It's worth a thought, especially if you're aware of how
bad ocean pollution has gotten.
Not exact matches
«You hear about all the
bad things we're doing to the planet, to the
ocean: the
pollution, overfishing, global climate change,» Lowe says.
Of all the threats facing our
oceans — from
pollution from shipping to agricultural run - off and fishmeal production — one stands out as the
worst.
Aside from the obvious fact that there could hardly be a
worse approach to climate change, it certainly won't help address the equally important ecological destruction that is a result of human overshoot — habitat destruction,
ocean acidification, over-fishing, logging,
pollution, etc..
His themes here are as simple and transparent as the jellyfish that transport Ponyo to the
ocean's surface -
pollution is
bad, love has redemptive powers and strong family ties are crucial.
I have a sort of mental chart with lots of arrows: actions that produce GHGs (e.g., coal - burning) causing a plethora of problems (& goods — like power), acid rain,
ocean acidification, local ground, air, water
pollution, GW, health problems & dangers for miners, military threats / expenses (according to Pentagon studies re oil), etc.; and also many arrows of good (some
bad) coming out of measures to abate GW.
This is not a
bad thing, halting mercury
pollution of our
oceans, mountaintop removal, and
pollution of our streams.
On the heels of the shale gas rush that's swept the U.S. for the past decade, another wave of fossil fuel - based projects is coming — a plastic and petrochemical manufacturing rush that environmentalists warn could make smog
worse in communities already breathing air
pollution from fracking, sicken workers, and expand the plastic trash gyres in the world's
oceans.