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Once dead, London’s Thames river is now teeming with seals, porpoises, and even a whale or two


Next stop, Oxford Street. (ZSL)

Written by Cassie Werber
Obsession The Sea
August 20, 2015

In 1957, the Thames—the huge river that flows though the city of London—was declared .. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/thames-the-tale-that-the-river-told-2110202.html .. biologically dead. And for most of London’s history, its river has been more of a hazard than a habitat. Effluent from Victorian sewers flowed into it. Chemicals from the prolific 19th-century laundries that lined the banks killed off most of the fish, and pretty much anything else that formerly lived in what came to be called the Great Stink .. http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/external/la21/articles/stink.htm .

Yet now it’s teaming not just with fish but with marine mammals including seals and porpoises—and even the occasional whale.

.. thIS one is the BEST .. http://qz.com/483977/once-dead-londons-thames-river-is-now-teeming-with-seals-porpoises-and-even-a-whale-or-two/

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Florida is serious about cleaning up Indian River Lagoon.

Brevard considering raising fees to help clean Indian River Lagoon

Published on Apr 3, 2014

hmm, they say 'storm water fees have not been raised in twenty years, that the proposal would cost homeowners about $28 a year more .. some say it is too much' ..
oh yes! .. excellent .. council 4-1 YES vote .. http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/04/03/county-votes-stormwater-fees-aid-lagoon/7286313/ .. April 2014 ..

.. some below the equator success stories in reply ..