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Environment

How the Controversial Construction at Beacon’s Beach Has Engaged the Encinitas Community

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Pope Francis
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The Pope Just Issued a Stirring Call to Action Against Plastic Pollution

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Super Typhoon Jebi
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Super Typhoon Jebi Is Now the Planet’s Most Powerful Storm

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A Flickr image of a seal taken at Scotland’s Forvie nature reserve.
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How Social Media Can Help Sustainable Nature Tourism

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Just a few feet away, there's enough nuclear waste to decimate the planet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Environmental Group Wants Immediate Removal of Nuclear Waste From San Onofre Area

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This Is a Behind the Scenes Look at the Inner Workings of the Save The Waves Coalition

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The Ocean Cleanup is going to have its first experimental cleanup system in Pacific waters by late 2017.
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Ocean Cleanup Project Is Set to Launch Its Ambitious Initiative to Rid the Ocean of Plastic

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California Lawmakers May Be Close to Opening Hollister Ranch to the Public For Real

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Controversial Construction at Beacon’s Beach in Encinitas Splits Community

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Beach erosion in Nags Head, North Carolina, photographed May 15, 2005.
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Here’s Why Fixing Eroded Beaches Is Blocking Adaptation to Rising Seas

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Hundreds of dead fish were found floating in Malibu Lagoon late last week. The cause is still unknown. Photo: Tyler Schiffman
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Major Fish Die-Off in Malibu Lagoon Spurs Investigation

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Orca whale with dead calf
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What the Grieving Mother Orca Tells Us About How Animals Experience Death

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Court Decision to Prevent Drilling Off the Alentejo Coast Faces Another Appeal

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A huge congratulations to the Surfrider Foundation for celebrating 500 coastal victories in your 34-year history. Photo: Surfrider
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The Surfrider Foundation Is Celebrating 500 Coastal Victories on Its 34th Birthday

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Protect Our Winters, Jeremy Jones, Forrest Shearer, Greg Long, surfing, snowboarding
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Greg Long, Jeremy Jones Call On Surf and Snow Industries to Up Environmental Stewardship

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Hawaii Is Bracing For Hurricane Lane, a Major Category 4 Hurricane

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Debris pulled from a Lake Erie marina during a cleanup, June 9, 2012. NOAA Office of Response and Restoration, CC BY
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Tons of Plastic Trash Enter the Great Lakes Every Year, So Where Does It All Go?

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dead dolphins florida red tide
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Florida’s Toxic Red Tide Killed a Dozen Dolphins in Just One Week

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A black footed albatross chick with plastics in its stomach lies dead on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Midway sits amid a collection of man-made debris called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Along the paths of Midway, there are piles of feathers with rings of plastic in the middle - remnants of birds that died with the plastic in their guts. Dan Clark/USFWS via AP
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We are Guinea Pigs in a Worldwide Experiment on Microplastics

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