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Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy
Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80 percent by 2040 if countries and companies use existing technologies to make significant policy shifts and market adjustments, according to a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report. “The way we produce, use, and dispose of...
Executive Order on Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to advance environmental justice, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. To fulfill our Nation’s...
EPA Proposes New Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new carbon pollution standards for coal and natural gas-fired power plants that will protect public health, reduce harmful pollutants and deliver up to $85 billion in climate and public health benefits over the...
Climate Refugees
Every day vulnerable people are forcibly displaced due to impacts generated by climate change. This isn’t something that will happen, this is something happening now. As reported by the Environmental Justice Foundation in its 2021 report, No Shelter From the Storm,...
International Court of Justice Starts Building Historic Opinion on Climate Change
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun the process of delivering an advisory opinion on States’ obligations concerning climate change following the adoption of a recent resolution by the UN General Assembly (29/03). The request for an advisory opinion was...
Featured Connection: Ocean Literacy
The Greatest Threat to the Ocean is Ignorance Ocean literacy is defined as an understanding of the ocean’s influence on you and your influence on the ocean. The idea of creating a more “ocean-literate” society is, in many ways, the central theme that runs throughout...
The Invention of Green Colonialism
A really insightful and interesting book review from the Inquisitive Biologist about this really insightful and interesting book by French author Guillaume Blanc: You would think that wildlife conservation organisations are a force for good in the world. Yet, despite...
Chemical Giants Versus Grassroots Organizers
According to reporting in the Guardian, after residents of America’s “Cancer Alley” in Louisiana put a national spotlight on their fight for a healthy environment, the state’s economic interests and petrochemical giants are backing the creation of a new...
What is Green Colonialism?
Green Colonialism, also known as Eco-colonialism, Environmental Colonialism or Climate Colonialism refers to the Global North living at the ecological expense of the Global South for their green agendas. The actions of the already-developed and industrialised nations...
Microplastic on the Mind
Plastic is already found in our blood, and now it may be in our brains. Scientists at the University of Vienna have discovered particles of plastic in mice’s brains just a mere two hours after the mice ingested drinking water containing plastic. Once in the brain,...
Topical Database
For each feature connection, the Ocean Connect website offers links to an abundance of resources that are designed to help you become an “expert” in the field. These resources include: Books Videos Podcasts Blogs Publications Journals Societies Schools Professional...
Featured Connection: Naval Architecture
The Ancient Art of Shipbuilding Naval architecture has, in one form or another, existed as a profession since at least the times of the Ancient Egyptians. Back then, carving pictures of ships into rocks was the equivalent of today’s computer-aided design. And while...