Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Bernd Radowitz, Recharge News Energy Solutions
Renewables account for almost half of the country’s power output last year grid agency says.
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Bonnie Waycott, Global Aquaculture Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Efforts in Chile, Europe illustrate new opportunities for environmental stewards and entrepreneurs.
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Tina Casey, Triple Pundit Plastics & Pollution
Next-generation plastic recycling technologies could breathe new life into the U.S. petrochemical industry, and not a moment too soon.
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Content Team, Renewable Energy World Energy Solutions
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust plc (DORE) has exchanged contracts to acquire its first investment, a portfolio of eight operational hydropower plants in central and southern Sweden.
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Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Tourist drawcards Kuta and Legian beaches are being overwhelmed by up to 60 tonnes of plastic rubbish every day.
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Daisy Dunne, The Independent Shipping & Ports
River floods are boosting the spread of plastic around the world, a study has found, raising potentially severe health risks for people and wildlife.
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The United States has taken another step forward as an international leader in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing — a practice that threatens global food security, damages economies, and risks the sustainability of fisheries and marine ecosystems.
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Manoj Sharma, Business Today Plastics & Pollution
These masks will take as long as 450 years to break down and all the while serve as a source of micro plastic and negatively impact marine wildlife and ecosystems, says a new report by OceanAsia.
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Palak Agrawal, The Logical Indian Plastics & Pollution
The installation is located at Freedom Ghat, 50 metres from Laxman Jhula in Rishikesh to educate and warn the masses on the ill-effects of plastic pollution which is being reported to be the world's deadliest killer.
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Karen McVeigh Plastics & Pollution
International convention to stop richer countries exporting contaminated material for recycling could mean a cleaner ocean in five years.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
New international rules to tackle the “wild west” global trade in plastic, which has seen wealthy nations dump contaminated plastic waste on to poorer ones, will result in a cleaner ocean within five years, according to a UN transboundary waste chief.
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Toan Dao, The Seafood Source Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Philippines Department of Agriculture has allocated an additional budget of PHP 500 million (USD 10.4 million, EUR 8.5 million) to assist the country’s aquaculture sector in overcoming difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Karen Scofield Seal, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
Demand for plant-based food and nutrition is growing. According to recent retail sales data, grocery sales of plant-based foods in place of animal products grew 29% in the U.S. to $5 billion between 2017 and 2019.
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Marco Sibaja, The Tico Times Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
On the shore of a mangrove in the Central Pacific of Costa Rica, a huge sailboat is beginning to take shape. But it’s not just any vessel. It will carry cargo with the force of the wind, and without fossil fuels.
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Editorial Staff, Science X Energy Solutions
Japan on Friday unveiled plans to boost renewable energy, phase out gasoline-powered cars and reduce battery costs as part of a bid to reach an ambitious 2050 carbon-neutral goal.
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Angelica Smyrnios, Borgen Magazine Fisheries & Aquaculture
In the United Nations’ latest Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) conference, the global eradication of poverty in all its forms was identified as the first goal that must be achieved by 2030. As a subcategory of this goal, the U.N. added that it is necessary to reduce the exposure of affected populations “to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters” as disadvantaged populations are particularly vulnerable to the environment.
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Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Such methods can dramatically reduce water use, feed use, disease, medication and nutrient effluents in wastewater, while increasing yields and survival rates, according to a new paper in Reviews in Aquaculture.
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Andrew Lee, Recharge Energy Solutions
EU Commission says two sides will pursue 'mutual interest' in energy cooperation, including in North Sea.
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC Energy Solutions
The coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress toughens rules around use of a common heat-trapping chemical and funnels billions of dollars into renewable energy.
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Editorial Staff, Science Daily Energy Solutions
The newly published research, led by Professor James Ward from the University of South Australia and co-authored by a team including Luca Coscieme from Trinity College Dublin, explains how a renewable future is achievable.
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