Beach Rescue

Seaborn Rubbish Trashes Once Pristine Beaches and Sea

By Charmaine Coimbra on February 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

From the Los Angeles Times By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles TimesJanuary 27, 2012, 4:45 p.m. Reporting from Mahahual, Mexico— Just off a rutted dirt road, a beach as white as flour pops into view from behind a wall… Read More ›

10 Ways To Reduce Your Plastic Use

By Charmaine Coimbra on October 6, 2011 • ( 3 )

From the Surfrider Foundation–Raptoberfest Just like everyone has a carbon footprint, people also have a plastic footprint – which measures how much plastic a person uses during a given time period. While it is impossible – and arguably… Read More ›

Medical Waste Foul Beaches, Cruise Ships Foul Waters

By Charmaine Coimbra on January 20, 2011 • ( 0 )

When a friend returned from her Hawaiian holiday she called me in near tears. “We didn’t stay in a resort this time, where the beaches are always clean, so when I took a beachside walk and found mounds of… Read More ›

Humpback Hunting Okayed, Texans Tackle Trash, Unusual Sea Lion Pupping

By Charmaine Coimbra on June 29, 2010 • ( 1 )

Humpback Whale Hunting Okayed From BlueVoice.org: The International Whaling Commission (IWC) did not, as feared, vote to legalize commercial whaling. The Obama administration, for reasons incomprehensible to us, tried to broker a deal that would have allowed the resumption of… Read More ›

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.