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Marine Program Launched to Tackle South African Ocean Plastics

Experts from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), part of the U.K. government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), are partnering with the South African government and working alongside research colleagues in South Africa to identify solutions to problems posed by marine litter, including reducing our reliance on single-use plastics, improvements in waste management, and

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Federal Judge Dismisses Sailors’ Radiation Exposure Class Action

A federal judge on Friday dismissed without prejudice the latest class action filed by hundreds of U.S. sailors exposed to radiation in the Fukushima, Japan, nuclear disaster, finding a San Diego courtroom isn’t the right place for the case. The class attorney said that since the vast majority of the sailor-plaintiffs were stationed in San Diego and GE designed the

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