Environmental Articles

We tend to take so much for granted. Clean oceans? Endangered species being protected? No more animal testing or animal abuse? Unless we actively seek out information on what’s happening to our environment and animal welfare issues, we would have no idea how bad things are.

Beach Cleanup With H2O Trash Patrol

Have you ever called someone a “litterbug”? And then not picked up the piece of trash sitting near your foot? Every time we pass by debris and not pick it up, we are making a statement that it’s okay to … More

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Sierra Club’s Coastal Program’s Surfing Attorney

When I heard my favorite windsurf spot in Central Coast California was threaten by the development of a luxury golf coast by the Hearst Corporation, I knew I had to get involved. Luckily, I was working for one of the … More

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Blue Ocean Institute’s Sea to Table Program

By Blue Ocean Institute Blue Ocean’s Sea to Table program helps seafood lovers better understand their relationship with the ocean through the seafood they eat. Their seafood program relies on intensive fisheries research for their seafood rankings, writing, and publishing, … More

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Anti-Premarin – Saving Horses and Educating Women

For more than 40 years, Premarin was the most popular drug in the United States, with doctors writing an estimated nine million prescriptions to treat menopausal symptoms. Because Premarin is made with estrogens extracted from pregnant mares’ urine (PMU), thousands … More

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Calico Wild Horse Update

Calico Wild Horse Update April 2010 IDA’s lawsuit to stop the roundup of wild horses in the Calico Mountain Complex in northwest Nevada proceeds. Last week, our generous pro bono legal team at Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney in Washington DC … More

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In Search of Wilderness

Let see . . . spending 6 to 8 weeks outdoors mapping proposed wilderness areas in central California, taking pictures and getting paid for it. I’m in. Ryan Henson, from the California Wilderness Coalition, was all excited to hear that … More

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Surfaid International and their Mission

Five years ago, physician and surfer Dr. Dave Jenkins chartered a luxury yacht in the Mentawai Islands with one goal in mind: to find perfect waves. The surf proved to be everything he had hoped for. The surf proved to … More

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