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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.

• F for Disney Cruise Lines, A for Texas, F for Mafia, A for Coral Recovery

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

  

  Disney Cruise Lines get an environmental F grade, while Texas looks to save its coastlines, while the Italian Mafia sinks toxic waste ships, all while an unhealthy coral reef has recovered.

• Trash We Left At The Beach

  By Charmaine Coimbra on September 19, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  I dumped four-pounds of trash at Hearst Memorial State Beach this morning. That doesn’t include the dozen recyclable drink containers and food wrappers. I left them there too.

• Rediscovery of the Snubfin Dolphin in Papua New Guinea

  By Charmaine Coimbra on September 16, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  … I would be searching for one of the least known dolphins in the world. The snubfin dolphin, today known to science as Orcaella heinsohni, is only eight-feet long from its blunt snout to its flukes.

• Neptune’s Nightmares: Lawns, Green Algae, Plastics & Medical Wastes

  By Charmaine Coimbra on September 9, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Current Conditions updates on the toxicity of hissing lawns, deadly green algae on French beaches, plastic trash and medical wastes growing along shorelines.

• Whales and Ships Cross Paths in Central California

  By Charmaine Coimbra on August 31, 2009 • ( 0 )

  latimes.com/news/local/la-me-whales22-2009aug22,0,5581976.story latimes.com Whales face danger from ships in Santa Barbara Channel Patches of krill draw blue whales to the surface, putting them in peril of being hit by vessels in shipping lanes between the Channel Islands and the mainland. By… Read More ›

• East Coast Salmon Return, Bluefin Tuna Suffers, Sunset Magazine’s Seafood Guide

  By Charmaine Coimbra on August 28, 2009 • ( 1 )

  Seafood Situations brings seafood enthusiasts the good news and the news we wish we did not have to hear.

• Mermaid Tears — Another Nautical Disaster

  By Charmaine Coimbra on August 18, 2009 • ( 3 )

  From my window, the Pacific Ocean looks endless and impenetrable. It is so big, that surely, one little accidental drop of trash, like a plastic bottle that blew out from my hands, could not hurt this water giant.

• NOAA Determines Likely Cause of Ca. Sea Lion Strandings

  By Charmaine Coimbra on August 17, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Information on Recent Strandings and Non-traditional Haulout Site Use by Pinnipeds in California Presented by NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Regional Office August 11, 2009    There was a disruption in the coastal upwelling process off central  and northern… Read More ›

• International Coastal Clean-up Day, Sept. 19

  By Charmaine Coimbra on August 14, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Call for Coastal Clean Up Volunteers.

• Updates on River Trash, Protected Marine Areas, & Sea Otter Release

  By Charmaine Coimbra on August 14, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  Current Conditions recaps stories about the Merrimack River clean up, newly appointed Marine reserves, and the release of a rehabilitated California Sea Otter.