Great, now the oceans are filling with COVID trash: Masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer

Posted by on Jul 5, 2020 @ 6:52 am in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: July 4, 2020

Are oil companies the true heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s sure what they’d like you to think. In a recent flurry of “corporate reputation advertising” oil and gas companies, plus the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) — an industry group that counts Chevron, Exxon, Citgo, and many others among its members — put out a series of Twitter ads...

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There’s a scary amount of plastic in the ocean. Here’s who put it there.

Posted by on Feb 17, 2015 @ 10:05 am in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: February 17, 2015

Marine scientists have long known that plastic pollution in the ocean is a huge problem. The most visible sign of it is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an accumulation of waste (actually spanning several distinct patches) floating in the ocean. It’s at least twice the size of Texas and can be seen from space. This pollution has an incalculably lethal effect on...

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