The French food company and one of the world’s largest dairy companies revealed ambitious plans to reduce absolute methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 30% by 2030. Danone expects to remove 1.2 million tons carbon dioxide equivalent of methane emissions by 2030 and said it has alreadyContinue Reading
Over 11 million metric tons of plastic finds its way into oceans annually, waging irreparable harm on some 800 ocean species.(1) It’s estimated that a whopping 95% of plastic packaging is single-use.(1) One way to address the problem is by upcycling ocean-bound plastic to give single-use waste a secondContinue Reading
FLYING 1,000 FEET ABOVE TREASURE ISLAND — “We’re coming up on a bloom right now.” There it was, just as the maps had predicted: A rust-colored Red Tide bloom came into view offshore of John’s Pass, nestled between Madeira Beach and Treasure Island in Pinellas County. On this overcast SaturdayContinue Reading
It may not be as bad as last year, but as the hundreds of pounds of dead fish on Pinellas beaches have suggested in recent days: Red Tide is back in the Tampa Bay area. For many in the region, this isn’t your first Red Tide rodeo. And the harmfulContinue Reading
If you’re planning to spend your weekend on or around the water, should you be worried that small amounts of the organism that causes Red Tide were just detected in Tampa Bay? We asked that question to the experts who spend their professional lives studying and mapping Red Tide. TheContinue Reading
When the ominous rust-colored cloud of Red Tide begins to saturate coastal waters in Southwest Florida, it means beach closures. Asthma attacks. Itchy skin and watery eyes. Dead fish and a wretched smell that can spoil the salty breeze. Now, scientists know it means pollution made the scourge worse. NewContinue Reading
Article body copy This article was originally published in Civil Eats, a daily news source for critical thought about the American food system. Erin Adams steers a refurbished lobster boat down Harraseeket River toward Casco Bay in southern Maine. As she passes the tiny Pound of Tea Island, where gullsContinue Reading
Lightweight, durable, versatile and relatively cheap to make — plastic seemed like a miracle. In 1950. global production was near zero, but by 2019 manufacturers worldwide were churning out about 460 million metric tons of it. Today, it’s hard to find a product without plastic. As it proliferated in ourContinue Reading
The downside of ocean plastic waste is its ever-expanding volume. But there is good news, too, and it’s often ignored. As new recycling technologies come online to address the mounting problem of plastic waste in our world, start-up firms around the globe are focusing on repurposing ocean plastics. Plastic isContinue Reading
Photo by Nils Nedel on Unsplash Black cooperatives have been having a moment in the spotlight since protests following the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery two years ago forced a racial reckoning in the United States. By mid-2020, corporations en masse had pledged their loveContinue Reading
