Friday, February 24, 2017

United Nations Declares War on Ocean Plastic

Interprets Agency Service News Agency
The available data is enough for the United Nations to literally declare war on oceans plastic: more than 8 million tonnes of it leaks into their waters each year – equal to dumping a garbage truck of plastic every minute, wreaking havoc on marine wildlife, fisheries and tourism, and costing at least 8 billion dollars in damage to marine ecosystems. Story here.


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Canadian pipeline giant TC Energy closely connected with incoming Trump administration

Investigative Journalism Foundation Family members, former colleagues among connections unearthed by IJF investigation. Story here.