More garbage caught than cod: NGOs call for emergency measures to protect Eastern Baltic cod
February 21, 2019
NGOs in the Baltic Sea Region have sent an urgent letter to the European Commissioner in charge of Environment Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, urging him to implement emergency measures in accordance with article 12[1] of the EU Common Fisheries Policy to protect what little remains of the eastern Baltic cod stock. This stock has shown signs […]
New Report Reveals Plastic’s Risks to Human Health, Solidifying Need to Reduce Its Use
February 19, 2019
The potential health effects of our exposure to plastics have been unclear, but that is starting to change. Today’s release of the first-ever life-cycle analysis of the human-health impacts of plastic, titled “Plastic and Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet,” marks a turning point in our understanding of plastic’s direct risk to our bodies. The […]
Oceana Dismisses Industry’s $1.5 Billion Dream as Another False Solution to Plastic Pollution Crisis
January 14, 2019
Today, a coalition of the world’s largest plastic producers announced they will put $1.5 billion into waste management and other programs to clean up plastic pollution. While the industry is touting this initiative as the answer to the global plastic pollution crisis, Oceana panned it as another distraction from the real solution: Companies need to […]
Big Business Wants You To Think It’s Fixing The Plastic Crisis. Don’t Buy It.
Huff Post, December 21, 2018
Peru’s new law trashes single-use plastics
December 20, 2018
After almost a year of continuous debate, Peru has joined the global fight against plastic pollution. In a unanimous vote earlier this month, Peru’s Congress approved an ambitious national law to discourage and significantly reduce single-use plastics.