Stormwater Resources
Anything and everything stormwater
Pollution Science
Plastic straw ban? Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trash, NBC News
Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish, Elli Slaughter
Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean, Science
Plastic from tyres ‘major source’ of ocean pollution, BBC
Ocean plastic a ‘planetary crisis’ – UN, BBC News
Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured, NOAA
Rules & Regulations
Federal
Federal Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, US Federal Government
Colorado
CDPS GENERAL PERMIT MS-4 (COR090000), Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
California
California Industrial General Permit, California State Water Resources Control Board
California
Storm Water Program – Trash Implementation Program, California State Water Resources Control Board
Documentaries & Entertainment
Chasing Ice. Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.
Pandora’s Promise. Pandora’s Promise is a 2013 documentary film about the nuclear power debate, directed by Robert Stone. Its central argument is that nuclear power, which still faces historical opposition from environmentalists, is a relatively safe and clean energy source which can help mitigate the serious problem of anthropogenic global warming.
Stuff from Frog Creek Parnters
Town Hall Presentation. Our standard presentation for town halls and lunch and learns.