Plastic debris washed up on remote islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans has killed hermit crabs, which mistake the plastic for shells, as CNN reported. The researchers visited Cocos (Keeling) Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean that sits west of Christmas Island, and described the tropical paradise as “literally drowning in plastic.” […]
By Jake Johnson A Greenpeace report released Tuesday uses a hypothetical “Smart Supermarket” that has done away with environmentally damaging single-use plastics to outline a possible future in which the world’s oceans and communities are free of bags, bottles, packaging and other harmful plastic pollutants. “It’s time to build smarter supermarkets,” Greenpeace plastics campaigner Kate […]
A lot of the discussion around ocean plastic pollution focuses on consumer items like bottles, bags and straws. But a new Greenpeace report zeroes in on a different plastic threat: lost or abandoned fishing gear. Discarded plastic fishing equipment, dubbed “ghost gear,” is especially dangerous to marine life because it was designed to trap and […]
Italy has stepped into the forefront of environmental education by adding the climate crisis and sustainable development as a mandatory part of the curriculum, the country’s education minister announced Tuesday, as The New York Times reported. Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti is the government’s most vociferous advocate for green policies and encouraged students to skip school […]
By Ida Auken By 2030, your CO2 emissions will be greatly reduced. Meat on your dinner table will be a rare sight. Water and the air you breathe will be cleaner and nature will be in recovery. The money in your wallet will be spent on being with family and friends, not on buying goods. […]
By Chandra Salgado Kent Scientific research doesn’t usually mean being strapped in a harness by the open paratroop doors of a Vietnam-war-era Hercules plane. But that’s the situation I found myself in several years ago, the result of which has just been published in the journal Marine Biodiversity. As part of the Ocean Cleanup’s Aerial […]
The Dutch inventor behind the Ocean Cleanup is now looking to stop plastic pollution at the source. On Saturday, 25-year-old Boyan Slat unveiled the “Interceptor”: a floating, solar-powered device designed to scoop plastic out of rivers, The Associated Press reported. “We need to close the tap, which means preventing more plastic from reaching the ocean […]
Coca-Cola was found to be the most polluted brand in the world for the second year in a row, according to a global audit of collected plastic trash conducted by the Break Free From Plastic global movement, as The Intercept reported. While Nestle, Pepsi and snack-maker Mondelez followed Coca-Cola, the Atlanta-based beverage giant was responsible […]
By Melissa Gates After a local 2nd grade student successfully petitioned the Portland City Council in 2018 to mitigate plastic straw use in city-owned buildings, the Maine Chapter took it to the next level with Council interest to pass a citywide ordinance becoming the first municipality in Maine to ban single-use plastic straws, stirrers and […]
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