Tag: plastics
Plastics endanger human, planetary health at ‘every stage of their lifecycle,’...
From fossil fuel extraction, production, use, recycling and disposal, the study concluded that plastics are a "grave, growing, and under-recognized danger" causing disease and death.
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."
600 million metric tons of plastic may fill oceans by 2036...
Fossil fuel stakeholders have been seeking new revenue in the petrochemical industry in general, and plastics in particular.
Plastics recycling ‘does not work,’ environmentalists stress as U.S. recycling rates...
The authors of the report hope it sheds light on the inefficiency and unsustainable nature of plastics and plastic recycling to inspire better, widespread policies moving forward.
Phthalate exposure linked to increased risk of childhood cancer, study finds
The data also shows a nearly three-fold higher rate of osteosarcoma (a bone cancer) and a two-fold higher rate of lymphoma (a blood cancer).
Plastics set to overtake coal plants on GHG emissions, new study...
Experts say that policymakers do not currently account for the impact plastics currently have on climate change and that the issue is flying under the radar.
Oil industry’s shift to plastics in question as report warns $400...
“Remove the plastic pillar holding up the future of the oil industry, and the whole narrative of rising oil demand collapses.”
LNG, plastics and other gas industry plans would add climate pollution...
“In short, reported emissions from oil, natural gas, and chemical infrastructure have increased in recent years, and new infrastructure that is still in the pipeline has the potential to increase emissions even more.”
Coca-Cola produced more than 110 billion plastic bottles last year
Coca-Cola has increased their use of single-use plastic bottles over the last decade.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.