Flotsam + Jetsam (March 6) - This week's ocean news...

CONGRATS to the Australian surf community that led the #FightForTheBight…and won! Energy giant Equinor has abandoned its plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/25/great-australian-bight-equinor-abandons-plans-to-drill-for-oil CLIMATE Firstly, the AUS fires are FINALLY out…  And it seems that the present research shows that human caused climate change making the chances of the fires happening at least 30% more likely… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/climate/australia-wildfires-climate-change.html Great Barrier Reef could be facing the most extensive coral bleaching ever…  https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/record-february-heat-pushes-reef-corals-closer-to-big-bleaching-event-20200305-p547bc.html California Had Its Driest February on Record…  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/03/climate/dry-california.html Do something about it! Sign Surfrider Foundation’s Climate Action Alert https://secured.surfrider.org/action/engagement?actionId=AR0028739&id=701i00000018YoU COASTS Half of the world's beaches could disappear by the end of the century, study finds https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/world/beaches-disappearing-climate-change-sea-level-rise/index.html PLASTIC How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades  https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/plastic-problem-recycling-myth-big-oil-950957/ Earth Island Institute suing major single-use plastics producers and packagers https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-02-26/coca-cola-pepsi-other-big-companies-face-plastic-pollution-lawsuit  The list suggests it was at least somewhat informed by #BreakFreeFromPlastic’s brand audit… https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/globalbrandauditreport2018/ Do something about it! Support the Federal Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act!  https://secured.surfrider.org/action/engagement?actionId=AR0032446&id=701i00000018YoU Want ocean news delivered to your inbox once a month? Sign up for the WSL PURE newsletter at http://wslpure.org!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices