Flotsam + Jetsam (March 6) - This week's ocean news... - a podcast by WSL Studios

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-oilCLIMATE

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 Alerthttps://secured.surfrider.org/action/engagement?actionId=AR0028739&id=701i00000018YoU


COASTSHalf 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.htmlPLASTIC

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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