Italy Bans the Plastic Water Bottle Along Heritage Coastline
The worst month is August, when an average of 400,000 plastic bottles are discarded along the narrow strip of picturesque World Heritage coast, which lies south of Genoa in the province of Liguria.
European Coastal Nations to Create Marine Protected Areas and Review Offshore Drilling
European coastal nations agreed today in Oslo, to review rules for offshore drilling – but each country should decide individually – and to create six protected marine areas in the northeast Atlantic.