Good News – Coastal Watershed Council: A San Lorenzo River “Win” – Preserving Plants on the Levee
“Managing plants on the levee perfectly illustrates a challenge facing urban rivers like the lower San Lorenzo: how to balance healthy river habitat with a safe structure for flood control. The City is required to
The Nature Conservancy: 2023 Photo Contest Winners
The Nature Conservancy is proud to announce the winners of the 2023 photo contest. Your images gave voice to nature and showed us the power and peril of the natural world. The following photos submitted
DrugWatch: Alternatives To Roundup
“Glyphosate is a widely used herbicide and the active ingredient in several popular weed killers, including Roundup. It is known for its effectiveness in killing a broad spectrum of weeds and plants, making it a
Positive.News: The UK U-turned in support of ocean conservation
Nov 2, 2023 – A proposed moratorium on deep-sea mining has found support in Westminster in a surprising about-face by the UK government. Rishi Sunak’s administration had drawn heavy criticism from environmentalists for previously backing
Beyond Plastics: New Report Debunks Chemical Recycling’s False Promises to Manage Plastic Waste, Investigates All 11 U.S. Facilities
Oct 31, 2023 – Beyond Plastics and IPEN (the International Pollutants Elimination Network) — two leading organizations committed to addressing plastic pollution — released “Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception,” a critical examination of the technology’s
The Nature Conservancy: An Amazing Win For Migratory Birds
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has awarded a three-year, $15 million contract to expand TNC’s BirdReturns program in partnership with Point Blue Conservation Science and Audubon California. Our state has lost more
Surfrider: Santa Barbara Exxon Trucking Oil Plan Denied in Court
GOOD NEWS – On Sept 27, 2023, United States District Court Judge Dolly Gee ruled in favor of the County of Santa Barbara and Environmental Non-profits, affirming the County Board of Supervisor’s denial of Exxon
CNN: The planet is heating up faster than predicted, says scientist who sounded climate alarm in the 1980s
Nov 2 – “The planet is on track to heat up at a much faster rate than scientists have previously predicted, meaning a key global warming threshold could be breached this decade, according to a
Hakai Magazine:In Graphic Detail: The Longest Southern Right Whale Migration
Nov 3 – “The satellite tracker for southern right whale 221423 had been silent for four months before researcher Matthew Germishuizen finally got a ping indicating its location. At first, he thought it was a
GOOD NEWS • Ingenious Solar Distiller Makes Fresh Water From Seawater For Less Than 1¢ A Gallon
Daily Kos – It’s pretty easy to get the salt out of seawater. All you have to do is boil it, freeze it, or just wait for rain! But those things take a lot of