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Sea front in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZI/ Johnny Blades A Singaporean company, Niugini Sands, last week dropped plans to mine the black sands along the Madang coast, with director, Marcus Ong, saying bad publicity was pivotal in their decision. The environmental group, Mas Kagin Tapani, advocated for the more than 10,000 who lived in communities along a 38 kilometre stretch of the shoreline in Madang province. They also wanted to ensure breeding grounds for endangered Leatherback Turtles weren't threatened. Spokesman, Wenceslaus Magun, said people were delighted but their job was s...

My favorite thing about my trip to The Florida Keys was our visit to The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, FL. I always considered myself pretty Earth conscience, considered myself to be relatively 'green'. I mean, I recycle, I use metal straws at home, I try not to waste water, I drive an Eco-friendly car, but after visiting The Turtle Hospital, I am a changed woman. There is always more we can do. I'm going to really try to use less plastic. I knew sea turtles had issues with plastic and trash in the ocean, but I didn't totally understand why until this visit. Turtles eat mostly jellyfish. What ...

Plume, they are covered with the oil, they have no way of stopping and it's game over for them and then there's the giant one-ton leatherback turtles that dive a mile or more deep that are after the giant jelly fish and they, too, are at risk here. this is, it's a shame and we don't know how this is going to play out, chris. >> nobody knows at this point. that's a scary prospect. there was what we thought was a bit of good news from the epa yesterday. they had a study that said those chemical dispersants that were largely untested don't seem to be impacting the reproductive systems of the wild...