Water

This Monday, thousands of dead fish washed up on the beach in Fairhaven, MA. This Wednesday, tens of thousands of the same fish (menhaden, also dead) washed ashore in New Jersey near the Delaware Bay. What’s more, the seagulls couldn’t be less interested in what would normally be considered a… Read the rest

A shot that is sure to make any lover of the ocean (or Earth itself) cringe. The caption from Daily Mail’s article reads: “Crude oil washes ashore in Orange Beach, Alabama, where swimming is banned.”
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Surfers at Pensacola Beach, FL aren’t letting the tar balls and tar patties strewn in the sand get in their way of their passion. In fact, they’re passing clean-up crews grappling with oil debris on the way to the water, boards in hand. “I’ve been out surfing the last two… Read the rest

Teva knows that water is the most precious of our natural resources, yet every day in the Gulf Region it is being more polluted. Teva has been active for more than 25 years thanks to the waterways around the world that have been explored and enjoyed. Their history and their… Read the rest

It’s hard to ignore the fact that crude oil is spilling into the ocean at a constant flowing rate. It’s also hard to ignore the fact that BP has been utterly unsuccessful in its attempts to stop the oil spill. The most recent effort, the “top kill” method of packing… Read the rest

We all know that the recent Gulf oil spill was bad… really bad. But here’s a new perspective on it; This image was taken nearly a month after the explosion of the Transocean oil rig Deepwater Horizon … Read the rest(which occurred, ironically, on Earth Day). It was also taken from space (by

Since 2007, Barefoot Wine has spent its summers cleaning beaches coast to coast through the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project… Read the rest. This year, with the help of their partners at the Surfrider Foundation, the project will head to Portland on Saturday, August 7th. They will be cleaning the banks of

It used to be quite simple. Throughout much of human’s history, the people were separated in two camps. On one side, there were the country people, and on the other, the city people. The ones who lived in the country were generally more in touch with nature. They worked the… Read the rest

The documentary film “Tapped” is a glaring indictment of the bottled water industry. Directed by Stephanie Soechtig this expansive look into the commercial acquisition, production and distribution of the Earth’s most precious natural resource, fresh drinking water, is a horrifying tale of abuse and corruption. The story spans the socio-political… Read the rest

Recently, I had a chance to interview Eric Karch, Chair of the River des Peres Watershed Coalition (mission of the coalition: promote awareness of rivers and respect for water) and Professional Engineer (Civil) specializing in Water Resources at Reitz & Jens, Inc., a 45-year-old St Louis firm specializing in geotechnical … Read the rest