Plastic Pollution

The world is being buried or drowning in plastic garbage. It is estimated that about 3,330 tons of plastic waste is generated globally each year nearly equivalent to the weight of the entire human population. Of that mass of plastic waste, 8.8 tons end up in…

Environmental and human exposure to toxic substances is a global crisis, according to a report presented at the United Nations on Oct. 24. Baskut Tuncak, the UN special rapporteur on hazardous substances and waste, presented the report to the General Assembl…

A young Dutch inventor is widening his effort to purge the Pacific Ocean of plastic by turning his focus to rivers, using a solar-powered boat to catch rubbish before it reaches the seas. Twenty-five-year-old university dropout Boyan Slat founded The Ocean C…

Katharina Grosse surfboard for Parley for the Oceans Jens Ziehe As an avid surfer, artist Katharina Grosse is well aware that the ocean is under attack, and has been for a while. She also understands that the aggressor doing all the damage is humankind.&amp…

As Secretary John Kerry so eloquently said last week at the 2019 Our Ocean Conference in Oslo, Norway, the power to change the course of ocean pollution is in our hands. Since last years Our Ocean conference in Indonesia, Ive been amazed at the way new initia…

While conducting research for the Ocean Cleanup’s Aerial Expedition, scientists spotted whales swimming through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time. In a new study published in the journal Marine Biodiversity, researchers shared their findings…

Sachet away: What's lacking in our plastic laws?

OTTAWA — The European Union and Germany say they appreciate the “continuity” in Canadian climate change policy that will result from the federal election result. The Liberals won a minority mandate in Monday’s vote after a campaign that Prime Minister Justin…

The fishermen stand thigh-deep in the muddy water as our boat pulls up to the shore, grass shushing against the hull. It is a still, cool morning and mist wicks off the river as the sun begins to rise above the trees. Down the beach, a white egret standing …

A Dutch non-profit group committed to ridding the world's waters of plastic, Saturday unveiled their latest invention, a floating garbage-collection barge called "The Interceptor". It is built by The Ocean Cleanup, who say it will "close the tap" on the grea…