by Martha Blanchfield | Jun 28, 2025 | happy hour
Blue Cruise at SF Climate Week 2025 As cited in E&E News, a proposal from the White House Office of Management and Budget seeks to drastically reorganize NOAA and plunder most of its climate research programs in fiscal 2026, with a possible budget reduction of 38...
by Martha Blanchfield | Jan 30, 2025 | seaweed, industry vertical
Seaweed has been cultivated and used as a food stock for centuries, but a new cadre of climate-focused start-ups are using seaweed as a more environmental-friendly replacement to traditional materials.
by Martha Blanchfield | Sep 6, 2024 | ocean, plastic
Clean The Great Pacific Garbage Patch—$7.5 Billion in 10 Years or $4 Billion in 5 Years The Ocean Cleanup states that it can make the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) go away within five years to the tune of $4 billion. During a brief stop-over in San Francisco late...
by Martha Blanchfield | Jul 13, 2024 | plastic, ocean
A Better Way for 1 Ocean Clean Up: Mary Crowley of Ocean Voyages Institute Ocean Voyages Institute (OVI) is able to achieve a high rate of ROI for ocean plastic removal per expedition. In 2020, a small crew extracted 340,000 pounds (170 tons) of plastic from the...