Stop Killing Striped Bass with Excessive Lawn Fertilizer

Little Pond by the Falmouth Enterprise Stop Killing Striped Bass with Excessive Lawn Fertilizer  Discover how green lawns can coexist with healthy fish. On a hot July day, sixteen striped bass, a horseshoe crab, and an unidentified crab were found dead on the shore of Little Pond, a salt pond in Falmouth.  There had been a harmful algal bloom.  All of the dissolved oxygen had been consumed by algae. Fish swam in and died quickly from the lack of oxygen.  The town responded swiftly with a bylaw to reduce fertilizing by 80 percent to one pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet.  The fertilizer industry went to the state and the state ruled that their regs trump town rights. Falmouth people were instructed to apply five pounds of fertilizer. Fortunately for the marine life of Falmouth, the local state senator was at the time President of the Senate.  She amended a bill that exempted Falmouth, restoring the town's right to home rule when it came to lawn care. The remaining 350 municipalities in Massachusetts also have rights to clean water, fewer algal blooms, no ocean dead zones, healthy fish and algae-free summer beaches.  Join with the Ocean River Institute's call for responsible stewardship of our lawns without the toxic runoff into our waterways with three steps to responsible lawn care.  We ask for your voice; we ask for your stories and we ask for your support. Please start by signing and commenting on our petition.

Protect Corals with Biscayne Marine Reserve Biscayne National Park is the largest marine park in the National Park System. The Park manages a portion of the only living coral reef in the continental U.S. This is the third largest barrier reef tract in the world. The coral reef is suffering from warming waters, sedimentation, and nitrogen (nutrient) pollution. Boat strikes, anchoring and overfishing also harm coral reefs. Recognizing the dire condition of coral reefs, the NPS has completed the General Management Plan that calls for creation of Biscayne Marine Reserve to protect 30% of the coral reef within the park.  The Biscayne Marine Reserve would close only 6% of the entire park to fishing while providing more spectacular coral reef experiences for everyone else. "Although the marine reserve only covers a small portion of the park, it will have a big impact on the health of Biscayne," said Caroline McLaughlin, Biscayne program analyst for the National Parks Conservation Association. Please sign our petition for a Marine Reserve in Biscayne National Park. ORI tabling in Boston Donors Needed to Save Striped Bass Please make a donation to save Cape Cod marine life and for cleaner beaches by reducing nitrogen pollution. Every gift we receive will help us reach out to more Cape Cod communities to educate about responsible lawn care practices to save fish and beaches.   With your support, we'll design and distribute take-away cards on the three responsible lawn care practices.   Every $15 contributed will enable us to spend an hour talking with people. Every $100 will enable us to table at one more beach.  Make a donation today! Your dollars will go further as a Blue Green Sustainer. Join the community by making a monthly or quarterly gift. Become a Guardian of Scotland's Wester Ross! Make a donation to be a Guardian of the Wester Ross Marine Protected Area.  It is not the Westeros, but the Hound will appreciate it because Rory McCann keeps his sailboat in the Wester Ross.  Donations made via Love Animals dot org will be matched by the Ocean Foundation through July 10th! Ali Hughson, a scallop diver, offers his account of a recent dive: We found that the boulder ridges had been dredged heavily in the recent past. With smashed Crab and Sea Urchin still containing their meat and innards. I saw two heavily mangled balls of Crab creels during a dive here. The ridges had been physically altered since my last visit, four years ago. They were lower and the boulders which comprised them had been extensively scattered. The Kelp which had been on top of the ridges was lying, torn and limp on the seabed around the boulders. Scallops were in some cases fatally injured with chunks of shell and skirt torn out and in others completely smashed. It was heartbreaking. Please make a donation. Every $20 will add an hour; time for an individual, like Ali, to share observations, insights, and tales of stewardship. Beware the Brotherhood Without Banners. Take a Minute to Earn $2 for Saving Oceans Opinions 4 Good (Op4G) is an online market research company that provides funding for nonprofits across the country. Since partnering with Op4G, ORI has received a total of $1,177 in donated survey incentives from our panel members. For each new member that joins this month, Op4G will donate $2 to Ocean River Institute. Long-term participation will provide additional donations throughout the year, with the average survey paying $3.50 for about 10 minutes of your time. Click here to sign up. Every $2 helps us get more people involved in saving fish, sharks, and our oceans.  After you sign up, please share this opportunity with friends on facebook or twitter. Pathways To a Bluer and Greener Planet Earth Shop for a Cause - August 28 and 29 Once again Macy's is saving oceans and rivers by partnering with the Ocean River Institute.  Donate $5 to ORI and we'll mail you a card for 25% off your total purchase at Macy's Stores. Simply write "Shop for a Cause" in the Additional Comments field at the bottom of the online donation form and ORI will send you the card. Click for more info.  Moir's Environmental Dialogues, Ocean River Shields of Achilles.Choose from ninety-seven podcast episodes, also available free on iTunes. Join ORI's Fan page on Facebook.  Help us reach 2,000 likes. See what others are saying about ORI and why we are a five-star nonprofit on Greatnonprofits.org. Earn money for ORI when you shop at Amazon Smile and for yourself by joining Opinions 4Good (www.Op4G.com) . Consider donating 100% of your earnings.  Save our oceans and rivers with ORI logo items. Visit our "Ocean River Ducks and Paddlers Store". Twitter OceanRiverRob for wave breaking news and updates. Become a Blue Green Sustainer - Give $5 monthly

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Austerity's Collateral Damage

Austerity's Collateral Damage Robert Koehler: As the profiteers impose austerity on the vulnerable, indebtedness becomes a condition to be mocked. Yet we are all indebted. Our lives depend on the good will of others.READ MORE

THURSDAY, 9 JULY 2015 Austerity's Collateral Damage Robert Koehler: As the profiteers impose austerity on the vulnerable, indebtedness becomes a condition to be mocked. Yet we are all indebted. Our lives depend on the good will of others. READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Meet Mike Antonovich’s Minimum Wage Hitman Peter Dreier: Why did LA County Supervisor Mike Antonovich hire a phony corporate-backed 'research' firm to kill the minimum wage plan? READ HERE Is Bernie Just a Summer Fling? Brent Budowsky: The prospect of this new era of new thinking from a new populism of a new left, following the Gilded Age corruptions of the last financial crash and the revolving door corruptions of Washington, is driving the surprise surge for Sanders and posing the dramatic test for Clinton. READ HERE California Senate Candidate Chose Two Antigay Schools Mary A. Fischer:Phlunte Riddle’s decision in 2013 to teach at Biola amid debate about LGBT people and dangers to their wellbeing on campus shows a second instance where she sought out a school that discriminates against them. READ MORE Is Jaime Dimon Banking on Dodd-Frank Repeal? Lauren Windsor: As the fifth anniversary of the Dodd Frank financial reform law nears, Wall Street remains defiant at worst and flippant at best in addressing its malfeasance in the 2008 meltdown. READ HERE

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Oil price: five reasons why oil has re-entered a bear market

Oil price: five reasons why oil has re-entered a bear market

Jul 9th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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The oil price has fallen by more than a fifth since it hit a year-high of $69.63 a barrel in May

Jul 8, 2015

Oil re-entered a bear market yesterday as the price for Brent Crude, the international benchmark, recorded its largest one-day loss since February.

On Monday, the oil price fell by six per cent and it has continued to dwindle, reaching $55.40 a barrel at around 8am BST today. The price of Brent has now fallen by more than a fifth since it hit a year-high of $69.63 a barrel in May. Bear markets are commonly defined as occurring when prices fall 20 per cent from their peak.

So what is causing the slide?

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Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years

Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years

Jul 9th, 2015 

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Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years

Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent

Last modified on Thursday 9 July 2015 

ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial.

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Posted in: Business Principles, Climate Change, Environment, Exxon Mobil.
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Following Explosion, Shell Moerdijk Criticised by Dutch Safety Board

Following Explosion, Shell Moerdijk Criticised by Dutch Safety Board

Jul 9th, 2015 

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Enhanced Google Translation of a Reuters report published in Dutch on 9 July 2015 

Shell has therefore not fulfilled the high expectations of safety management within the company.

Shell Moerdijk should be more critical of security risks in the company.

Thus concludes the Safety Board in a report on the explosion at the company’s plant on June 3 last year, which was published Thursday.

“Shell was not aware of the chemical reaction that eventually led to an explosion,” according to the study.

”As a result, employees were not able to intervene in time.Especially in the implementation of changes in production processes, equipment and raw materials the company must do better to consider new risks that arise here.”

According to Shell the explosion resulted from pressure in the reactor of the plant.This was in one of the factories where the raw materials for the production of plastics are produced.

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