2021 heralded many accomplishments for whales and dolphins by the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute. We did it with your support, and we thank you!
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This summer, Russian conservationists were able to disentangle 64 Northern fur seals on Russia's Seal Island, and instructed four Russian veterinarians in disentanglement procedures. IMMP and Baikal Watch helped them learn from experts in the US.
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The Earth Island Institute made big progress today in our lawsuit against 10 major plastic-polluting companies! The judge ruled in our favor to keep our case in state court.
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IMMP has joined forces with many major environmental organizations in seeking early action by President Biden on an array of issues to protect whales, dolphins, and their ocean homes.
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For the first time ever, Russian conservationists have disentangled a number of fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) on Russia’s Seal Island, near Sakhalin Island in the Pacific Ocean.
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Look around you – can you find a disposable plastic item? Perhaps a plastic bag, a coffee cup, a pen… Do you wonder where they eventually end up after being tossed in the trash can?
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Opportunities for environmental exploitation are arising amidst the pandemic. The Trump administration has loosened the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations, allowing large industries to pollute at whatever levels they please during the crisis.
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Grocery bags mimic jellyfish, wrappers resemble small fish, and microplastics look just like plankton floating in the water.
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According to Plastic Pollution Coalition, less than 9% of plastic products are actually recycled. And yet the companies targeted in the lawsuit increasingly rely on plastic packaging – so much so that it has become inescapable when you walk down the aisle of a grocery store.
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On behalf of International Marine Mammal Project and 3 other organizations, Earth Island Institute has filed a historic lawsuit, asking multimillion- and billion-dollar corporations to bear responsibility for the costs of preventing and cleaning up plastic pollution and to tell the truth about the recyclability of their plastic packaging.
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