FDA Rejects NRDC Call to Eliminate BPA from Food Packaging

“The agency has failed to protect our health and safety, in the face of scientific studies that continue to raise disturbing questions about the long-term effects of BPA exposures. The FDA is out-of-step with scientific and medical research”- NRDC

North Sea Exclusion Zone

A cloud of explosive natural gas boiling out of the North Sea from a leak at Total’s abandoned Elgin platform forced wider evacuations off the Scottish coast on Tuesday as the French firm warned it may take six months to halt the flow.

Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup : 2011 Report

Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup has become the world’s largest volunteer effort for ocean health. Nearly nine million volunteers from 152 countries and locations have cleaned 145 million pounds of trash from the shores of lakes, streams, rivers, and the ocean on just one day each year.

World Cleanup 2012

“There’s 100 million tons of illegal garbage lying around the world. Waste is everywhere, in cities, beaches, oceans, forests. To change this we have to come together and create a real global change.” In 2012, from 24th of March until 25th of September, the Cyber-environmentalists team of World Cleanup 2012 invites all the people and countries to be a part of these Olympic Games for the clean world.

Chemical pollution in Europe’s Seas

According to a recent poll of citizens from ten European countries, pollution is the primary concern of the public at large among all issues that threaten the marine environment. Such public concern is not misplaced and is supported by scientific evidence.

Dog Excrement in Plastic Bags Threatens Beach Safety

Dog excrement wrapped in plastic bags discarded by careless owners, has emerged as a growing trend and one of the biggest single threats to the health and safety of beach visitors, the Marine Conservation Society has warned.

New Greenpeace Research: Washing Big Name Brands Makes Consumers Polluters

Greenpeace today released evidence that hazardous chemical residues in clothing items sold by major brands are released into public waterways when they are washed by consumers. Once entering our rivers, lakes and seas these chemicals then break down into even more toxic and hormone-disrupting substances.

Chevron Execs Barred From Leaving Brazil

A judge barred 17 Chevron executives from around the world from leaving Brazil in an oil spill investigation as prosecutors readied new charges over a second spill involving the US energy giant.

Tullow Oil Confirms Major Find off coast of Ghana

Tullow Oil, the London-based explorer, has had a good week: two days after reporting soaring profits it confirmed that an oil strike off the coast of Ghana was a major find… Environmental concerns have raised as more oil companies begin drilling off the coast of Ghana. Does the country have the resources to cope with a major spill?