Jim's Blog — Oil Pollution
July 19, 2012
A better board: Glassing with a Bio-Based Epoxy Resin
Topics: Joy Waves Culture Shifting Oil Pollution Water Quality Surfing
Want to have a smaller impact with your surfboard, get your board glassed by someone who uses Bio-Based Epoxy Resin.
April 17, 2012
Persistent toxins; The ongoing tragedy of the BP oil spill
Topics: Coastal development Blue Water Task Force Oil Pollution Water Quality
Over a year later toxins from the Corexit used in the BP oil spill remain. The spill isn't over. It's just less visible to the naked eye.
December 05, 2011
Waste to waves, from trash to… slash
Topics: Waves Activism Culture Shifting DIY Activism Modern Activism Oil Pollution Plastics Surfing
What better way to recycle EPS foam than into a surfboard blank. I'm not sure I can think of a better way. Nope, I can't.
September 01, 2011
This is what an oil spill looks like. Video taken yesterday.
Topics: Oil Pollution Water Quality
Is there a live oil spill happening in the Gulf? Watch and decide for yourself.
July 05, 2011
Help save Australia’s southwest coast from oil drilling
Topics: Ads Oil Pollution
Surfrider Australia and The Big Blue Army seek to stop new oil leases off Australia's south-west coast and they need our collective help.
June 07, 2011
A literal line in the sand, the Dave Rauschkolb podcast
Topics: Events Beaches Podcasts Stories Activism DIY Activism Oil Pollution Water Quality
This is Dave Rauschkolb's story. One day he was running three Florida Gulf businesses and the next day he was the catalyst for people around the globe to join hands and draw a line in the sand against net new offshore oil drilling.
June 06, 2011
Addicts run out of money, kick their habit or die… what will the US do?
Topics: Oil Pollution Water Quality
We are addicted to oil. What does that actually mean? In means that, as addicts, we will run out of money, kick our habit or die. Time to kick the habit.
April 28, 2011
26,000 dolphins and whales harmed by BP spill
Topics: Fish Oil Pollution Water Quality
The Center for Biological Diversity estimates that 26,000 dolphins and whales, 82,000 birds, and 6,000 sea turtles were likely harmed by the BP spill last year.
April 15, 2011
After the TV coverage is gone… the BP spill cleanup in the Gulf continues
Topics: Beaches Oil Pollution
The BP spill in the Gulf is old news. It's moved from CNN to CSPAN and thus lost it's audience. Yet the locals are still dealing with the long-term affects of the spill.
January 13 2011
Offshore drilling represents great risks to our coastal environment, puts coastal economies at risk
December 21 2010
BP oil spill makes “biggest tech stories of 2010” lists
September 20 2010
Remember the spill in the Gulf? The one they sank… it’s still there.
September 14 2010
Another year, another Exxon Valdez… welcome to Nigeria
September 03 2010
