The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is seeking assistance from landowners, Registered Professional Foresters (RPFs), and natural resource professionals with its annual cone crop survey and cone collection efforts, including locating developing cone crops on native California Conifers. These efforts support the CAL FIRE Seed Bank …continue reading
You’re invited to the Beach Cleanup in Seal Beach on SATURDAY, June 19, 2021 from 9am-12pm at 1st St. Parking Lot (15 First Street), Seal Beach, CA 90740 Pre-registration please! We will provide: garden gloves, pickers, bags, and free parking (please ask!) SaveOurBeach t-shirts and caps ($15) and sweatshirts ($30) …continue reading
Friday, June 11, 2021 is the last day to participate in the City of Garden Grove’s online survey to provide input on environmental justice. The public’s input will help adopt a new Environmental Justice Element to the Garden Grove General Plan, develop policies to reduce pollution in the disadvantaged communities, …continue reading
While North America, East Asia, and most global regions are making a gradual recovery from the economic impacts of COVID-19, enforcement of air quality rules and regulations are back in effect. This presents the industrial world with a double challenge: committing to pollution abatement and environmental protection as a part …continue reading
We apologize for the short notification, but SaveOurBeach will be assisting a film crew headed by Amorette Jones in conjunction with Captain Charles Moore and the Algalita Organization as well as Josh Fox, Academy nominated director of Gasland, to create a film shot in documentary style, addressing the issue of …continue reading
We apologize for the short notification, but SaveOurBeach will be assisting a film crew headed by Amorette Jones in conjunction with Captain Charles Moore and the Algalita Organization as well as Josh Fox, Academy nominated director of Gasland, to create a film shot in documentary style, addressing the issue of …continue reading
You’re invited to the Beach Cleanup in Seal Beach on SATURDAY, May 15, 2021 from 9am-12pm at 1st St. Parking Lot (15 First Street), Seal Beach, CA 90740. SPECIAL COVID-19 INSTRUCTIONS: Pre-registration only! (see link below) Garden gloves will be provided Masks required at registration table Free parking will be …continue reading
In celebration of Earth Day, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris held a virtual press conference with leading scientists and advocates to highlight the risks threatening California’s coastal communities. The Assemblywoman highlighted legislative efforts to cut green tape and expand coastal protection. “On Earth Day we renew our focus on protecting and restoring …continue reading
The Orange County Transportation Authority has launched a new webpage that outlines the agency’s ongoing commitment to a balanced, equitable and sustainable transportation network. While the launch coincides with Earth Day on April 22, OCTA’s commitment to a culture of sustainability and safeguarding Orange County’s air, land and water is …continue reading
OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) has been granted a six-month variance waiver to allow the disposal of Treated Wood Waste (TWW) at one landfill site in Orange County, beginning April 16, 2021. This waiver comes after the Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC) banned disposal of TWW at California Landfills on …continue reading
You’re invited to the Beach Cleanup in Seal Beach. In honor of Earth Day, we will have two locations! These events will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. We will be meeting in the 1st St. parking lot at 15 First Street in …continue reading
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new case study on the San Pedro Bay Ports’ Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP), which was the first U.S. port air quality program to include air emission reduction targets. The CAAP is a groundbreaking and ongoing program at the Port of …continue reading
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) joined with Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-05) and Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today to introduce the bicameral Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act — the most comprehensive plan ever introduced in Congress to address the plastic pollution crisis that is poisoning our air, water, and land, …continue reading