#Frantic, jumping salmon may have been high on cocaine

#Frantic, jumping salmon may have been high on cocaine

“#Frantic, jumping salmon may have been high on cocaine” The strange, frantic behavior of salmon on a German fish farm may have an even stranger explanation — cocaine. In June 2020, salmon exhibited erratic behavior in which they tried to jump out of the water in a panic at the Lanuv Kirchhundem-Albaum site in Sauerland….

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#EU fines German car makers B over emission collusion

#EU fines German car makers $1B over emission collusion

“#EU fines German car makers $1B over emission collusion” BRUSSELS — The European Union handed down $1 billion in fines to major German car manufacturers Thursday, saying they colluded to limit the development and rollout of car emission-control systems. Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen along with its Audi and Porsche divisions avoided competing on technology to…

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#Fire-ravaged ship sinks off Sri Lanka, prompting pollution fears

#Fire-ravaged ship sinks off Sri Lanka, prompting pollution fears

“#Fire-ravaged ship sinks off Sri Lanka, prompting pollution fears” COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A container ship carrying chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday nearly a month after catching fire, raising concerns about a possible environmental disaster. The ship’s operator said the wreck of the Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl “is now wholly sitting on the…

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#Brazilian artist makes classic art from plastic bag shreds

#Brazilian artist makes classic art from plastic bag shreds

“#Brazilian artist makes classic art from plastic bag shreds” Brazilian artist Eduardo Srur reproduces works by renowned masters without using a drop of paint – just recycled shreds of plastic picked up from city streets and rivers. For his latest exhibition, he has copied Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and Warhol to draw attention to pollution…

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#US and China leading in single-use plastic waste generation

#US and China leading in single-use plastic waste generation

“#US and China leading in single-use plastic waste generation” Fossil fuel companies based in the US are driving the world’s plastic pollution crisis, according to a damning new report on the single-use plastics industry. Top research institutions contributed to the study assembled by Australian watchdog group Minderoo Foundation, which puts blame on fossil-fuel companies such…

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#Diver spots fish wearing a gold wedding ring in Australia

#Diver spots fish wearing a gold wedding ring in Australia

“#Diver spots fish wearing a gold wedding ring in Australia” One man’s treasure is a fish’s trash. A common mullet fish was spotted in the southern Pacific Ocean looking like a thousand bucks — by reasonable estimates. Earlier this week, travel writer and avid snorkeler Susan Prior, who lives on Australia’s Norfolk Island, shared images…

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