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
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