Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Charley Adams, BBC News Plastics & Pollution
A charity dedicated to clearing the planet of rubbish two minutes at a time has created a beach cleaning station made out of marine litter.
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Ben Messenger, Waste Management World Plastics & Pollution
TOMRA and Borealis have begun operations of start of their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein, Germany.
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World Resources Institute
As the world looks to recover from COVID-19 and the economic fallout, a sustainable ocean economy can help solve global challenges and make communities stronger.
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Agence France-Presse, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Underwater seagrass in coastal areas appear to trap plastic pollution in natural bundles of fibre known as “Neptune balls”, researchers have found.
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Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Energy Solutions
Oregon State University (OSU) has completed the design phase of PacWave South, the first accredited, grid-connected, prepermitted wave energy test facility in the United States, and will soon initiate procurement and construction.
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Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
Most of the revenues extracted from use of the world’s oceans is concentrated among 100 transnational corporations, which have been identified for the first time by researchers at Duke University and the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University.
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Bonnie Waycott, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Born in Freeport, Maine, Emily Selinger quickly fell in love with working on the water. After getting a captain’s licence and working on schooners along the East Coast, she returned to Freeport and set up her own oyster farm, Emily’s Oysters.
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Emily Beament, Yahoo! Finance Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Restoring the UK’s seas from their damaged state could give a £50 billion boost to the economy, create thousands of new jobs and help the climate crisis, a report says.
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Tara Lohan, The Revelator Energy Solutions
A presidential administration ready to tackle climate change may help — but it’s the years of planning that could really pay off.
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Perishable News Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Marine Stewardship Council says the world is missing out on enough protein to meet the yearly needs of 72 million people, because not all fisheries have been sustainably managed.
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Damian Carrington, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
The Arctic is “pervasively” polluted by microplastic fibres that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America, research has found.
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Patrick Greenfield and Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
A coalition of more than 50 countries has committed to protect almost a third of the planet by 2030 to halt the destruction of the natural world and slow extinctions of wildlife.
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Shannon Redstall, Newshub Fisheries & Aquaculture
A state-of-the-art aquaculture facility at Waikato University is breeding seaweed to help researchers harness its full potential.
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Adnan Durakovic, Offshore Wind Biz Energy Solutions
Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa, ITM Power, and Element Energy have been awarded EUR 5 million in funding to demonstrate and investigate a combined wind turbine and electrolyser system designed for operation in marine environments.
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Mike Scott, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
The pressure to clean up plastic pollution faded in 2020 thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to a surge in the use of plastic in PPE and to keep food and other purchases safe.
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Alex Truelove, The Revelator Plastics & Pollution
We won’t be able to stem the tide of plastic waste until manufacturers are held accountable for their products.
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Michael Short, Delmarva Correspondent, Lancaster Farming Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aquaculture is on the rise in Maryland and much of that consists of growing oysters. Oysters are placed in mesh cages and then put in the water to grow until they reach market size. The Maryland Farm Bureau Winter Webinar Series focused on aquaculture on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
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Olivier Vergnault, In Your Area Plastics & Pollution
Serial inventor David Trotter, the man behind the Muggi trays is keen to use plastic from the sea and close the plastic pollution loop.
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Gabriel Cohen, The New York Times Plastics & Pollution
Captain Ahab hurled his harpoon at the Great White Whale. Don Quixote tilted at windmills with his lance. Taylor Mali, a poet in Brooklyn, has become known for wielding a long and pointy weapon at city treetops.
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