CARIBBEAN COASTAL STUDIES

MISCELLANEA

Pollution



*...re Guidelines for Sediment Control Practices
..........in the Insular Caribbean

*...re Protocol re Land-Based Sources of Pollution

*...report "Toward an Effective Protocol on Land-Based
..........Marine Pollution in the Wider Caribbean", WHOI
*...Relative Priorities for Contaminants
..........among Marine Areas (after HOTO)
..........Sea Technology, September 1996, p.16
..........(please read the accompanying article!)

* ...Algae bloom just one more plague for NJ shore visitors
..........Lancaster New Era, August 28, 1996

* ...Fishing firms to pay for spills
..........Lancaster New Era, August 27, 1996
..........(example of the "Polluter Pays" Principle !

*..."Action to tackle marine degradation."
..........UNEP Regional Office for America, 1996 - [147 KB]



Status of United States Beaches, July 1996:


*..."For Swimmers, Life Isn't Always Day at the Beach."
..........CSM, July 24, 1996 - [148 KB]

*..."Summer Fun Dampened by Trash and Pollution at US Beaches."
..........CSM, July 24, 1996 - [199 KB]


*..."Sick of the beach trash? It's all those litterbugs."
..........Lancaster New Era, June 21, 1996 - [53 KB]

..."World Oceans Day."
..........A word of caution about beach cleanups and nesting season..
..........COASTNET posting dated May 31, 1996 by Louise McKenna



*...Oil Spills, - "Using Fire to Burn Off Oil Spill Ignites Debate."
..........CSM, July 24, 1996 - [22 KB]

*...International Regime for Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation
..........IMO News, n.2, 1996 - [17 KB]

Clean Vessel Act reduces overboard sewage discharge from recreational boats:
*... part 1: Text + Problems eliminated by Pumpout Stations [203KB]
*...part 2: Text + P.R. workshops, demos, and funding [96KB]

*... "Surfers Against Sewage fight water regulations."
.......... article in The Snapper, MU, Feb.28, 1996
.......... by Karin Davies, The Associated Press, U.K. [600 KB]

...Guidelines for Marine Outfalls and Alternative Disposal and Reuse Options
please contact Environmental Department of The World Bank, Washington D.C.:
>*...part 1 - [262 KB]
>*...part 2 - [275 KB]
>*...part 3 - [266 KB]


*..."The Basel Convention takes a stronger stand on toxic wastes."
..........Our Planet, v.7, n.5, 1996 [108 KB]

*... "Protecting the Marine Environment."
..........110 governments unanimously adopt the Global Programme of Action
.......... for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities,
..........(Nov.10, 1995)
Our Planet, v.7, n.5, 1996 [101 KB]


*..."Next Global Alert: Persistent Organic Pesticides."
..........Christian Science Monitor, April 16, 1996, by Robert C. Cowen. [170 KB]


The "Polluter Pays Principle"


Article by David Roodman in The Christian Science Monitor, April 9, 1996:

*...part 1 - [322 KB]
.........."Polluter Pays" Reform Puts The Green in Tax Dollars,

*...part 2 - [727 KB]


Industrial waste dumping 'catastrophic'; says report:
IMO NEWS, 4-95 = 1-96, re: London Convention
*...part 1 - [32 KB]
*...part 2 - [25 KB]

* REMEMBERHAITI 1988? :
.........."Khian Sea" unloads tons of Philadelphia garbage
..........on Gonaives pier
..........Lancaster New Era, February 9, 1988 - [105 KB]

"Staten Island Has Had Its Fill of Nation's Largest Landfill."
The Christian Science Monitor, April 26, 1996:

*..."Battle raging over out-of-state trash."
..........Pennsylvania becoming dumping ground, foes say:
..........The Christian Science Monitor, May 6, 1996 - [27 KB]


first version: July 15, 1996; latest version: October 21, 1997
file: pollution.html

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