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.