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Tsunami debris: Dock from Japan floats 5,000 miles to Oregon (+video)

Beside the dock, there are 1.5 million tons of tsunami debris still floating in the Pacific. A Harley Davidson in a crate arrived in British Colombia. A soccer ball from Japan washed up in Alaska.
How a humongous garbage patch in the Pacific breeds new bugs (+video)

The great Pacific garbage patch has created a new breeding ground for a marine insect, which in turn is changing Pacific ecosystems.
Pacific Ocean trash patch mystery: How many fish eat plastic?

The finding, in a new study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, could have implications for the food chain. The region of floating trash in the Pacific Ocean is double the size of Texas.
Moby-Duck

When 28,800 plastic bath toys are lost at sea, a journalist becomes obsessed with their whereabouts.
California set to ban plastic bags

Plastic bags from grocery stores and pharmacies would be banned starting in 2012 under a new bill before the senate. Critics of the bill say recycling programs, not bans, are the answer.
Opinion: The other, bigger 'oil spill': Your use of disposable plastic

If you thought the Gulf oil spill was bad enough, disposable plastic threatens our oceans on a massive scale. Refuse to use it.
California advances grocery store plastic bag ban

The California Assembly on Wednesday approved a bill that would ban stores from providing plastic bags, and require them to charge for paper ones. Similar bans are in place in China and Bangladesh.
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Not Tiger Woods: Important stories from 2009 you may have missed

Barack Obama and Tiger Woods dominated headlines in 2009. Here are some vital news stories that didn't get as much play.
Keeping one's thought and environment garbage-free

A Christian Science perspective.
How Spot.Us could help save journalism

A San Francisco-based website lets journalists pitch their ideas directly to the local community, which can then fund the story they want to see reported. The venture is now expanding to Los Angeles.
The Pacific isn't the only ocean collecting plastic trash

A swirling 'soup' of tiny pieces of plastic has been found in the Atlantic Ocean, and something similar may be present in other ocean areas as well.