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Now's Our Chance! Urge Leaders to Ban Plastic Bags in California
The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that there are 46,000 pieces of plastic litter floating in every square mile of ocean.[1] Plastic bags are modern day tumbleweeds that can be seen floating in the sea and across the land. Although the plastics industry is trying to convince
How many plastic bags do Americans use every year?
Plastic bags may seem convenient. Unfortunately, however, the majority of plastic bags are used only once and end up in landfills, in our waterways and oceans, or as litter. There are simple steps we can take as consumers to reduce the amount of plastic bags that are wasted every day: Just say "no
Support new Marine Protected Area / Apoye nueva Área Marina Protegida / Nandayure, Costa Rica
Support the creation of a Marine Management Area in Nandayure, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Sustainable fishing of spotted rose snapper. Only artisinal fisheries that don't compromise the reproductive capacity of the spotted rose snapper nor the ecosystem function. No shrimp trawlers, gillnetters,
Urge National Park Service to Make our Parks Bottled-Water-Free
People drink 2.6 billion gallons of water in national parks every year. That's enough to fill almost 4,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. That means a lot of water in plastic bottles that could be coming straight from the tap. National parks going bottled water free is good for the environment,
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