton
09/17/2001: Waimea Bay Sand Was Mined
09/14/2001: Surfrider Extends Its Deepest Sympathy
09/13/2001: Land Based Activities Are Harming Coral Reefs
09/12/2001: Jetskis Banned from Gulf Of Farallones
09/11/2001: US States Poor At Enforcing Clean Water Act
09/10/2001: Greedy Coastal Development Projects
09/07/2001: Possibility of Monstrous Tsunami Hitting East Coast USA?
09/06/2001: This Year's Only Average for Shark Attacks
09/05/2001: Damaging Waves from High Speed Ferries?
09/04/2001: Sharks Biting People Chasing After Bait Fish
09/03/2001: Our Ocean Should Not Be An Oil Rig Dump!
08/31/2001: One of a Handful
08/30/2001: The Eutrophication Process
08/29/2001: Broward County, FL Reefs In Danger from Dredge Dumping
08/28/2001: Three Coastal Environmental Priorities in Puerto Rico
08/27/2001: Surfrider Lake Michigan Chapter
08/24/2001: Sewage Outfall Pipes in Santa Barbara Coastal Waters
08/23/2001: Short Term Money
08/22/2001: Duke Kahanamoku Was Incredible
08/21/2001: Biggest Threat to the Big Wave Spot of Tres Palmas, Puerto Rico
08/20/2001: Santa Barbara's Battles Against Shoreline Armoring
08/17/2001: Surfrider Maui Chapter Activism in High Gear
08/16/2001: Interconnected Coastal Ecosystem
08/15/2001: Causes of Beach Warnings and Closures
08/14/2001: It's Outrageous
08/13/2001: Week of Surf Charity to Help Spinal Injury Victims
20/09/2009: Bad Combo for Florida -- Least Prepared and Most Vulnerable
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