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Flotsam + Jetsam (April 13) - This Week’s Ocean News

Flotsam + Jetsam (April 13) - This Week’s Ocean News

FromWSL PURE | One Ocean


Flotsam + Jetsam (April 13) - This Week’s Ocean News

FromWSL PURE | One Ocean

ratings:
Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Apr 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Reece breaks down the week’s ocean news with Hugo Tagholm. 


The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its third mass bleaching event in five years https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/great-barrier-reef-hit-by-mass-bleaching/ and https://apnews.com/6f3594b72e37a9d1280b1d622bab0d81

Not helping — the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back auto pollution rules… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/climate/trump-fuel-economy.html

Why Plastic is also a climate issue https://www.greenbiz.com/article/why-plastics-are-also-climate-issue

And unfortunately, why single-use plastics are making a comeback as a result of cover-19 https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/2/21204094/plastic-bag-ban-reusable-grocery-coronavirus-covid-19

Thanks to Hugo from Surfers Against Sewage for joining us this week! https://www.sas.org.uk/

You can find Hugo online here https://www.instagram.com/hugotagholm/ and here https://twitter.com/HugoSAS 


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Released:
Apr 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (47)

Our mission to protect our one ocean starts with becoming informed. In this series of enlightening and engaging conversations, WSL PURE’s Reece Pacheco speaks with activists, artists, athletes, and academics, about ocean conservation, sustainability, and how we can all take action to save our seas.