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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The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute joined 38 national organizations in supporting legislation to block offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, and off the Gulf Coast of Florida.
These are areas of sensitive wildlife habitat, including the homes of many species of whales and dolphins. Offshore oil drilling is known to cause large and chronic oil spills, as well as the dumping of toxic drilling muck into the sea. Exploring for oil can also precipitate harmful noise pollution (from the air canons that probe the ocean bottom for oil-bearing rock formations). Furthermore, coastal businesses in fishing and tourism are dependent on clean, oil-industry-free oceans. Oil drilling operations can ruin these businesses due to toxic discharge and noise pollution. Organizations supporting the legislation include the Sierra Club, Oceana, IFAW, IMMP, and many others.
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Natalie Long, an inspiring 16-year-old high school student from Denver, Colorado, is one of the youngest business entrepreneurs we have had the opportunity to work with at Earth Island’s International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP). 10% of Strawngerworld sales are donated to the International Marine Mammal Project. Get your reusable Strawngerworld straw today to help save whales, dolphins, and their ocean environment!
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Since today marks the second week of #PlasticFreeJuly, the International Marine Mammal Project would like to share some helpful tips on how to reduce plastic waste for the benefit of our ocean environment.
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As we absorb the painful new realities of increasing environmental degradations presented by the media, it’s becoming difficult to feel anything but numb when we hear one tragic news story after another. But in a world of information overload, Royong’s whale sculpture holds an air of novelty.
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How can we ensure the gear used for commercial fishing does not become ghost gear, abandoned in the ocean for hundreds of years?
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