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    Deep-Sea Mining Could Harm Whales and Dolphins, Too

    Deep-Sea Mining Could Harm Whales and Dolphins, Too

    Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth, but that didn’t save them when commercial whaling wiped out as much as 97 percent of their numbers. Today, the aquatic giants are still considered Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, and while their numbers are increasing, they still face threats including […]

    How Sustainable and Ethical Is the Tuna at Your Supermarket?

    How Sustainable and Ethical Is the Tuna at Your Supermarket?

    Was the tuna at your local supermarket caught sustainably by people treated humanely and paid a living wage? Greenpeace released its second annual report Monday ranking 16 major U.S. supermarkets on the environmental and human rights bonafides of their tuna supply chains. It turns out that only one of them managed to score higher than […]

    Baltimore County Bans Plastic Shopping Bags

    Baltimore County Bans Plastic Shopping Bags

    Baltimore County is the latest local government in the U.S. to ban plastic shopping bags.  The Baltimore County Council voted five-to-two Monday to approve the “Bring Your Own Bag Act,” following in the footsteps of the City of Baltimore, which passed its plastic bag ban in 2019. “Plastic bags have been a menace on our […]

    Australia Supermarkets Ordered to Dump More Than 5,000 Tons of Plastics Gathered for Recycling

    Australia Supermarkets Ordered to Dump More Than 5,000 Tons of Plastics Gathered for Recycling

    Supermarkets Woolworths and Coles have been ordered by the New South Wales (NSW) Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to dispose of more than 5,732 tons of recycled soft plastics currently sitting in more than a dozen warehouses across NSW. The concern is that they’re being dangerously stored since the collapse of recycling organization REDcycle — a […]