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What Can You Do To Help Keep The Seas Trash Free?

Oceans are what connect all living things on Earth, and they’re what keep us all alive. To say that oceans are important is an understatement – they’re vital to all beings and humankind. Because we’re all connected with the ocean, we have to understand how all of our choices on this planet affect it. Everyone’s…

‘Plastic Soup’: What Have We Done to Our Oceans?

An estimated 270,000 tons of plastic pollute our world’s major waterways, according to the results of a new study. The report indicates that in excess of five trillion pieces of plastic are floating in our oceans, and some of that plastic gets ingested by fish that end up being eaten by humans. Not only is…

Major Win for Clean Water in Alabama

Alabama Circuit Judge Joel Laird ruled that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) illegally issued a water pollution discharge permit to HarGal Mining Partnership for a gold mine on Terrapin Creek in Cleburne County, Alabama. Under Alabama law, clean water can be degraded only when the permittee demonstrates that the proposed discharge is necessary…

South Toe River in North Carolina Protected

Tucked away in Western North Carolina, where it starts in a ravine between the Blue Ridge Parkway and the eastern side of the Black Mountains, North Carolina’s beloved South Toe River came close to having its natural splendor altered in 2005. Fortunately, conservation groups stepped up in hopes of preventing such an action, and they…