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It's just like swimming into a dirty diaper.

Christopher Swain, an environmental activist who scrapped an Earth Day plan to swim Brooklyn's highly polluted Gowanus Canal, after hitting stormy weather halfway through. He then was hosed down with bleach. 

The economic output of the world's oceans is worth $2.5 trillion. -

This estimate includes fisheries, tourism, shipping lanes, and carbon absorption. If ranked as a nation, the oceans' GDP would be the world's seventh largest—behind Britain and ahead of Brazil. Global warming, overfishing, and pollution, however, are squandering this watery wealth. Business Insider

Sports stadiums are starting to compost their peanuts and crackerjacks. -

By offering biodegradable utensils and putting bins for food waste in general-seating areas, teams are saving big bucks on landfill fees and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. It's a win-win! New York Times

GOP treats Earth Day like Opposite Day. -

Today, Earth Day, a congressional subcomittee advanced legislation (the so-called "Ratepayer Protection Act") to allow states to opt out of the EPA's Clean Power Plan, a set of rules designed to fight carbon pollution. The same subcomittee also rejected the idea of addressing climate change as a means to bolster national security. The Pentagon—which knows a thing or two about the subject—says otherwise

Apple is building two new solar farms in China. -

CEO Tim Cook signed a deal in February to buy enough solar in the United States to power all of the company's California operations. The overseas move, announced Tuesday, could inspire others who outsource manufacturing (and the pollution that goes with it) to green up their acts. Bloomberg

McDonald's is taking deforestation off the menu. -

The world's largest fast-food company is pledging to only purchase commodities—beef, coffee, palm oil, poultry, and packaging—from suppliers that don't clear forests or other areas of high-conservation value, such as peatlands. Reuters