CONGRATS to the Australian surf community that led the #FightForTheBight…and won!
Energy giant Equinor has abandoned its plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/25/great-australian-bight-equinor-abandons-plans-to-drill-for-oil
CLIMATE
Firstly, the AUS fires are FINALLY out…
And it seems that the present research shows that human caused climate change making the chances of the fires happening at least 30% more likely… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/climate/australia-wildfires-climate-change.html
Great Barrier Reef could be facing the most extensive coral bleaching ever…
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/record-february-heat-pushes-reef-corals-closer-to-big-bleaching-event-20200305-p547bc.html
California Had Its Driest February on Record…
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/03/climate/dry-california.html
Do something about it! Sign Surfrider Foundation’s Climate Action Alert
https://secured.surfrider.org/action/engagement?actionId=AR0028739&id=701i00000018YoU
COASTS
Half of the world's beaches could disappear by the end of the century, study finds
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/world/beaches-disappearing-climate-change-sea-level-rise/index.html
PLASTIC
How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/plastic-problem-recycling-myth-big-oil-950957/
Earth Island Institute suing major single-use plastics producers and packagers https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-02-26/coca-cola-pepsi-other-big-companies-face-plastic-pollution-lawsuit
The list suggests it was at least somewhat informed by #BreakFreeFromPlastic’s brand audit… https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/globalbrandauditreport2018/
Do something about it! Support the Federal Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act!
https://secured.surfrider.org/action/engagement?actionId=AR0032446&id=701i00000018YoU
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