Endangered Green Sea Turtles Return to Florida in Record Numbers
Green sea turtles nested in record numbers in 2015 at Florida’s Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, the most important green sea turtle nesting habitat in North America. The improvement reflects the joint efforts of conservationists, government, and local residents to reduce light pollution and other human impacts on the refuge’s beaches.
Microbead-Free Waters Act a common-sense law, winning industry support
President Barack Obama last week signed the law, which bans personal-care products from containing microbeads and aims to help remove plastic pollution from lakes, rivers and the oceans. The plastics industry says it supports the new law that phases out plastic microbeads starting in 2017.
Illegal sand mining returns to Tien River, Vietnam
After a period of calm, the illegal sand mining in Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta’s Tien Giang province has been running rampant in recent days.