Tag: plastic pollution
Amazon’s plastic use surges despite global cutback initiatives
Amazon's journey towards global sustainability hits a snag on home soil, as a recent report unveils a surge in plastic waste across the United States.
Study reveals plastic pollution and global heating entwined in destructive cycle
The comprehensive study sheds light on the mutually reinforcing relationship that contributes to the degradation of materials and the leaching of harmful chemicals into the biosphere.
Ubiquitous threat: Microplastics discovered in every human placenta sample
This revelation underscores a growing environmental crisis, highlighting the pervasive infiltration of microplastics into the most intimate aspects of human life.
Plastic bag bans prove effective in US, reducing usage by billions
Recent reports by environmental nonprofits indicate a substantial decrease in plastic bag usage due to bans implemented in various states and cities.
New York calls PepsiCo’s plastic pollution a ‘public nuisance’ in first-of-its-kind...
The company's packaging was found to be the most significant contributor to plastic waste clogging the Buffalo River.
New report calls out chemical recycling as a ‘false solution’ to...
“I think the [plastics] industry is relying on confusing people, starting with what is it, and what do you call it.”
Microplastics in clouds could ‘modify the climate,’ study finds
The tiny particles have been linked with widespread environmental damage, as well as cancers and a range of adverse health impacts related to the lungs and heart.
The impact of plastic on human health
We know that plastic is choking the planet. But it could be killing us, too.
Plastic-eating fungi thriving in human-made ‘plastisphere’ may help tackle waste globally
“The growing body of scientific evidence sheds light on the environmental potential for plastic degradation that needs to be unlocked."
A global plastics treaty can end the Age of Plastic
This indigenous worldview can lead treaty negotiations, creating systems that are less demanding of our planet and value nature over profit.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
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