Kenya: Leave the sand on Diani Beach
Tourism stakeholders in Kenya and local residents of Diani Beach south of Mombasa are up in arms over plans to extract some 5 million tons of sand from award-winning Diani tourist beach.
White House to Propose Allowing Oil Drilling Off Atlantic Coast
The Obama administration on Tuesday will announce a proposal to open up coastal waters from Virginia to Georgia for oil and gas drilling.
Coastal Sand Mining: Govts. Asked to Respond; India
The Madras High Court has directed the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government to respond to a public interest litigation petition seeking a SIT probe into illegal beach sand mining in the State.
The Oceans Are Warming so Fast, They Keep Breaking Scientists’ Charts
NOAA once again has to rescale its ocean heat chart to capture 2014 ocean warming.