Busy San Diego beach weekend means extra trash come Monday
and last updated 2021-07-02 20:37:02-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â San Diego s beaches will be busy throughout the 4th of July weekend. It s the first major holiday since coronavirus restrictions have lifted.
While it s an excellent time for businesses looking to rebound after a difficult 2020, there are significant concerns about the trash that s expected to be left behind. July 5th has always meant one of the dirtiest, most polluted beach days of the year for us, said Alex Ferron, Chair of the San Diego Surfrider Foundation.
While numerous trash cans could be seen along Mission Beach, Ferron said many people still choose to ignore them. Six different clean-ups are already scheduled across San Diego County for Monday.
Freedom Forever Endorses Campaign to Save California Solar
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TEMECULA, Calif., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In an effort to support the public s freedom to produce their own clean energy, national solar installer Freedom Forever has endorsed the
Save California Solar campaign. Save California Solar is a coalition founded by the Solar Rights Alliance, California s association of solar users, to ensure that rooftop solar continues to grow to achieve the State s clean energy goals. In recognition of the benefits that rooftop solar provides, the campaign has also been endorsed by organizations such as the National Parks Conservation Association, San Diego Surfrider Foundation, California Solar + Storage Association (CALSSA), and the Climate Action Campaign.
San Diego launching analysis that could revive controversial polystyrene foam ban [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
One year after San Diego halted enforcement of the city’s controversial ban on polystyrene foam food containers and similar products, city officials have launched a comprehensive analysis that could revive the ban.
The California Restaurant Association, which aggressively opposed the ban as an unfair hardship for small restaurants that still use foam products, filed suit in spring 2019 contending San Diego failed to fully analyze the impact of the ban.
City officials initially downplayed the importance of the lawsuit. But in late 2019 they reversed course and announced San Diego would halt enforcement, just before the ban took full effect, so they could conduct the analysis.
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Called an environmental impact report, it will analyze the impact of the new law on pollution, traffic and other elements of the environment. It is expected to be complete by this summer, so enforcement of the ban could resume.
City officials have not provided any reason why they waited a full year to launch the analysis.
Leaders of the local environmental community this week hailed the city’s decision to move forward. They also repeated previous predictions that the analysis will determine the ban has a positive impact on the environment, not a negative one.
Polystyrene is not biodegradable and has been blamed for poisoning fish and other marine life and damaging the health of people who eat seafood. The material continuously breaks into steadily smaller pieces, allowing it to enter local waterways and easily get consumed by wildlife.