Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Gabriel Cohen, The New York Times Plastics & Pollution
Captain Ahab hurled his harpoon at the Great White Whale. Don Quixote tilted at windmills with his lance. Taylor Mali, a poet in Brooklyn, has become known for wielding a long and pointy weapon at city treetops.
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Plastic Pollution Coalition Plastics & Pollution
Passionate environmentalists and Plastic Pollution Coalition members Hannah Testa and Lesa Wilson have released a new video series on the plastic pollution crisis and how each of us can get involved.
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Roxane Lauzet, Modern Diplomacy Plastics & Pollution
Due to growing concerns around environmental protection, businesses, individuals and governments have been looking for solutions that can be largely implemented to close the tap on plastic pollution.
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Nils Zimmermann, Deutsche Welle Energy Solutions
A zero-carbon-emissions energy system will rely mostly on low-cost solar electricity, experts say.
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European Commission, CORDIS Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Two EU-backed Dutch companies have created the first offshore solar and seaweed farm in the North Sea, making solar energy production and seaweed cultivation possible in the same space.
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Osaka City University Plastics & Pollution
For the first time, researchers have used a novel catalyst process to recycle a type of plastic found in everything from grocery bags and food packaging to toys and electronics into liquid fuels and wax.
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James S Murray, Business Green Energy Solutions
Analysis highlights how net zero transition could impact 10 million jobs in carbon intensive industries.
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Bernd Radowitz, Recharge News Energy Solutions
Renewables account for almost half of the country’s power output last year grid agency says.
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Bonnie Waycott, Global Aquaculture Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Efforts in Chile, Europe illustrate new opportunities for environmental stewards and entrepreneurs.
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Tina Casey, Triple Pundit Plastics & Pollution
Next-generation plastic recycling technologies could breathe new life into the U.S. petrochemical industry, and not a moment too soon.
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Content Team, Renewable Energy World Energy Solutions
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust plc (DORE) has exchanged contracts to acquire its first investment, a portfolio of eight operational hydropower plants in central and southern Sweden.
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Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Tourist drawcards Kuta and Legian beaches are being overwhelmed by up to 60 tonnes of plastic rubbish every day.
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Daisy Dunne, The Independent Shipping & Ports
River floods are boosting the spread of plastic around the world, a study has found, raising potentially severe health risks for people and wildlife.
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The United States has taken another step forward as an international leader in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing — a practice that threatens global food security, damages economies, and risks the sustainability of fisheries and marine ecosystems.
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Manoj Sharma, Business Today Plastics & Pollution
These masks will take as long as 450 years to break down and all the while serve as a source of micro plastic and negatively impact marine wildlife and ecosystems, says a new report by OceanAsia.
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Palak Agrawal, The Logical Indian Plastics & Pollution
The installation is located at Freedom Ghat, 50 metres from Laxman Jhula in Rishikesh to educate and warn the masses on the ill-effects of plastic pollution which is being reported to be the world's deadliest killer.
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Karen McVeigh Plastics & Pollution
International convention to stop richer countries exporting contaminated material for recycling could mean a cleaner ocean in five years.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
New international rules to tackle the “wild west” global trade in plastic, which has seen wealthy nations dump contaminated plastic waste on to poorer ones, will result in a cleaner ocean within five years, according to a UN transboundary waste chief.
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Toan Dao, The Seafood Source Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Philippines Department of Agriculture has allocated an additional budget of PHP 500 million (USD 10.4 million, EUR 8.5 million) to assist the country’s aquaculture sector in overcoming difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Karen Scofield Seal, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
Demand for plant-based food and nutrition is growing. According to recent retail sales data, grocery sales of plant-based foods in place of animal products grew 29% in the U.S. to $5 billion between 2017 and 2019.
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