April 30, 2013
by Leila Monroe
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Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco
Late yesterday, after a marathon hearing of the California Assembly Natural Resource Committee, Assembly Bill 521, known as the Marine Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility… Continue reading
April 19, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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New research details how solar-powered proteins can be used to filter antibiotics and other harmful compounds from rivers and lakes at a significantly higher rate than present treatment standards. Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 16, 2013
by Leila Monroe
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Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco
On April 16 we celebrate California Oceans Day, an annual event when ocean lovers and leaders from across the state come together to advocate for healthier oceans. This y… Continue reading
November 7, 2012
by MoreRecycling
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Conventional methods of filtering waste water in sewage treatment plants are unable to completely remove medicine residues such as the estrogens in birth control pills. These residues then find their way into rivers and lakes and also accumulate in our… Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 18, 2012
by Jon Devine
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Jon Devine, Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C.
It’s the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Clean Water Act. As those of us who have passed the big 4-Oh have experienced, that birthday has some real significance; it certainly ma… Continue reading
July 12, 2012
by Rocky Kistner
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Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC
In Canada’s western province of Alberta, Melina Laboucan-Massimo’s community—the Lubicon Lake Nation—has endured a withering toxic tar sands oil assault, an Armag… Continue reading
November 22, 2011
by Noah Garrison
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Noah Garrison, Project Attorney, Santa Monica
This past weekend saw one and one-third inches of rain fall over Los Angeles, just enough to foul the beaches with stormwater pollution, bury the 405 freeway in mud, and send torrents of rai… Continue reading