MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Scientists are again warning that Earth’s life support systems have become so damaged by human caused pollution that our ability to maintain a healthy planet is in danger of ...

Jamaica Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett has announced that the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has provided a substantial contribution of $7.5 million. This contribution will go towards the ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara: Are you passionate about protecting our coastline? Join thousands of volunteers across Santa Barbara County on ...

People will pick up trash from the world's beaches and waterways on Sept. 20 and Erie County volunteers will be joining them that day and the one before. Organized by the Ocean Conservancy, the ...

When Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers mass along beaches from 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 21, they could find less litter than they did in the previous 39 years of the event. Mechanical devices treating ...

On September 25th, organizations and individuals across the globe take part in Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup Day to remove trash and debris from the world's beaches and waterways, ...

Tens of thousands of Californians turned out recently to take part in the 41st annual California Coastal Cleanup Day — the state’s largest annual volunteer event. With 40% of the cleanup sites ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — The latest data estimates that there are between 75 and 199 million metric tons of plastic in the ocean right now, with 11 million metric tons of new plastic entering every ...

California’s Coastal Cleanup day is Saturday, Sept. 21. If you are not near the beach or think it’s too late to pitch in, you still can. Since 1985 the California Coastal Commission has held ...