NI summer of sludge hits beaches
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The washout summer has left Northern Ireland's shifting sands in a state, with raw sewage found on beaches.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Dec. 18--Boo to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control for declining recently to punish the Horry County Solid Waste Authority for flouting environmental law.
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Blyth Valley Council is to apply to have Blyth and Seaton Sluice beaches included in the Quality Coast awards scheme run by national environment charity ENCAMS.
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Coastal storms battering the southern coast of England have sharply increased in intensity over the last century and a half, a possible consequence of global warming.
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Presenter Jonathan Hill joined ITV Wales staff donning gloves and helping clear a beach of litter.   Around 20 staff from the Welsh TV channel, including ITV Wales managing director Roger Lewis, news producers and other workers set about cleaning Aberthaw beach, near Barry.
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A day out at the beach for the shaggy scribes this week... swiftly followed by a visit to the emergency vet! Fawks' blog  We went to the beach on Sunday and had great fun - there is so much water, it's much better than the river.
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By Ani Martinez, The Miami Herald  May 26--The neighborhood pool is looking better and better.   Surfers and beachgoers should perhaps make other plans Memorial Day weekend since the National Weather Service predicts strong rip currents and high winds through Monday.
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Hundreds of fish are believed to have been killed in a pollution incident in County Antrim.
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By Martin Shipton  An end to offshore sand dredging could lead to quarrying in some of Wales's most beautiful landscapes, environmentalists have been warned.
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Parts of the UK will take a battering from the elements this weekend as an Atlantic storm creeps nearer.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 10--BRADENTON BEACH -- The knee-deep stacks of rotting algae lining the beaches of Sarasota County have been sending the tourists north to Manatee County.
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A changing climate is forcing some of Britain's less heralded marine lifeforms to move, research shows.
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A UN campaign launched in Greece is urging people living on the Mediterranean coast to stop treating the sea as a dustbin.
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Parts of Larne, Belfast and Carrickfergus are flooded following heavy rain overnight.
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By Zane Wilson, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 17--Volunteers picking up litter in Saturday's Beach Sweep/River Sweep again found cigarette butts to be the largest component of beach trash.
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"Workers across the country have been looking forward to a sunny bank holiday. But a number of our customers seem convinced we're in for a wet weekend."  Forecasters have warned holidaymakers to enjoy the blazing sunshine before a washout blights the end of the long weekend. via Guardian Unlimited
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By Tony Spinelli, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Dec. 8--EASTON -- Town officials may get back into the beach business.