Ship Sewage Rules

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Land-based sewage discharges into the ocean are illegal. Soon that ban will apply to big ships, too, under new EPA rules being announced today.

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Jack London's Lake

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Jack London's cottage and ranch buildings have been preserved at the state park that bears his name in Glen Ellen. But there is another part of his historic holding that is languishing in need of repair and restoration

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Hands Across The Sand

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Offshore oil drilling has never been embraced here on California’s north coast, but recent events in the Gulf Coast have bolstered that view elsewhere. Hands Across the Sand, a coordinated series of demonstrations across the country, including one near Bodega Bay, will try to reinforce those changing attitudes on June 26th.

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PCBs in Fish Oil

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Fish oil capsules have long been suspected of including small amounts of toxic PCBs, but a new lawsuit contends some manufacturers of the supplements contain far more of the banned chemicals than others.

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Ailing Pelicans

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

The formerly endangered California Brown Pelican appears to be facing some new challenges this winter, as hundreds of the birds have been taken to bird rescue facilities from here to Long Beach.

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Project Kaisei

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Far out in the oceans of the world, away from the continents and even shipping lanes, vast floating seas of plastic garbage form an intractable sort of water pollution, something the bay area’s Project Kaisei is working to combat.

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Sunscreen

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0100

Slathering on sunscreen may protect your skin, but it's not healthy for the world's water supplies, or the aquatic life within them.

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Groundwater mercury

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0100

The most harmful form of mercury is being washed into coastal waters through subsurface groundwater, a new study has found, and at rates far higher than from the air. That research was conducted at two Northern California sites, including Stinson Beach (right) in Marin County.

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Bohemia Ranch

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:00:00 +0100

A little-seen watershed near Occidental, informally known as Waterfall Park, may be moving toward actually becoming a real park.

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Somalia Pirates

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:00:00 +0100

There's more to the story of pirates along the Somali coast than just bad guys in boats. In today's report, John Reid, President of the Conservation Strategy Fund in Sebastopol, looks past recent headlines to the root causes of this outbreak of nautical lawlessness.

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The Sonoma County Water Agency is taking a close look at the energy-producing potential of wave power off the Sonoma County coast.

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Bohemian Grove Logging

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:00:00 +0100

A bitter battle is being fought over logging plans for one of the least visited corners of western Sonoma County.

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The Bohemian Club has owned the Grove for over a century, but John Hooper says that the history of logging there dates back only 20-odd years.

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