Latest Marine debris Stories
The Coca-Cola Foundation has launched a multi-year partnership with Ocean Conservancy through a $1 million pledge to support the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), the world's largest volunteer event to eradicate litter from the world's waterways. Since 1986, the International Coastal Cleanup has gathered six million volunteers to remove more than 100 million pounds of marine litter from 170,000 miles of beaches and inland waterways. This year, the ICC takes place Saturday, September 20,...
By Anonymous Sidewalks, parking lots and front lawns have rarely been cleaner, thanks to the relentless downpours of the past few weeks. But while the rain washed all kinds of messes off the land, it also flushed those same pollutants into Maine's coastal waters. And that made Melissa Raymond a little nervous as she watched her 4- year-old son Brady splash in the waves at Bay View Beach. "We've had a lot of rain for a long time," she said. "We usually don't come swimming...
WASHINGTON - Two years ago, with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world. It hasn't worked out that way. Cleanup efforts have slowed, garbage is still piling up and Mr. Bush has cut his budget request by 80 percent. Winning rare praise from conservationists, the president declared the 140,000-square-mile chain in northwestern Hawaii the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in...
ARLINGTON, Va., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi announced the findings of a recent report on marine debris. At the American Chemistry Council (ACC) we agree that even one piece of plastic in the ocean is too many. Plastic is a valuable resource -- too valuable to waste. Plastics do not belong in our waterways or on our beaches; they belong in the recycling bin. While we agree that a solution to the problem of marine debris must be found,...
To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Beth Shanley of The Ad Council, +1-212-984-1923; or Darrell Borquez of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, +1-818- 295-5224; or Lori Arguelles of National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, +1-301-608-3040 NEW YORK, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Advertising Council in collaboration with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (NMSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Department of Interior, and Walt Disney Studios Home...
HONOLULU (AP) -- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from coastal states introduced legislation Thursday calling for removal of the thousands of tons of ocean debris that wash up on U.S. shores each year. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, and Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said the bill is intended to protect marine ecosystems and human health from ocean-borne trash, including discarded fishing gear, equipment abandoned by commercial fleets and cargo that has washed overboard. The measure would...
