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  • Ocean News

    UE Proposte per Tassare o Vietare Sacchetti Plastica

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    Gli Stati membri dell'Unione europea verranno incoraggiati a tassare o vietare le buste di plastica consegnate nei negozi, sulla base di alcune proposte per arginare l'utilizzo di tonellate di questo materiale che entra nell'ecosistema e ne uccide la fauna.
    Alcuni Paesi, come la Danimarca, hanno già ridotto notevolmente l'utilizzo di questi sacchetti introducendo tasse obbligatorie e la nuova iniziativa della Commissione europea cerca di spingere in questa direzione anche altri dei 28 Paesi del blocco.

  • Ocean News

    Unión Europea Quiere Reducir la Montaña de Bolsas de Plástico

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    Los países miembros de la Unión Europea serán invitados a gravar o incluso prohibir las bolsas de plástico bajo unas propuestas que pretenden hacer frente a las toneladas de residuos plásticos que entran en el sistema de aguas y matan animales salvajes.
    Algunos países, como Dinamarca, han reducido enormemente el uso de bolsas de plástico introduciendo impuestos obligatorios. La iniciativa del lunes pretende animar a los 28 países de la Unión Europea a adoptar medidas.

  • Ocean News

    La Commission Demande aux 28 de Limiter l'Usage des Sacs Plastique

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    La Commission européenne a sommé lundi les Etats-membres de réduire l'usage des sacs en plastique à usage unique, dont plus de 8 milliards par an finissent en déchets sauvages dans l'UE, asphyxiant sols et mers.
    La Commission veut "introduire une obligation de réduction" pour faire face à ce "problème environnemental très grave et très visible", qui contribue à la formation en haute-mer "d'un nouveau continent fait de déchets" a expliqué dans une conférence de presse le commissaire européen à l'Environnement, Janez Potocnik.

  • Ocean News

    Plastic Bag Charge or Ban 'Could Cut Use in Europe by 80%'

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    New EU proposals would require member states to choose between three methods of reducing the waste from bags.
    European Union member states could cut their plastic bag use by 80%, the European commission has said, by charging for bags or even banning them.
    Plastic bags are a major cause of seaborne pollution, which is a serious hazard for marine life, and some regions have already moved to cut their use through charging. The UK deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, has pledged to bring forward charges in England that will affect single-use bags given out by supermarkets.

  • Ocean News

    Big Business, Environmentalists, Science Agree Pathway to Align Ocean Health and Human Well-Being

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    A unique panel of business, government, conservation and academic leaders has agreed a global strategy for aligning ocean health and human well-being. The Blue Ribbon Panel, which includes 21 global experts from 16 countries, emphasizes that without action to turn around the declining health of the ocean, the consequences for economies, communities and ecosystems will be irreversible.

  • Ocean News

    Cadets are Diving Against Debris

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    Local scuba divers, the Sooke Sea Cadets and Wilson Diving were involved in Dive Against Debris on Sunday, September 22, from the Government Wharf to the Rotary Pier, Canada.
    As part of the Sooke Sea Cadets and Wilson Diving’s commitment to protecting the ocean, trained divers not only remove underwater debris such as rope, plastic bottles, and fishing line, but also identify and document everything seen underwater in a larger effort to prevent marine debris.

  • Ocean News

    Schoonmaark Rietplas, Het Rond en Kooikersplas: 509 Kilo Afval Uit Water

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    Op 21 september 2013 droegen 26 buurtbewoners rond de Rietplas, Kooikersplas en Het Rond, samen met 18 duikers van Go Dive Houten en Rose Dlhopolsky van Wijkcentrum Noordoost bij aan Burendag en de internationale schoonmaakdag van AWARE. Dit deden zij samen met de gemeente, Oranjefonds, AWARE, Van Houten&Co, Natuur en Milieu Educatie en Milieu Werkgroep Houten. Vorig jaar werd nog 650 kilo naar boven gehaald. Dit jaar was dat 509 kilo. Alles is opgeslagen in speciale vuilniszakken en door de gemeente afgevoerd naar de gemeentewerf.

  • Ocean News

    Plastic Waste is a Hazard for Subalpine Lakes Too

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    Many subalpine lakes may look beautiful and even pristine, but new evidence suggests they may also be contaminated with potentially hazardous plastics. Researchers say those tiny microplastics are likely finding their way into the food web through a wide range of freshwater invertebrates too.
    The findings, based on studies of Italy's Lake Garda and reported on October 7th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, suggest that the problem of plastic pollution isn't limited to the ocean.

  • Ocean News

    'Dodelijk Trio' voor Oceanen: Opwarming, Verzuring en Zuurstofverlies

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    De oceanen zijn er erger aan toe dan totnogtoe werd gedacht. Het leven in de wereldzeeën valt ten prooi aan een "dodelijk trio" van klimaatopwarming, dalende zuurstofwaarden en verzuring, zo blijkt uit een nieuwe internationale studie. "We slaapwandelen onszelf de nachtmerrie in", stellen onderzoekers.
    Hoewel deze eeuw de temperatuur in de atmosfeer minder snel is toegenomen, zijn de oceanen blijven opwarmen. Daardoor migreerden commerciële vissoorten naar de polen en worden verscheidene soorten met uitsterven bedreigd.

  • Ocean News

    Klimawandel: Zustand der Ozeane Verschlechtert sich Rapide

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    Es ist ein deutliches Alarmsignal. Die Forscher des International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) und der Weltnaturschutzunion IUCN widersprechen in ihrem neuesten Bericht zum Zustand der Weltmeere den Erkenntnissen und Warnungen des Weltklimarates IPCC: Was die Ozeane angehe, sei alles noch viel schlimmer, als im letzten Bericht des Klimarates geschildert. In drastischer Form warnen die Experten vor den Konsequenzen einer zunehmenden Versäuerung des Meerwassers.