Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Bonnie Waycott, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Born in Freeport, Maine, Emily Selinger quickly fell in love with working on the water. After getting a captain’s licence and working on schooners along the East Coast, she returned to Freeport and set up her own oyster farm, Emily’s Oysters.
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Emily Beament, Yahoo! Finance Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Restoring the UK’s seas from their damaged state could give a £50 billion boost to the economy, create thousands of new jobs and help the climate crisis, a report says.
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Tara Lohan, The Revelator Energy Solutions
A presidential administration ready to tackle climate change may help — but it’s the years of planning that could really pay off.
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Perishable News Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Marine Stewardship Council says the world is missing out on enough protein to meet the yearly needs of 72 million people, because not all fisheries have been sustainably managed.
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Damian Carrington, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
The Arctic is “pervasively” polluted by microplastic fibres that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America, research has found.
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Patrick Greenfield and Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
A coalition of more than 50 countries has committed to protect almost a third of the planet by 2030 to halt the destruction of the natural world and slow extinctions of wildlife.
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Shannon Redstall, Newshub Fisheries & Aquaculture
A state-of-the-art aquaculture facility at Waikato University is breeding seaweed to help researchers harness its full potential.
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Adnan Durakovic, Offshore Wind Biz Energy Solutions
Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa, ITM Power, and Element Energy have been awarded EUR 5 million in funding to demonstrate and investigate a combined wind turbine and electrolyser system designed for operation in marine environments.
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Mike Scott, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
The pressure to clean up plastic pollution faded in 2020 thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to a surge in the use of plastic in PPE and to keep food and other purchases safe.
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Alex Truelove, The Revelator Plastics & Pollution
We won’t be able to stem the tide of plastic waste until manufacturers are held accountable for their products.
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Michael Short, Delmarva Correspondent, Lancaster Farming Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aquaculture is on the rise in Maryland and much of that consists of growing oysters. Oysters are placed in mesh cages and then put in the water to grow until they reach market size. The Maryland Farm Bureau Winter Webinar Series focused on aquaculture on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
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Olivier Vergnault, In Your Area Plastics & Pollution
Serial inventor David Trotter, the man behind the Muggi trays is keen to use plastic from the sea and close the plastic pollution loop.
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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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