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Environmental group calls for investigation of RFK Jr. chainsawing whale head

His daughter Kick Kennedy told a magazine in 2012 the smell of whale juice "was the rankest thing on the planet."

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US hits Lebanese environmental group with sanctions - Times of India

WASHINGTON: The United States announced sanctions Wednesday on the Lebanese environmental group Green Without Borders, charging that it acts as a “cover” for Hezbollah‘s security operations near the border with Israel. The 10-year-old Green Without Borders (GWB) conducts activities like tree-planting to protect Lebanon’s environment. However, the US Treasury said, “In reality, it has served as a…

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Drone images give hope for return of kelp on U.S. West coast

Drone images give hope for return of kelp on U.S. West coast

Good News Notes: “Tranquil images of the Pacific Ocean taken by a drone show that California’s kelp forests may be making a comeback after years of depletion, bringing good news in the fight against climate change. Kelp, which reduces global warming by soaking up carbon dioxide from the air via photosynthesis, has died off dramatically along Northern California’s coast, with one study calculating…

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Puyallup River one of most endangered in nation, environmental group says - Sat, 18 Apr 2020 PST

PUYALLUP, Wash. – A conservation group has named the Puyallup River one of the country’s most endangered rivers. An environmental nonprofit, American Rivers, placed the Puyallup River at No. 4 in its endangered river list. The group said a dam on the river is hurting fish. Puyallup River one of most endangered in nation, environmental group says - Sat, 18 Apr 2020 PST

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KATOWICE, Poland | The Latest: Group: Poland deports or detains 14 foreigners

KATOWICE, Poland | The Latest: Group: Poland deports or detains 14 foreigners

KATOWICE, Poland— The Latest on climate talks taking place in Poland (all times local):

12:20 p.m. An environmental group says at least 14 foreigners have been detained or deported by Poland’s Border Guard since the start of the U.N. climate conference in the Polish city of Katowice.

Svitlana Romanko of the 350.org group said Monday those deported were from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstanand…

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WASHINGTON | GOP panel's foreign agent inquiry triggers harsh response

WASHINGTON | GOP panel’s foreign agent inquiry triggers harsh response

WASHINGTON— An environmental group has denounced a House oversight committee for suggesting the organization‘s efforts to block construction of a U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa may require it to register as foreign agent.

In a bluntly worded letter delivered earlier this week, the Center for Biological Diversity accused the Republican chairman and another senior GOP…

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What’s a nurdle? Glad you asked.

Nurdles are a pre-production plastic pellet about 1 to 5mm in diameter, and they’re on the North Shore’s doorstep.

The InfoSuperior Team learned of nurdles washing up on Lake Superior’s North Shore  from a Nipigon Bay resident, Chuck Hutterli. He contacted our office at Lakehead University with pictures from a recent cleanup he had done on the beach in front of his home. Hutterli and his wife Danielle live some 45 minutes outside of Nipigon, residing directly on Lake Superior’s North Shore.

After a recent storm, Hutterli invited us to see the nurdles for ourselves. When we showed up, we could see sizeable groups of the microplastics washed up on a stretch of shoreline about a kilometre in length.

While he appreciates CP Rail’s efforts, he admits he is still frustrated after seeing the nurdles continuously wash up on shore. It’s hard to keep up, especially after a storm.“When we get these [beads] in wind rows, they’re fairly easy to pick up,” he says. “But if a week or two passes and people are walking on them, they get disturbed. They become even more difficult to pick up.”

One of Hutterli’s cats strolls among the nurdles. Photo InfoSuperior

“I’d like to know where they’re vectoring in from,” he says.

He’s not alone in wondering. People along the North Shore have been puzzling over the pellets for years. Hutterli tells us they’ve shown up in Sault Ste. Marie, Pancake Bay, and Rossport. Last fall, Northern Hoot profiled similar concerns by Jeremy Frech, a kayaker who found the pellets on six beaches between Sault Ste. Marie, ON and Wawa, ON, all consistent in colour and size. They also spoke with Dr. Patricia Corcoran, Associate Professor with the Department of Earth Sciences at Western University, who has been studying the beads and their source since 2009.

In August 2015, a reporter from SooToday.com spoke to Kate Jordan, a Ministry of Environment and Climate Change rep, about potential impacts on wildlife since the accident. Jordan said that “Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry fish sampling has not turned up any accumulations of the beads in Lake Superior fish, nor of damage to birds or bird habitat.”

Hutterli is part of an burgeoning environmental group in Nipigon, and the nurdles are a topic that will be tabled at their first meeting. The group aims to share existing knowledge about the nurdles, engage in productive discussion about their impact, and explore collaborative solutions for clean up efforts going forward.

Anyone is welcome to the meeting. It will be held at 7pm on May 3rd, at Lake Helen Community Centre, just outside of Nipigon. Admission is free, and light refreshments will be served. If you can’t attend, join the meeting via livestream  at www.infosuperior.com.

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