Plastic Oceans: Unwanted trash and a popular but unproven plan to solve the problem

Credit to Author: J.J. Adams| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:26:51 +0000

Boyan Slat had a vision to scour plastic pollution from the world’s oceans, but is his mega-million dollar project the environmental version of the Fyre Fest?

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Another cocaine shipment washes ashore in Quezon, disrupts family picinic

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 08:45:34 +0000

Suspected cocaine continued to turn up on the shores of Quezon province with the latest find, estimated to weigh at least 7 kilograms, disrupting a beach family picnic in the town of Mauban.

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Car carrier on fire in Pacific, some crew abandon ship

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 23:22:39 +0000

Car carrier on fire in Pacific, some crew abandon ship

HONOLULU, United States — The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a fire on a Panamanian car carrier in the Pacific Ocean and says some crew members abandoned the ship. The Coast Guard in a statement Monday says crew members launched a life raft and four of the 21 mariners aboard left The Sincerity Ace […]

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Huge barrier isn’t trapping plastic waste in Pacific Ocean

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:33:18 +0000

Huge barrier isn't trapping plastic waste in Pacific Ocean

A floating device sent to corral a swirling island of trash between California and Hawaii has not swept up any plastic waste.

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