Clean Ocean Advocate, October 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: Congress Bows to Big Oil and Passes Bill to Drill; LNG is the Wrong, Un-American Energy Choice: Report Reveals Truths about Importing LNG; Proposed Rules for Alternative Energy Offshore; Autumn Volunteer Opportunities; Medical Waste Washes Ashore in NJ; Swift Investigation Finds Source; Recycle Your Plastic Caps!; and, Support the Beach Sweeps -- In-kind!Clean 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