California’s Landmark Plastic Law Finally Has Teeth. The Fight Isn’t Over.
After four years of legislative battles, regulatory delays, and industry pushback, California’s most ambitious plastic pollution law is now real.
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UN Talks Stalled: Albatrosses Can’t Wait Until 2026
170 countries couldn’t agree. The fifth round of United Nations negotiations to create a global plastic pollution treaty ended in disappointment in Busan, South Korea in December 2024, with no agreement reached after two years of talks. The summit brought together over 3,300 participants from more than 170 nations, all working toward what would have…
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Pacific Gyre: An Albatross Sees It as a Buffet
With six times more plastic than plankton, they think it smells like dinner. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has become a deadly illusion for seabirds whose survival depends on their ability to find food in the vast ocean. The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre covers an area larger than Texas, swirling in a slow-motion whirlpool that…
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Plasticosis: The New Disease Caused by Our Plastics
Scientists just named the stomach scarring that’s killing our seabirds worldwide. The disease is called plasticosis, and it represents a milestone we never wanted to reach in the plastic pollution crisis. Researchers studying Flesh-footed Shearwaters on Lord Howe Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site 360 miles off the coast of Australia, discovered something alarming. These…
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Midway Atoll: Where Our Ocean Choices Meet Ancient Wings
Every 90 seconds, another albatross chick dies with a belly full of plastic. This isn’t hyperbole—it’s the devastating reality playing out on Midway Atoll, a remote Pacific island over 2,000 miles from the nearest mainland. Midway Atoll is where our bottle caps eclipse their lives. Laysan albatrosses have been soaring these Pacific waters for millions…