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Swimming areas west of Belmont Pier temporarily closed due to sewage spill
All swimming areas west of Belmont Pier in Long Beach are temporarily closed due to a sewage spill,…
Student-driven Long Beach Green Schools Campaign powers on
While most of us are still fumbling with our 2022 resolutions, high schooler Diana Michaelson is laser-focused on…
Long Beach gets $5 million to create Youth Climate Corps
The Long Beach Climate Action and Environmental Committee will be tasked with creating a $5 million Long Beach…
Avoid the ooze: Long Beach Community Compost is accepting pumpkins
Give them your collapsing, your oozing, your whoops-should’ve-thrown-this-away-a-week-ago pumpkins. Long Beach Community Compost is accepting pumpkins and dilapidated…
Coast Guard, federal investigators board anchor-dragging ship in Long Beach
Shipping company and vessel owner added as parties of interest in Orange County oil spill U.S. Coast Guard…
Efforts underway by land and sea to clean oil spill off Huntington Beach after suspected pipeline leak
Efforts continued around Huntington Beach today to clean up a massive oil spill from an offshore rig that…
Local environmental groups call on Amazon to reduce emissions related to sea transport
Grassroots environmental organizations from port communities held a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at the end of…
‘Set up for failure’: Long Beach won’t meet state deadline to divert organic waste, trash fees could double
In the next few years, trash fees in Long Beach are expected to double as the City works…
Aquarium of the Pacific joins effort to rescue hundreds of baby birds in danger of drowning
A rescue effort to save some baby birds from drowning in Long Beach Harbor continued today, with around…
Long Beach launches pilot program to collect food scraps from local businesses, inches towards climate goals
Yesterday, Long Beach announced a pilot program that will divert food scraps from 115 local businesses and send…