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09 • 15 • 2021

International Coastal Cleanup Day 2021

By Jennifer Hart

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09.08.21 Seawalls Are Stealing Our Sandy Beaches

09.13.21 REDUCE Act Would Put a 20-Cent Fee on Virgin Plastic Resin

09.10.21 Governments’ Settlement With U.S. Steel Approved

09.10.21 Four Plastic Pollution Bills Pass the California Legislature

09.09.21 Activist Spotlight: Alicia Maratos With the Florida International University Student Club

09.06.21 How Six Tribes Reinstated Protections for Millions of U.S. Streams and Wetlands

09.01.21 Starting from Within with HUM Nutrition and Surfrider

08.28.21 North Pacific Hagfish Trap Project

08.25.21 Coral Reefs—The Crown Jewels of Our Ocean

08.24.21 Ocean Friendly Restaurant Spotlight: Chez Rosa Bistro

08.24.21 A Win for “Customary Use” Beach Rights in Florida

08.23.21 What’s New with Ocean Friendly Restaurants?

08.20.21 Activist Spotlight: Jill Williams with the Olympia Washington Chapter

08.20.21 Personal Actions to Stop Sewage Pollution in Your Community

08.18.21 Ocean Friendly Restaurants Spotlight: The Salmonberry in Wheeler, OR

08.18.21 Sea N’ Soul Supports Surfrider’s Mission by Encouraging Re-Use

08.12.21 NOAA To Host Public Listening Sessions on 30x30

08.11.21 Activist Spotlight: Diya Heal with the Newport, Oregon Chapter

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Covid 19

08.17.20 Beach Access During COVID-19: Know Your Rights

07.28.20 COVID-19 and Beach Water Quality: Updates from the Research Community

07.06.20 Ocean Friendly Restaurants Reopen with Reusables

05.21.20 Solo Beach Cleanup Guidelines

05.19.20 Expert Panel Provides Guidance for Beach Access During COVID-19

05.12.20 Don’t Flush Wipes Down the Toilet! Sewage Spills on the Rise

05.11.20 How to Reopen Restaurants While Safely Using Reusables

05.07.20 Safe Recreation At the Beach

04.30.20 Surfrider Foundation Response to Orange County Beach Closure Order

04.30.20 Plastics Industry Tactics Brought Into Focus

04.24.20 Looking ahead: When and how to safely open beaches and surfing?

04.20.20 Why the Surfrider Foundation matters more than ever… community.

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Beach Access

08.24.21 A Win for “Customary Use” Beach Rights in Florida

07.13.21 Decommissioning Update for San Onofre

06.18.21 Understanding Historical Discrimination in U.S. Beach Access

04.14.21 Court Victory for Beach Access Rights in California Lent Case

03.10.21 Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation hopes to reclaim land from Coastal Act violators

02.24.21 Black Sand Peace Paddle

10.13.20 Surfrider Report Finds States Hit Hardest by Extreme Weather and Climate Change are Least Prepared

09.01.20 COVID Summer: More People, More Plastic, More Problems for our Coasts

08.17.20 Beach Access During COVID-19: Know Your Rights

07.22.20 Keeping Malibu’s Beaches Open for Public Access

07.22.20 California State Parks Tackles Off Highway Vehicle Symptoms Rather Than Root Problem

06.17.20 Confronting Racial Inequity in Beach Access

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Coastal Preservation

09.08.21 Seawalls Are Stealing Our Sandy Beaches

08.25.21 Coral Reefs—The Crown Jewels of Our Ocean

08.12.21 NOAA To Host Public Listening Sessions on 30x30

08.03.21 Surfrider Statement on the Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Package

07.15.21 A Win for Those Who Love California’s Beaches

07.13.21 Decommissioning Update for San Onofre

07.12.21 Hawaiʻi’s New Law Requires Real Estate Disclosures for Sea Level Rise

06.30.21 Protecting our Ocean and Coasts from the Climate Crisis

06.08.21 Federal Legislation Leverages the Ocean to Combat Climate Crisis

05.19.21 Congress Debates Bills to Prohibit Offshore Drilling: Make Your Voice Heard!

05.06.21 Surfrider Foundation Statement on the Biden Administration’s 30x30 Report

05.04.21 Surfrider and Recreation Industry Meet with Biden Administration on Oil and Gas Concerns

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Legal

09.10.21 Governments’ Settlement With U.S. Steel Approved

08.24.21 A Win for “Customary Use” Beach Rights in Florida

07.30.21 Surfrider Calls on Regulators to Hold Parties Accountable for Coal Ash Spill off Northeast Florida Coast

07.28.21 Protecting Puerto Rico’s Threatened Tres Palmas Coral Reef From New Development

07.22.21 Surfrider Files Suit to Protect the Gulf of Mexico from Seismic Testing

07.16.21 Plaintiffs Prevail Again in Maui Injection Well Case

06.29.21 Surfrider Foundation Applauds Colorado’s Reversal of Preemption for Plastic Pollution Laws

06.18.21 Understanding Historical Discrimination in U.S. Beach Access

04.14.21 Court Victory for Beach Access Rights in California Lent Case

03.16.21 Surfrider Foundation Files Brief to Oppose Overdevelopment on the California Coast

02.02.21 Litigation Leads to Protections for Sharks Cove on Oahu

01.05.21 Victory for Coos Bay in Fight Against LNG

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Ocean Protection

08.12.21 NOAA To Host Public Listening Sessions on 30x30

08.02.21 Congressman Huffman Introduces “Keeping Ecosystems Living and Productive (KELP) Act”

07.22.21 Surfrider Files Suit to Protect the Gulf of Mexico from Seismic Testing

07.15.21 Uniting and Amplifying the Voices of the California Outdoor Recreation

06.29.21 President’s Budget Proposes Record Funding for Clean Water and Healthy Beaches

06.08.21 Federal Legislation Leverages the Ocean to Combat Climate Crisis

06.08.21 Wave Energy Breaks Ground on Central Oregon Coast

05.19.21 Congress Debates Bills to Prohibit Offshore Drilling: Make Your Voice Heard!

05.06.21 Surfrider Foundation Statement on the Biden Administration’s 30x30 Report

05.04.21 Surfrider and Recreation Industry Meet with Biden Administration on Oil and Gas Concerns

05.03.21 Victory: Washington State Passes Law to Prohibit Seabed Mining

04.20.21 Surfrider Pushes Back Against Ports Preemption

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Ocean Protection

08.12.21 NOAA To Host Public Listening Sessions on 30x30

08.02.21 Congressman Huffman Introduces “Keeping Ecosystems Living and Productive (KELP) Act”

07.22.21 Surfrider Files Suit to Protect the Gulf of Mexico from Seismic Testing

07.15.21 Uniting and Amplifying the Voices of the California Outdoor Recreation

06.29.21 President’s Budget Proposes Record Funding for Clean Water and Healthy Beaches

06.08.21 Federal Legislation Leverages the Ocean to Combat Climate Crisis

06.08.21 Wave Energy Breaks Ground on Central Oregon Coast

05.19.21 Congress Debates Bills to Prohibit Offshore Drilling: Make Your Voice Heard!

05.06.21 Surfrider Foundation Statement on the Biden Administration’s 30x30 Report

05.04.21 Surfrider and Recreation Industry Meet with Biden Administration on Oil and Gas Concerns

05.03.21 Victory: Washington State Passes Law to Prohibit Seabed Mining

04.20.21 Surfrider Pushes Back Against Ports Preemption

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Plastic Pollution

09.15.21 International Coastal Cleanup Day 2021

09.13.21 REDUCE Act Would Put a 20-Cent Fee on Virgin Plastic Resin

09.10.21 Four Plastic Pollution Bills Pass the California Legislature

08.28.21 North Pacific Hagfish Trap Project

08.24.21 Ocean Friendly Restaurant Spotlight: Chez Rosa Bistro

08.23.21 What’s New with Ocean Friendly Restaurants?

08.18.21 Ocean Friendly Restaurants Spotlight: The Salmonberry in Wheeler, OR

08.10.21 Ocean Friendly Restaurant Spotlight: Pineapple in Paradise

08.03.21 Surfrider Statement on the Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Package

07.29.21 Ocean Friendly Restaurants Spotlight: Tallula’s in Santa Monica, CA

07.29.21 Voice Above Water Reveals an Unsung Hero Fighting Plastic Pollution

07.23.21 U.S. Senator Merkley Joins Surfrider in Plastic Free July Press Conference

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Clean Water

09.10.21 Governments’ Settlement With U.S. Steel Approved

09.06.21 How Six Tribes Reinstated Protections for Millions of U.S. Streams and Wetlands

08.20.21 Personal Actions to Stop Sewage Pollution in Your Community

08.03.21 Surfrider Statement on the Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Package

08.03.21 LA Beaches Continue to Have Water Quality Concerns

07.30.21 Surfrider Calls on Regulators to Hold Parties Accountable for Coal Ash Spill off Northeast Florida Coast

07.28.21 Protecting Puerto Rico’s Threatened Tres Palmas Coral Reef From New Development

07.22.21 Red Tide Decimates Tampa Bay Marinelife, Surfrider Suncoast Demands Change

07.16.21 Plaintiffs Prevail Again in Maui Injection Well Case

07.01.21 House Passes Landmark Bill to Fund Clean Water and Stop Plastic Pellet Pollution

07.01.21 Activist Spotlight: Katie Cool with the Huntington/Seal Beach Ocean Friendly Gardens Program

06.29.21 President’s Budget Proposes Record Funding for Clean Water and Healthy Beaches

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Activist Spotlight