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Cabo Pulmo Coral Reef Saved

Photo: VICTORY! Cabo Pulmo coral reef saved! Mexican President Felipe Calderón just put an end to plans that would have imperiled the marine paradise of Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, home to the only living hard coral reef in Mexico’s Gulf of California. Want to thank this world leader for doing the right thing? Send a message here http://bit.ly/O0Q71L Great news right? Linda

 

June 21, www.aida-americas.org | “The Mexican government has announced its decision to cancel the proposed Cabo Cortes resort development in Baja California Sur, thus advancing protections for the internationally protected Cabo Pulmo reef.”

“~ VICTORY! Cabo Pulmo coral reef saved! Mexican President Felipe Calderón just put an end to plans that would have imperiled the marine paradise of Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, home to the only living hard coral reef in Mexico’s Gulf of California.
VICTORY! Cabo Pulmo coral reef saved! Mexican President Felipe Calderón just put an end to plans that would have imperiled the marine paradise of Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, home to the only living hard coral reef in Mexico’s Gulf of California. Want to thank this world leader for doing the right thing? Send a message here http://bit.ly/O0Q71L Great news right?”
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Compassionate Actions, Ocean Fish, Ocean Pollution, Oceans, Plants

Australia creates world’s largest marine reserve

A diver snorkels in the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's Queensland state in 2002. Australia has announced the creation of the world's largest network of marine reserves covering 3.1 million square kilometers of ocean including the entire Coral Sea. .

June 14, 2012, www.cba.ca | “Australia has created the world’s largest network of marine reserves and will restrict fishing as well as oil and gas exploration in a major step to safeguard the environment and access to food.”

Leila Bee shared a link.

“Australia creates world’s largest marine reserve – Technology & Science – CBC News
www.cbc.ca
Australia has created the world’s largest network of marine reserves and will restrict fishing as well as oil and gas exploration in a major step to safeguard the environment and access to food.”
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Compassionate Actions, Oceans, Protection

Surfers Form Giant Floating Peace Sign For World Oceans Day

Surfers Form Giant Floating Peace Sign For World Oceans Day

June 8, 2012, www.care2.com | “Hundreds of surfers, swimmers, boaters, and plain-old ocean lovers, joined together at NRDC’s Malibu Peace Paddle to raise awareness about the critical problems facing the ocean.  The goal of the Peace Paddle, which set a Guinness World Record, was to inspire international action at the upcoming Rio+20 summit to protect the world’s oceans from the ever-growing global threats.”

“hundreds of surfers, swimmers, boaters, and plain-old ocean lovers, joined together at Malibu Peace Paddle, sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Video: http://www.nrdc.org/international/rio-2012/peace-paddle/default.asp
Surfers Form Giant Floating Peace Sign For World Oceans Day
Hundreds of surfers joined together at NRDC’s Malibu Peace Paddle to raise awareness about the critical problems facing the ocean.”
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Climate, Compassionate Actions, Fish, Ocean Fish, Ocean Pollution, Oceans, Plastic Bags, Protests, Recycling & Plastics, Trash cleanups

LA and SB Move Forward with Plastic Bag Bans

Plastic bag ban

 

May 24, 2012, www.latimes.com | “The Los Angeles and Santa Barbara City Councils each voted this week to move forward with plans to ban plastic checkout bags and place a ten-cent fee on paper bags at grocery stores, convenience stores and similar retailers within each of their respective city limits.”

“Celebrate! Plastic Bags to be BANNED in Los Angeles & Santa Barbara! Hard work by Activists has paid off! Plastic Bags – a major source of Marine & Landfill Pollution- another way OIL (Plastic = Petrol) is killing our Marine Life. Click> LIKE if you agree the LESS Single Use Plastic in the World – the BETTER!
Blow them Away! Let your Opinion be known!-Vote Yes in Quick POLL by LA Times- Do u think its a Good idea? http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-plastic-bag-ban-in-los-angeles-20120523,0,2762537.story
  • COMMENTS:
  • Lindy Rose Alright! It’s about time the US caught up with the rest of the world on plastic bag bans!
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Filed under: Ocean Pollution, Oceans, Plastic Bags, Pollution, Recycling & Plastics

L.A. makes history with ban on plastic bags at stores

May 23, 2012, latimesblogs.latimes.com | “Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to approve a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines, handing a hard-fought victory to environmentalists and promising to change the way Angelenos do their grocery shopping.”

Craig Krekorian shared a link.

Making History, Los Angeles Bans the Plastic Bag
During a morning news conference, Councilmember Paul Krekorian speaks about the need to eradicate plastic bags from within the city once and for all
  • COMMENTS:
    • GoodNews FortheEarth “CLASSIC STATEMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER KREKORIAN:

      “Los Angeles has always depended on the ocean
      Today the ocean is depending upon Los Angeles – to ban plastic bags!””
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Filed under: Energy - Polluting, Ocean Pollution, Oceans, Plastic Bags, Pollution, Recycling & Plastics

Illinois Senate Passes Shark Fin Ban

May 18, 2012, oceana.org | “After Oceana collected over a thousand signatures from concerned Illinois citizens this week, the Illinois Senate voted to pass a shark fin ban in the state.  Illinois will be the first non-Pacific (and first inland!) state to ban shark fins in the United States.”

 

“Illinois Senate Passes Shark Fin Ban! protecting sharks from abuse for this food delicacy
oceana.org
After Oceana collected over a thousand signatures from concerned Illinois citizens this week, the Illinois Senate voted to pass a shark fin ban in the state.”
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Fish, Ocean Fish, Oceans

NOAA: Six Fish Populations Restored to Healthy Levels in the US

May 16, 2012, www.enn.com | “NOAA has released its annual report, stating that a record six fish populations have been rebuilt to healthy levels in 2011. This brings the number of rebuilt US marine fish populations to 27 since the start of the 21st century”
~ Six Fish Populations Restored to Healthy Levels in the US!
– Northern California coast Chinook salmon – Washington coast coho salmon – Pacific coast widow rockfish – Bering Sea snow crab – Atlantic coast summer flounder – Gulf of Maine haddock,
bringing the number of rebuilt US marine fish populations to 27 since the start of the 21st century – NOAA Annual Report,
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mediacenter/2012/05/15_statusofstocks.htm
For summary, seehttp://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/44407
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Endangered Species, Fish, Ocean Fish

Hawaii Becomes the First State in the U.S. to Ban Plastic Bags

May 14, 2012, www.surfrider.org | “When the City Council of Honolulu passed a bill to ban single-use plastic grocery bags on Oahu in late April, leaders of the Surfrider Foundation and Sierra Club Hawaii met with the Mayor, who reassured them that he was going to pass it.”

“Look out for petitions near you to help spread the BANNING of Plastic Bags!
HAWAII Becomes the First State to BAN Plastic Bags!
(Plastic- another Petrol based product)
Plastic bags in the Ocean are particularly deadly for Sea turtles.
“Hundreds of millions of bags each year are left to float in the ocean. In p…“

 

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Filed under: Ocean Pollution, Oceans, Plastic Bags, Pollution

Santa Cruz Surfers Make Coastline A Reserve

A surfer rides a wave at Steamer Lane, with the Santa Cruz Wharf in the background. A long swath of Santa Cruz's coast has been designated a World Surfing Reserve.

May 14, 2012, www.npr.org | “You may think of surfers as slackers. But in Santa Cruz, Calif., they’re city council members and business owners. And they’re also conservationists — who just got their piece of the central California coast named a World Surfing Reserve.”

 

Santa Cruz Surfers Make 7 Miles of Coastline A Reserve
www.npr.org
You may think of surfers as slackers. But in Santa Cruz, Calif., they’re city council members and business owners. And they’re also conservationists — who just got their piece of the central California coast named a World Surfing Reserve.
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Filed under: Business Policy, Oceans, Protection, Rivers & Wetlands

Offshore Wind Energy Picking Up Speed

Offshore Wind Energy Picking Up Speed

May 10, 2012, www.care2.com | “”In the North Sea alone we have a potential to economically exploit the offshore resources to cover seven times Europe’s total energy consumption. We wouldn’t have to import fuel if we can tap into that.” Christian Kjaer, chief executive at the European Wind Energy Association, is not talking about deep sea drilling, but offshore wind turbines, which have doubled their total power production over the past three years to 866 megawatts, MarketWatch reports.”

Mariette Low shared a link.
“Offshore Wind Energy Picking Up Speed
www.care2.com
Utility companies are starting to find it an attractive financial option for producing their power.”
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Filed under: Energy - Renewable, Oceans, Wind