Tag: oceans
IPCC: The Most Sobering Report Card Yet On Climate Change
António Guterres, secretary-general of the U.N., said in a statement (following the latest IPCC report on climate change) that the IPCC's latest findings are "a...
Oil and Gas Industry Doubling Down on Plastic Production
Thirty two percent (32%) of plastic packaging ends up littering the environment, 40% is sitting in a landfill somewhere, 14% is incinerated, another 14%...
Human And Environmental Health Go Hand In Hand
A recent study by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the University of California shows that climate change is affecting our health and...
Plastic = Climate Change
Some of you will remember The Graduate (1967) starring Dustin Hoffman who played the character Ben, a young graduate attending a party. When asked...
You Eat 50,000 Plastic Particles A Year
If you’re an average person, you eat at least 50,000 particles of microplastic each year and you breath in a similar amount. That’s close...
2018 Climate News Dominated by Extreme Weather
"Fifty years ago, a photo of Earth rising beyond the lunar horizon captivated the world and inspired the modern environmental movement. Humans have since despoiled...
Lord Man – The Call of More
I worry that one of the leading causes of global warming, the world's exploding population, was largely ignored at the recent climate talks leading up...
A Climate Turning Point – Summer of 2017
As a member of the Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada (National Capital Region Chapter), I'm pleased to post a news release prepared by CCL Canada's National...
Climate Change is Destroying Our Planet
Earth is warming at an unprecedented pace. Climate change is destroying our planet. And the evidence is all around us. In spite of the media's...
The Story of a Plastic Spoon
Most of us have often used a plastic spoon. And we really never question its origins. The video featured in this post traces the evolution of the...
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