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Marine debris

Plastic pollution has become a major concern in Ghana.

Ghana’s fishermen are drowning in plastic. The govt is trying to tackle pollution before it’s too late.

Environment

Ghana is one of a handful of countries to launch a national plastic pollution plan backed by the World Economic Forum and the United Nations Development Program. 

Kristal Ambrose, Bahamas Plastic Movement

Bahamas Plastic Movement founder wins Goldman Environmental Prize

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glacier

Climate change: Obsession with plastic pollution distracts attention from bigger environmental challenges

blue plastic bags wash up on a beach in Vietnam

Plastic waste chokes a beach in Vietnam, turning it blue

Environment

Group of scientists argue plastic should be treated as hazardous waste

Environment

Giant mass of plastic threatens marine life in Pacific

Environment

Scientists want to clean up region of the Pacific known as the Plastic Vortex where soupy mass of plastic debris cover an area twice the size of Texas.

The Other Oil Spill

The North Pacific isn’t the only ocean where plastic trash is accumulating by the ton. Marine scientists just back from the North Atlantic say it’s full of plastic too, and it might just be worse.