Clean Ocean Advocate, August 2008

The monthly Clean Ocean Advocate newsletter informs citizens about critical ocean pollution issues, important meeting dates, proposed legislation, special events, and other notes of interest. Articles in this issue include: C.O.A.S.T. Campaign 2008 Targets Industrial Ports; Officials Oppose Drilling in the Ocean; NO to LNG...YES to Energy Efficiency & Renewables; Harmful Algal Bloom in Raritan Bay; Managing Mud in NY/NJ Harbor; Pollution Discharge Permit for Long Branch Sewerage Authority; A Wave of Exciting News for Golfers and AllClean Ocean Action (COA) is a broad-based coalition of over 150 business, community, conservation, environmental, fishing, boating, diving, student, surfing, women's, and service groups. These "Ocean Wavemakers" work to clean up and protect the waters of the New York Bight (the area of water from Cape May, New Jersey, to Montauk Point, New York, and out to the edge of the outer continental shelf). The groups came together in 1984 to investigate sources, effects, and solutions of ocean pollution.Purpose: To inform citizens about critical ocean pollution issues and the activities of the COA