Tag: plastics
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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‘Enough is enough’: Australian PM throws support behind movement to free Julian Assange
A growing number of politicians are calling on the United States to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange.
Brazil’s beef industry linked to deforestation in Amazon
800 million trees were cut down in six years due to cattle ranching, which accounts for 80 percent of current deforestation throughout the Amazon.
When 3 men richer than 165 million people, Sanders says working class must ‘come...
Big-money special interests "want to divide us up," said the independent senator at a living wage rally in South Carolina, "and we are determined to bring working people together."
AI Genie is out of the bottle—UN should take the challenge to make it...
The global community should be comforted knowing that the leadership of the United Nations already knows well what steps are to be taken at this juncture.