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An environmentalist’s wine drinking dilemma

As we sampled local wines in Temecula, I noticed several wineries now offering organically and bio-dynamically grown wines. I love wine. I enjoy dark beer, tart lemonade and cold tap water. But I love wine. …

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Don’t let ACC’s trickery fool you! Plastic bags are bad

Why is this year’s plastic bag ban (AB 1998) struggling in its final days in the CA state legislature? It’s hard to argue the fact that 19 billion of these bags are used in California …

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Please eat this fish to extinction

    Please eat this fish to extinction. What an interesting idea. Personally I’ve never tried lionfish, but word on the street is that it is quite delectable. Lionfish are an invasive species (and aggressive …

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Take Action – Ban Plastic Bags

Each year, the average consumer uses 500 plastic bags. Each of these 500 plastic bags cost the taxpayer as much as 17 cents in recycling, collection and disposal—totalling $85 per year. Support AB 1998 to …

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Ban Plastic Bags

California’s ocean economy is valued at $43 billion, including an estimated 408,000 jobs mostly in the tourism and recreation sectors. But plastic bags are littering our waterways and our coasts, threatening the marine environment, damaging …

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Coastkeeper Tours Groundwater Replenishment System

On June 25, the San Diego Coastkeeper Environmental Law Clinic staff and legal interns toured the Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System in Fountain Valley, CA.      The Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System began as …

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Reactions to 2.1 Million Gallon Sewage Spill in Tijuana River Valley

Of San Diego’s eleven watersheds, the Tijuana River watershed is the largest. Most of it lies on the Mexican side of the border. It is also the watershed with some of the worst sewage pollution …

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We want you to know what’s in your water

What good is collecting water quality data if no one gets to see it? In order to make data more freely available, San Diego Coastkeeper is in the process of updating our watershed wiki. The …

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Check out beach water quality before you jump in

The Fourth of July weekend brings tons of visitors to San Diego’s coastline. And San Diego Coastkeeper is helping beachgoers know what’s in the water before they dive in. On its water quality monitoring page, …

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Kindergarten Students Learn About Pollution Prevention

San Diego Coastkeeper and the City of San Diego recently launched the Project SWELL Kindergarten curriculum in San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). Through these lessons students learn about the different plants and animals living …

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An environmentalist’s wine drinking dilemma

As we sampled local wines in Temecula, I noticed several wineries now offering organically and bio-dynamically grown wines. I love wine. I enjoy dark beer, tart lemonade and cold tap water. But I love wine. …

Read More

Don’t let ACC’s trickery fool you! Plastic bags are bad

Why is this year’s plastic bag ban (AB 1998) struggling in its final days in the CA state legislature? It’s hard to argue the fact that 19 billion of these bags are used in California …

Read More

Please eat this fish to extinction

    Please eat this fish to extinction. What an interesting idea. Personally I’ve never tried lionfish, but word on the street is that it is quite delectable. Lionfish are an invasive species (and aggressive …

Read More

Take Action – Ban Plastic Bags

Each year, the average consumer uses 500 plastic bags. Each of these 500 plastic bags cost the taxpayer as much as 17 cents in recycling, collection and disposal—totalling $85 per year. Support AB 1998 to …

Read More

Ban Plastic Bags

California’s ocean economy is valued at $43 billion, including an estimated 408,000 jobs mostly in the tourism and recreation sectors. But plastic bags are littering our waterways and our coasts, threatening the marine environment, damaging …

Read More

Coastkeeper Tours Groundwater Replenishment System

On June 25, the San Diego Coastkeeper Environmental Law Clinic staff and legal interns toured the Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System in Fountain Valley, CA.      The Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System began as …

Read More

Reactions to 2.1 Million Gallon Sewage Spill in Tijuana River Valley

Of San Diego’s eleven watersheds, the Tijuana River watershed is the largest. Most of it lies on the Mexican side of the border. It is also the watershed with some of the worst sewage pollution …

Read More

We want you to know what’s in your water

What good is collecting water quality data if no one gets to see it? In order to make data more freely available, San Diego Coastkeeper is in the process of updating our watershed wiki. The …

Read More

Check out beach water quality before you jump in

The Fourth of July weekend brings tons of visitors to San Diego’s coastline. And San Diego Coastkeeper is helping beachgoers know what’s in the water before they dive in. On its water quality monitoring page, …

Read More

Kindergarten Students Learn About Pollution Prevention

San Diego Coastkeeper and the City of San Diego recently launched the Project SWELL Kindergarten curriculum in San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). Through these lessons students learn about the different plants and animals living …

Read More