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Report: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from plastics are predicted to rise
This article discusses how Greenhouse Gas Emissions from plastics are predicted to rise.
A sharp increase in greenhouse gas emissions from the petrochemical industry — which includes plastic, fertilizer and pharmaceutical companies — threatens to erode climate benefits from reductions in other sectors, according to a report being issued Friday.
“When […]
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Another DeSmogBlog post – worth reading!
Another blog post from DeSmogBlog. It highlights:
In the U.S., it’s been hard to ignore the current, messy battle playing out over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination (and we’ve covered what it might mean for regulations and the climate if he’s confirmed). Despite the tough news week, we haven’t […]
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Study: Looking at how plastics affect climate change
This article discusses how plastics affect climate change. One of 2018’s environmental bad guys, plastic waste at sea is attracting lots of attention … and concern.
Amid all the unsettling news about how plastic degrades into tiny microscopic bits and gets into the fish we eat and the water we drink,
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China’s garbage ban upends US recycling – is it time to reconsider incineration? NO!
This article pushes incineration as the solution to China’s decision not to accept recyclables. It suggests incineration is the answer, a really bad idea. It glosses over the problems caused by incinerators, namely really bad toxic emissions like dioxins, called the most hazardous pollutant ever made, and CO2. It […]
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Norway Has A Radical Approach To Plastic Pollution, And It’s Working
This article discusses Norway’s approach to plastic pollution, one that works. So why isn’t the U.S. following suit?
Because industry has our government officials by the throat.
While other industrialized nations grapple with dangerously problematic plastic consumption, Norway stands out, recycling up to 97 percent of its plastic bottles […]
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Study: Plastics Emit Greenhouse Gases as They Degrade
This article discusses how plastics are another source of global-warming GHGs.
Need another reason to ditch straws? A study published yesterday (August 1) in PLOS ONE reports that plastics—ranging from construction materials to plastic bags—release the greenhouse gases methane and ethylene after being exposed to sunlight and beginning […]
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As Industry Pushes Billion-Dollar Fracked Petrochemical Projects, State Regulators Struggle To Keep Up
This article discusses how the fossil fuel industry is investing in petrochemical plants.
Fueled by fracking in the region, petrochemical and plastics projects in the Ohio River Valley are attracting tens of billions of dollars in investment, but as plans for this build-out hit the drawing boards, signs already are emerging that […]
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Marine plastic: Hundreds of fragments in dead seabirds
This article discusses the impact that plastic is having on marine life. That impacts our food.
New footage of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on wildlife has been captured by a BBC team.
Seabirds are starving to death on the remote Lord Howe Island, a crew filming for the […]
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A sperm whale washed up on the shore of Spain with 64 lbs of plastic and waste in its stomach
This article discusses a dead sperm whale washing ashore in Spain, with plastic in its stomach.
Scientists wanted to know why a young male sperm whale washed up dead on a beach in southeastern Spain in February, so they performed a whale autopsy. When they cut open the cetacean’s stomach, […]
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