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News from Surfrider National

• Thousands engage in Morocco, the beach is not a garbage can
  Locals gather in Morocco and clean 4 tons of garbage from a beach.
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• Surfrider’s Beach Manifesto
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• Surfrider Argentina picks up momentum
  Great things happening in Argentina
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• Invest 30 seconds, sign this and help protect waves
  Sign this global petition to help protect waves.
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• Coke and birds falling from the sky
  Coke. Birds. Plastic.
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News from Surfrider Coastal Blog

• Building Support for Beach Testing Programs
  With the summer beach season upon us, support within the US Senate is building to restore funding to the federal budget to pay for beach water testing programs that protect swimmers and surfers from getting sick from polluted water.
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• Wordwide Beach Litter Stats - Plastics Lead The List
  The Ocean Conservancy recently released the totals from last years' worldwide Coastal Cleanup Day (CCD) and each of the top seven items picked up are typically made from plastic. CCD provides a one day snapshot of beach litter with over half a million volunteers picking up over ten million pounds of litter covering over 1,700 miles of coastline. Cigarette butts are #1 on the list again and smoke-free beaches are one way to help curb the problem. Food wrappers/containers came in at #2 and plastic bottles were #3. Chapters can take an active lead in pursuing EPS foam foodware bans and support statewide bottle recycling bills to help tackle those items. Plastic bags, caps/lids, utensils and straws/stirrers rounded out the top seven. Plastic bags are the tip of the litter iceberg and it's becoming apparent that more source reduction efforts are needed to help stop plastic pollution.
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• Lawsuit Resurrected to Kill Zombie Toll Road
  Back from the dead, a proposal to build the first segment of the 241 toll road was certified by the Transportation Corridor Agencies ("TCA") on April 18, 2013. Today, May 21, 2013, the vigilant group of environmentalists, including Surfrider Foundation, resurrected our California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") lawsuit that challenged the original 16-mile toll road proposal in 2006. The fight to Save Trestles has now moved to court again.
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• 6 Ocean Friendly Gardens Events In One Day in Southern California!
  Temperatures are warming and people are thinking about garden plans. Interest among property owners and water agencies is growing for an approach like OFG that combines water quality, water supply and other issues. 6 OFG events, sponsored by Surfrider chapters or private- and public-sector partners, took place in just one day in Southern California!
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• Surfrider Chapters Join Hands to Say No to Offshore Drilling
  This weekend, over 25 Surfrider Chapters participated in Hands Across the Sand events across the country, joining thousands of activists around the world in saying NO to offshore drilling and YES to clean energy!
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