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Reporter, journalist and author who has owned and operated a bookstore, a pool and spa full service business, an apple farm, and is now committed to environmental issues. She has written four books: The Gathering Basket, Connection with 48 Natural Contemplations, Seek Beauty, Find Joy: a Companion Journal to Natural Contemplations; and children's book, Isu Learns to Swim.

• Levianthian Rises, Challenges Neptune’s 911 Plea

  By Charmaine Coimbra on January 21, 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  Our seas seem endless and invulnerable to intrusion. And the ocean wins when we go against its tide. But like a strong woman with endless energy and strength, abuse takes its toll and the once-strong woman becomes a victim that can no longer fight and survive on her own.

• Fishing Line Entangles and Endangers California Marine Life

  By Charmaine Coimbra on January 6, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Fishing line entangles California Sea Lions

• California Sea Lions Hit Hard in 2009

  By Charmaine Coimbra on December 4, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  A Record Year for California Sea Lion Rescues By  Bette Bardeen   Courtesy of Central Coast Natural History Association Nature Notes   http://www.ccnha.org   The California Central Coast has seen an increased number of beach visitors this year, and not all are happy… Read More ›

• Waterway Sewage Deluge, Gulf Hypoxia, Hawaii’s Beaches Shrink

  By Charmaine Coimbra on December 2, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  Excerpts from: As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways By CHARLES DUHIGG http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/us/23sewer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print  …at Owls Head, a swimming pool’s worth of sewage and wastewater was soon rushing in every second. Warning horns began to blare. A little after 1 a.m., with… Read More ›

• The Great Garbage Patch — Time to Think Beyond Plastic

  By Charmaine Coimbra on November 5, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  “(The Great Garbage Patch)… is roughly the size of Texas, containing approximately 3.5 million tons of trash. Shoes, toys, bags, pacifiers, wrappers, toothbrushes, and bottles too numerous to count are only part of what can be found in this accidental dump floating midway between Hawaii and San Francisco.”

• Toxic Algae Blooms Poison Marine Life and Seabirds

  By Charmaine Coimbra on November 4, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions   http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091019134716.htm   Editor’s Note:  A recent toxic algae bloom has caused the deaths of California Sea Lions along the Central Coast of California.  Neptune 911 is researching this local information and will report  our… Read More ›

• Sustainable Seafoods In The News

  By Charmaine Coimbra on October 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  California passed a sustainable seafood bill. Yeah for Caliyfornia!   Watch the two videos below.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41TYMH1Ivx0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdjWhFOF36w

• Is Spiritual Connection To Planet The Cure?

  By Charmaine Coimbra on October 15, 2009 • ( 5 )

  

  Spirituality is personal. Action is essential. Knowledge and education opens the door.

• Ghost Net Removal Updates

  By Charmaine Coimbra on October 15, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  Editor’s Note:  Neptune 911 continues following the issue of ghost nets from our original post https://neptune911.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=173 Originally printed at http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/59991982.html PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) – An operation to clear Puget Sound and the North Olympic Peninsula’s waters of derelict commercial… Read More ›

• Old Mines Ooze Mercury Into Calif. Coastal Waters

  By Charmaine Coimbra on October 6, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  AP IMPACT: Gov’t stands by as mercury taints water By JASON DEAREN (AP) – Sep 17, 2009  NEW IDRIA, Calif. — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California’s rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state’s major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to… Read More ›