Flotsam + Jetsam (April 13) - This Week’s Ocean News

Reece breaks down the week’s ocean news with Hugo Tagholm.  The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its third mass bleaching event in five years https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/great-barrier-reef-hit-by-mass-bleaching/ and https://apnews.com/6f3594b72e37a9d1280b1d622bab0d81 Not helping — the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back auto pollution rules… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/climate/trump-fuel-economy.html Why Plastic is also a climate issue https://www.greenbiz.com/article/why-plastics-are-also-climate-issue And unfortunately, why single-use plastics are making a comeback as a result of cover-19 https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/2/21204094/plastic-bag-ban-reusable-grocery-coronavirus-covid-19 Thanks to Hugo from Surfers Against Sewage for joining us this week! https://www.sas.org.uk/ You can find Hugo online here https://www.instagram.com/hugotagholm/ and here https://twitter.com/HugoSAS  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices