Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter

Consumers’ cuts drying up revenue for districts

This was a particularly frustrating article – it showed on one hand what Surfrider’s been preaching for years: that if we just conserve water, we can make a big impact on our demand and supply, and potentially won’t… more »

Cantor Fights Kaine Over Ruining Virginia’s Shoreshttp://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Cantor-Fights-Kaine-Over-Ruining-Virginias-Shores-62858542.html Offshore Drilling Bill Passes House; Panhandle Chambers Oppose (FL)http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/62680207.html more »

Event Recap

Whew, what an event. For the first time in event history, the paddle ’round the pier was ‘postponed’ til next year because of big waves. There were 8-10+ faces on the sets and some waves were brushing up… more »

Cities and county unite to oppose offshore drilling (FL)https://mex07a.emailsrvr.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=a6c8ab8b5893498e891ae87860261c45&URL;=http%3a%2f%2fwww.heraldtribune.com%2farticle%2f20090929%2fBREAKING%2f909299982%3fTitle%3dCities-and-county-unite-to-oppose-offshore-drillingSarasota County and its four cities unanimously approved a resolution to maintain the bank against oil drilling off of Florida’s coast. Let’s Talk About Off Shore Oil Drilling (CA)https://mex07a.emailsrvr.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=a6c8ab8b5893498e891ae87860261c45&URL;=http%3a%2f%2fblogs.venturacountystar.com%2fpropaganda%2f2009%2f09%2flets-talk-about-off-shore-oil.htmlJust imagine… more »

The End of Oil?

Oil is the curse of the modern world; it is “the devil’s excrement,” in the words of the former Venezuelan oil minister Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo, who is considered to be the father of OPEC and should know…. more »

North American Development Bank signs US$22 million loan for water and wastewater works in Tijuana, Baja California

San Antonio, Texas – The North American Development Bank (NADB) and the Tijuana water utility, Comisión de Servicios Públicos de Tijuana (CESPT), have signed a loan agreement for up to $300 million pesos (currently valued at about US$22.07… more »

PxP Exposed and Opinion: PXP’s offshore drilling project not right deal for us (CA)http://www.coastwatcher.com/?p=345 Menendez and Nelson lead effort to block offshore drillinghttp://www.shorenewstoday.com/news.php?id=4554Sen. David Vitter (R.-La.) was supporting an amendment to the Interior Department appropriations bill that would… more »

Oklahoma Says Drill Baby Drillhttp://www.bixbybulletin.com/articles/2009/09/26/opinion/doc4abd3294d96af987150014.txtYeah, easy for them to say. As Oil Enriches Australia, Spill Is Seen as a Warninghttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/world/asia/28timor.html?_r=2&hp; Florida’s deja vu on oil drillinghttp://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/26/co-floridas-dej-vu-on-oil-drilling/news-opinion-commentary/ Offshore drilling is not worth the risks to the Florida gulf coasthttp://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/offshore-drilling-is-not-worth-the-risks-to-the-florida-gulf-coast/1039446… more »

Beware the Sirens of Big Oil (AK)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riki-ott/beware-the-sirens-of-big_b_299809.html Opinion: Bristol Bay should be cut from the five-year OCS leasing schedule (AK)http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/092509/opi_6_003.shtml Florida lawmakers gather to debate offshore oil drilling in Clearwaterhttp://www.examiner.com/x-24773-Tampa-Populist-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Florida-lawmakers-gather-to-debate-offshore-oil-drilling-in-Clearwater Offshore drilling supporter tells tourism agency: It’s safe… more »

Australian Oil Spill Keeps on Gushing and Spreading

This is from Skytruth: New images from NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites keep coming in. At 8:45 am local time, the Terra satellite passed overhead and captured this image, showing oil slicks and sheen throughout a 9,870 square… more »