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| South Florida, stop dumping wastewater into the ocean Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA The point that things in our environment are interconnected is well taken. We live on a narrow stretch of land covered with lakes and rivers, and surrounded ... |
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Canadian filmmaker on a mission Winnipeg Sun - Canada If they knew that we depend on life in the oceans every day, and yet we drag huge nets (across the ocean bottom) destroying every animal in the ecosystem, |
| The world’s rubbish dump Emirates Business 24/7 - Dubai,Dubai,United Arab Emirates The United Nations Environment Programme estimated in 2006 that every square mile of ocean contains 46000 pieces of floating plastic. ... |
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| Twenty-two years ago, a woman walking along a beach in Texas was appalled at the amount of trash she saw. She felt compelled to do something and organized a beach clean-up. In two hours, 2,800 people picked up 124 tons of trash. Since that first cleanup in 1986, over 6 million people have removed some 116 million pounds of trash through Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). From this humble beginning we learn one person can make a difference. Please sign the Ocean Conservancy pledge to keep trash out of the oceans. |
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OCEANS-21 Act now to help move this important legislation forward! Our oceans are currently managed under 140 laws implemented by 20 Federal agencies,without a unifying vision to ensure the overall health and productivity of the ocean. With Oceans 21, we finally have that vision--Including mechanisms to ensure the overall health and productivity of the ocean. Rep. Sam Farr (D-Ca, 17th) (one of our Ocean Champions in Congress)has introduced OCEANS-21, a bill that adopts the key recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commision to develop a holistic ocean health plan. This bill, unlike past ocean legislation, treats the disease, not the symptom. |
