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HE EARTH HAS PROBLEMS, AND WE AREN’T HELPING, NOT EVEN THOSE WHO CLAIM TO CARE.
We humans seem to have a problem accepting the obvious. We squabble over the uncertain and ignore the undeniable. We fail to solve the things we can. Deforestation could be addressed – but it is not. Overpopulation could be addressed – but it is not. We humans prefer dramas. We prefer to fight over petty issues. We want to feel good, not do good. We don’t offer sacrifice, unless it is the sacrifice of someone else. The earth has problems, and we aren’t helping, not even those who claim to care.
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Then there are the threats posed by ghost fishing nets, which can entrap marine life. “Different types of items have disproportionate harm to wildlife. Soft plastics are easily ingested or eaten by animals, and those things have a disproportionately negative impact on marine mammals, seabirds and turtles,” Hardesty says. “But ghost nets or derelict fishing nets are really problematic because they entangle wildlife and they keep fishing indiscriminately. Animals swim into these ghost nets and they get stuck and then they die.” And because the debris is now so closely intertwined with marine life, they are difficult to remove from…
Then there are the threats posed by ghost fishing nets, which can entrap marine life. “Different types of items have disproportionate harm to wildlife. Soft plastics are easily ingested or eaten by animals, and those things have a disproportionately negative impact on marine mammals, seabirds and turtles,” Hardesty says. “But ghost nets or derelict fishing nets are really problematic because they entangle wildlife and they keep fishing indiscriminately. Animals swim into these ghost nets and they get stuck and then they die.” And because the debris is now so closely intertwined with marine life, they are difficult to remove from…
Then there are the threats posed by ghost fishing nets, which can entrap marine life. “Different types of items have disproportionate harm to wildlife. Soft plastics are easily ingested or eaten by animals, and those things have a disproportionately negative impact on marine mammals, seabirds and turtles,” Hardesty says. “But ghost nets or derelict fishing nets are really problematic because they entangle wildlife and they keep fishing indiscriminately. Animals swim into these ghost nets and they get stuck and then they die.” And because the debris is now so closely intertwined with marine life, they are difficult to remove from…
Then there are the threats posed by ghost fishing nets, which can entrap marine life. “Different types of items have disproportionate harm to wildlife. Soft plastics are easily ingested or eaten by animals, and those things have a disproportionately negative impact on marine mammals, seabirds and turtles,” Hardesty says. “But ghost nets or derelict fishing nets are really problematic because they entangle wildlife and they keep fishing indiscriminately. Animals swim into these ghost nets and they get stuck and then they die.” And because the debris is now so closely intertwined with marine life, they are difficult to remove from…
Then there are the threats posed by ghost fishing nets, which can entrap marine life. “Different types of items have disproportionate harm to wildlife. Soft plastics are easily ingested or eaten by animals, and those things have a disproportionately negative impact on marine mammals, seabirds and turtles,” Hardesty says. “But ghost nets or derelict fishing nets are really problematic because they entangle wildlife and they keep fishing indiscriminately. Animals swim into these ghost nets and they get stuck and then they die.” And because the debris is now so closely intertwined with marine life, they are difficult to remove from…
Then there are the threats posed by ghost fishing nets, which can entrap marine life. “Different types of items have disproportionate harm to wildlife. Soft plastics are easily ingested or eaten by animals, and those things have a disproportionately negative impact on marine mammals, seabirds and turtles,” Hardesty says. “But ghost nets or derelict fishing nets are really problematic because they entangle wildlife and they keep fishing indiscriminately. Animals swim into these ghost nets and they get stuck and then they die.” And because the debris is now so closely intertwined with marine life, they are difficult to remove from…
Then there are the threats posed by ghost fishing nets, which can entrap marine life. “Different types of items have disproportionate harm to wildlife. Soft plastics are easily ingested or eaten by animals, and those things have a disproportionately negative impact on marine mammals, seabirds and turtles,” Hardesty says. “But ghost nets or derelict fishing nets are really problematic because they entangle wildlife and they keep fishing indiscriminately. Animals swim into these ghost nets and they get stuck and then they die.” And because the debris is now so closely intertwined with marine life, they are difficult to remove from…
Then there are the threats posed by ghost fishing nets, which can entrap marine life. “Different types of items have disproportionate harm to wildlife. Soft plastics are easily ingested or eaten by animals, and those things have a disproportionately negative impact on marine mammals, seabirds and turtles,” Hardesty says. “But ghost nets or derelict fishing nets are really problematic because they entangle wildlife and they keep fishing indiscriminately. Animals swim into these ghost nets and they get stuck and then they die.” And because the debris is now so closely intertwined with marine life, they are difficult to remove from…
Then there are the threats posed by ghost fishing nets, which can entrap marine life. “Different types of items have disproportionate harm to wildlife. Soft plastics are easily ingested or eaten by animals, and those things have a disproportionately negative impact on marine mammals, seabirds and turtles,” Hardesty says. “But ghost nets or derelict fishing nets are really problematic because they entangle wildlife and they keep fishing indiscriminately. Animals swim into these ghost nets and they get stuck and then they die.” And because the debris is now so closely intertwined with marine life, they are difficult to remove from…
