Sea-Changers’ Coastal Fountain Fund is accepting applications until February 28 from organizations that want to install a water bottle refill fountain in a busy or environmentally important coastal location in the U.K.
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Ocean Voyages Institute’s (OVI) sailing cargo ship, SV Kwai, has returned to the port of Honolulu after completing the second leg of OVI’s 2022 expedition.
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Georgia Sea Grant’s Trawl to Trash program allows shrimpers to receive additional income during the offseason while building local awareness and support for marine debris cleanup efforts.
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Starbucks Coffee Company announced it will eliminate single-use plastic straws from its more than 28,000 company operated and licensed stores by making a strawless lid or alternative-material straw options available around the world. Starbucks anticipates the move will eliminate more than one billion plastic straws per year from Starbucks stores. Starbucks has designed, developed and manufactured a strawless lid, which will
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House Oceans Caucus co-chairs, Alaska Congressman Don Young and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing World Oceans Day on June 8 with a call for action to protect, conserve, maintain and rebuild the world’s oceans and ocean resources. Additionally the co–chairs wrote an op-ed about the topic, published in The Hill. The House Oceans Caucus is a bipartisan group of
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