The Benioff Ocean Initiative just launched a $1.5 million project that uses sensors and data analysis to prevent fatal collisions between whales and shipping vessels. It’s the product of a crowdsourced effort to identify funding priorities.
Read MoreWith the U.N. warning that the oceans may soon contain more plastic than fish, foundations and nonprofits are looking upstream for solutions—most recently with a new $11 million initiative to curb plastic waste in nine rivers worldwide.
Read MoreThe environment is among the many areas where tech philanthropists have emerged as a greater force in recent years, bankrolling existing green groups, but also creating some new organizations. Who’s doing what?
Read MoreAn estimated 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean each year, threatening vital marine ecosystems, and most of it comes from rivers. Can a new partnership between the Benioff Ocean Initiative and Coca-Cola “turn off the tap” of river plastic?
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