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Best Urban Beaches

August 27, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Curbing Pollution , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
beaches, beachreport, simplesteps, stormwater, waterprogram

As an urban dweller and water advocate, I love The Huffington Post's contest to rank the best city beaches in the United States. It's true that many of our coastal cities boast some spectacular, easily accessible beaches. But all too...continued

With Beach Closings on the Rise, It's Time to Pioneer Clean Water Solutions

August 10, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Health and the Environment

Tags:
beachreport, beachwater, cleanwateract, deadzone, greeninfrastructure, greenroofs, lowimpactdevelopment, nutrients, sewage, simplesteps, stormwater, testingthewaters

I spent most of last week talking to reporters about NRDC's 19th annual beachwater quality report, Testing the Waters. I walked them through our findings: that that there were more than 20,000 times when beaches were deemed unhealthy for swimming--mostly...continued

Be safe at the beach

June 18, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
beaches, beachprotection, beachwater, simplesteps, waterprogram

As we are waiting for the rain to break here on the East Coast so we can get out to the beach, the Senate is taking a close look at how to make our beaches safer for swimming. Today the...continued