Beach Trading Blog

Last night, January 5th, the South Padre Island City Council unanimously voted yes on a proposed plastic bag ban making South Padre Island the second city in Texas to pass such an ordinance!  The ordinance which prohibits the point of sale distribution of non-compostable plastic bags and allows for the use of reusable bags, recyclable [...]

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This morning the White House announced that it will be extending the existing moratorium on new deepwater well drilling for 6 months, along with plans to cancel the proposed lease sales off the coast of Virginia and the Gulf of Mexico, as well as a suspending planned exploration of two sites in Alaska. In response, [...]

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Someone sent us this video and we feel it is too important not to share. Some of the images are heart wrenching and may not be suitable for small children but we dare you adults to watch it! Plastics, (bags, bottles, etc), are literally choking our planet: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8zh5IluTeE

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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), recently released a report of the sad state of affairs at our beaches and the Great Lakes: 7% of beachwater samples violated health standards, showing no improvement from 2006. While nationally there was an overall decrease in closing and advisory days from 2006, regionally the picture varied. The biggest [...]

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Get up and out this Saturday morning and join Heal the Bay as they hold one of their monthly ‘Nothin’ But Sand’ beach clean ups. This month they’re tackling Redondo Beach just south of the pier at the Ainsworth lifeguard tower from 10am -Noon. You can park at Veterans Park metered parking lot at the [...]

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