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Thousands Turn out to Clean the Beach in Santo Domingo

Posted by stringer on Thursday, 26 September 2013 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

SANTO DOMINGO – Thousands of volunteers turned out for the 2013 International Coastal Cleanup, collecting trash at more than 90 beaches across the Dominican Republic.Environment and Natural Resources Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez, accompanied by representatives of more than 25 public agencies and pr...

Kids Ocean Day Poises for Worldwide Expansion

Posted by EarthDude on Sunday, 22 September 2013 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

New video, fundraising campaign, website highlights mission to bring educational nonprofit to U.S., Asia, Africa Kids Ocean Day, a unique, nonprofit organization teaching children the importance of coastal quality issues, is expanding its youth-oriented educational program and hands-on adopt-a-beac...

Kids Ocean Day Teaching Thousands

Posted by thatsenough on Friday, 17 May 2013 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

Thirteen-year-old Adam Mendoza wants everyone to listen to the ocean. "It's calling for our help," said the South El Monte resident. The Monte Vista Elementary eighth-grader's simple drawing of a kid holding a shell and a talk bubble that says 'LISTEN' won a contest held by The Malibu Foundation f...

Pod Of 22 Pilot Whales Beached In Florida

Posted by Wolf on Monday, 03 September 2012 in Animals

Five pilot whales are expected to survive after a 22-member whale pod stranded itself at Avalon Beach State Park on Florida's eastern coast this weekend. The sudden, unexplained stranding brought an army of volunteers who tried to keep the whales hydrated and upright Saturday....

L.A. County beach pollution case goes to U.S. Supreme Court

Posted by bchristo on Wednesday, 27 June 2012 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear Los Angeles County's appeal of a lower court decision requiring the county to clean up polluted runoff that flows to the ocean through two urban waterways. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last year sided with environmental groups in finding the county a...

BP's cap starts collecting oil, but spill still threatens Florida

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 05 June 2010 in Oil Spill

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill continued to washed ashore Florida's Panhandle on Saturday, stunning tourists and locals alike, as government officials said the amount of oil a makeshift containment cap is capturing from the ocean-bottom gusher is slowly increasing. BP's cap, initially put into plac...