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LESS THAN 10% OF ALL PLASTIC TRASH EVER PRODUCED HAS BEEN RECYCLED. IS THIS THE BREAKTHROUGH WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR?
Ensia discusses how little plastic is recycled. But there may be a breakthrough. A process known as chemical recycling offers a promising way to turn used products into new ones with a minimum of waste.
Plastic. It’s not hard to see how anyone who is appalled at the despoliation of […]
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Yale Climate Connections, May 22,2020
This week’s articles include:
No silver lining: The COVID-19 pandemic won’t slow climate change
MOSAiC researchers adapt to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic and extreme Arctic conditions
Farmer creates a nature-based crop-planting calendar
Nearly 900 Gulf Coast hazardous […]
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Alberta suspends at least 19 monitoring requirements in oilsands, citing coronavirus concerns
The Narwhal discusses how Alberta has suspended at least 19 monitoring requirements in oilsands, citing coronavirus concerns. The Alberta Energy Regulator has told companies they can stop some environmental monitoring programs, from groundwater sampling to keeping track of how many birds land in toxic tailings ponds.
The Alberta Energy […]
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The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.
The New York Times discusses the Trump Administration’s reversal of almost 100 environmental rules. Here’s the list.
After three years in office, the Trump administration has dismantled most of the major climate and environmental policies the president promised to undo.
Calling the rules unnecessary and burdensome to the fossil […]
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Study: Some Plastics Can Poison Children
Ipen.org discusses how some plastics can poison children. Study Finds Toys Made of Black Recycled Plastics Pose Serious Threat to Children’s Health.
A ground-breaking study analyzing the effects of toxic chemicals in plastic children’s toys and consumer products on human cells demonstrates that toys made from some recycled plastics are […]
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Report: How to Eat Less Plastic
Consumer Reports discuss how to eat less plastic. Each of us might ingest up to a credit card’s worth of plastic weekly through food and water. Here, how to minimize exposure.
In fact, the world has produced more than 10 billion tons of the stuff, mostly since the 1950s, and […]
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Older PFAS That EPA Thought Obsolete Still Used, Agency Told
Bloomberg discusses how Older PFAS That EPA Thought Obsolete is Still being Used, Agency Told.
Trade associations and industry attorneys have told the EPA it can’t issue a planned PFAS regulation as proposed, because their members still rely on older versions of the so-called “forever chemicals” that the agency thought were […]
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Study: Is gas really better than coal for the climate?
E&E News discusses whether gas is really better than coal for the climate. (No)
America’s carbon dioxide emissions have fallen consistently over the last 15 years in large part because power companies have swapped coal for natural gas. Now it appears that those CO2 reductions might be smaller than previously […]
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4 articles on the plastic industry
Civil Eats discusses how the pandemic is creating a plastic boom. Efforts to ban single-use plastic have come to a screeching halt, without evidence that plastic is safer than other reusable packaging.
The Intercept discusses how the plastics industry is asking for a $1B coronavirus bailout.
Inside Climate News discusses […]
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‘It’s not like milk, you can’t dump it’: As oil storage runs out in Canada, desperation sets in
Calgary Herald discusses how, as oil storage runs out in Canada, desperation sets in.
The scenario that many oil executives feared is starting to play out: Storage space is filling up and there’s nowhere to put their oil.
“It’s not like milk, you can’t dump it into the fields,” said Elias […]
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