CDP: Oceans Clips: February 6, 2023
AP| New California Oil Well Ban Put On Hold For Voters To Decide. According to the AP, “California’s new law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and other community sites has been put on hold until after voters decide next year whether to throw it out, officials announced Friday. Opponents of Senate Bill 1137 gathered more than 623,000 valid voter signatures to put a referendum on the Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber announced. The challenge means the law, which took effect in January, will be on hold until after voters decide.” [AP, 2/3/23 (=)]
Indian Ocean Tuna Caught Between Local, E.U. Interests. According to Politico, “Indian Ocean countries wanting better safeguards for local marine life by updating fishing quotas and restricting harmful catch methods are facing resistance from the European Union, conservation groups say. Officials are gathering in Mombasa, Kenya, on Friday for a meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission — a group of 30 countries that regulate and manage the ocean's tuna. India plans to propose to eliminate the use of high-tech devices to scoop vast amounts of marine life, and Kenya wants a limit on the devices and more transparency on tuna fisheries. But the E.U., which uses the fishing methods other countries want to limit, appears set to oppose the plans.” [Politico, 2/3/23 (=)]
New Funding To Predict Future Sea-Level Rise In Antarctica. According to Mirage News, “Researchers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have received new funding to develop new and ambitious ideas that will tackle critical global environmental challenges, such as global sea-level rise from Antarctica. The investment from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has been awarded to BAS for the new science programme SURface FluxEs In AnTarctica (SURFEIT), to the value of £2.3m.” [Mirage News, 2/3/23 (=)]
Exclusive: Huge Chunk Of Plants, Animals In U.S. At Risk Of Extinction. According to Reuters, “A leading conservation research group found that 40% of animals and 34% of plants in the United States are at risk of extinction, while 41% of ecosystems are facing collapse.” [Reuters, 2/3/23 (=)]
Plastic Ocean Project Announces New Headquarters, Seeks To Expand Operations. According to WECT, “Wilmington-based Plastic Ocean Project announced that they have moved to the MARBIONC facility, located within UNCW’s CREST Research Park, to expand their efforts of solving the plastic pollution problem. “According to the United Nations Environment Program, plastic pollution is second to climate change. Now, more than ever, we need to expand our efforts,” said Bonnie Monteleone, Plastic Ocean Project director. “The decision to join the research community at MARBIONC will provide more opportunities for local and worldwide collaboration to expedite solutions to plastic pollution. We could not do the work that benefits nature and mankind without the kind support of our POP community.” Per their announcement, volunteers with POP collected approximately six tons of trash in 2022. Additionally, through the Trees4Trash initiative, the nonprofit planted 471 trees that year.” [WECT, 2/3/23 (=)]
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