WELLINGTON (AFP) - Two icebergs drifting off the New Zealand coast have attracted massive interest from sightseers as well as sparking fresh warnings to shipping after their 13,500 kilometre journey from Antarctica.
Yahoo! Story.

At first this sounds like it could be a good thing.
As you read on you come to find:

This year’s dead zone off Oregon ran for 17 weeks, compared to the previous high of six weeks in 2004, and saw oxygen readings near zero that left the ocean bottom littered with dead crabs, sea stars and [...]

Did you ever hear the saying, “You can’t get blood out of a stone!”.
For our purposes, let’s think of blood as water, air, food, trees, fish, soil, and everything else we need to live. Let’s think of the stone as this big rock that we spin on every day, a.k.a. the planet Earth.
Now according [...]

How many times have you heard, “Good for you, good for the environment, good for business”?
It’s true. I was recently at an event where publishing and sustainability were discussed and it looks like that he idea of sustainability has hit the mainstream. Wal-Mart, Time Inc, JC Pennys and more have incorporated sustainability heavily into their [...]

If you remember Exxon Valdez, you will love this.
Looks like Exxon is still playing dirty, though this time instead of being sloppy at the wheel and not responding slowly to an environement crisis, they appear to be trying to manipulate the science behind global warning.
Read the article on Yahoo!

Here’s a good on if you like the environment and those who like the environment.
meetup.com

Peter Benchley, the man who is most notably known for writing “Jaws” died at the age of 65.
If memory serves correctly Benchley wrote “Jaws” around the time he was a speechwriter for the White House. In interviews some 30 years later, he said something to the effect that he wished he could take back [...]

It’s been a week since the Surfrider Asbury Park Surf Clinic put on by the Jersey Shore Chapter of Surfrider. It was awesome as usual.
This was the third year for the event and had grown significantly in those 3 years! 170 tykes from all backgrounds, all ampted to ride waves. It was also the [...]

Scorecard : get the facts on local pollution
This site is great if you like to be informed of your surroundings.
Here’s some of the environmental information you can find out about your county:

See how your county stacks up against all others in the U.S.
The top polluters in your county
The top chemicals released in your county
See [...]

As per SurfLine…
Surfing’s biggest environmental organization, the Surfrider Foundation, has been looking for a new executive director for nine months. Last Thursday, they announced their new fearless leader: Solana Beach surfer, activist, entrepreneur Jim Moriarty. While Jim doesn’t take office till June 1st, we figured it was time to check out surfing’s new, most visible [...]