In a recent New York Times article I was quoted as saying, “The (auto) shredding business poses a risk to the environment, as well as to people’s health.”  An industry representative stated that she thought …

Many thanks to our 300 registered guests and dozens of Ocean Gala sponsors who helped us raise $100,000 this weekend. And congratulations to this year’s Coastal Champions Ashok Israni, CEO of Pacifica Companies, and David …

Think back to where you were in 1991, twenty years ago. The Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture, Gorbachev resigned and the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Senate hearings were in full swing.  If you were …

During the June water monitoring event, we hired Nautilus Environmental to perform some bioassessment investigations at a few of our sampling sites. Bioassessments measure the physical habitat of streams and collect and identify the aquatic …

Recent concerns over high levels of dissolved copper in San Diego Bay, likely due in part to leaching from boat hull paints, has led to calls for a new permitting process for in-water hull cleanings. …

Back from Sacramento, with, if not a happy ending , then at least a happy beginning.  The copper hull paint bill Coastkeeper is sponsoring made it out of its first committee on a 5-1 vote. …

Test results from our homework assignment to show what we’ve learned at Coastkeeper. On March 15, my co-intern Noah and I had to do a school project that utilizes some things that we have learned …

  Photo Credit 9MPhoto.com “Ms. Solmer goes to Sacramento.”  Ok, it isn’t as catchy as the 1939 Frank Capra classic movie “Mr. Smith goes to Washington,” and it doesn’t star Jimmy Stewart. But Coastkeeper is …

On March 11, our advocacy staff closed one chapter in a very long, contentious, and arduous book: cleaning up the toxic legacy of sediment contamination in San Diego Bay.  Though not one dredged scoop of …

The Unified Port of San Diego is currently proposing that independent hull divers and companies employing hull divers be required to carry permits in order to conduct in-water hull cleaning.  The fuel stoking this fire …