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Meet the globe crab

July 20, 2016 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

The globe crab (Randallia ornata) is no ordinary crab. Its bulbous shell and stylish color pattern shouts, “I’m different and proud of it!” You might think with a name like globe that this crab really gets around…travels the ocean world so to speak…a real globe trotter. In reality, it’s quite the opposite. While the ocean… [read more]

Filed Under: Lobster, shrimp, crab(s) Tagged With: California, crab, crustacean, globe crab, ocean

California’s plastic bag ban on hold

March 12, 2015 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

I must confess, I have been avoiding writing about this subject for awhile. But in an attempt to face reality, here’s the deal…California’s statewide plastic bag ban is on hold. The plastics industry spent $3.2 million gathering signatures to overturn the new law and alas, California’s Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced that the referendum… [read more]

Filed Under: Imagine Something, Ocean pollution Tagged With: California, marine debris, plastic, plastic bag, plastic bag ban, plastic pollution, pollution, SB270 referendum

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