The report proposes a systems change to address the causes of plastic pollution, combining reducing problematic and unnecessary plastic use with a market transformation towards circularity in plastics. This can be achieved by accelerating three key shifts – reuse, recycle, and reorient and diversify – and actions to deal with the legacy of plastic pollution. Reuse refers to the transformation of the ‘throwaway … Continue reading Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy | UNEP – UN Environment Programme
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East Palestine Part 1: The Causes
Please excuse the length of this post. But once I went down the rabbit hole, I couldn’t get out. To make it seem shorter, I’ve divided it into two …East Palestine Part 1: The Causes
East Palestine’s Record of Devastating Train Derailments
From the March 2, 1970, edition of the Salem News, via Newspapers.com Tyler Buchanan, author of Axios Columbus Long before the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment exposed East Palestine to hazardous chemicals, residents suffered from a series of devastating rail car derailments that destroyed businesses, ruined local infrastructure and often left the city stuck paying … Continue reading East Palestine’s Record of Devastating Train Derailments
The East Palestine Disconnect
So Donald Trump visited East Palestine, Ohio, yesterday. Visiting the scene of the crime is what immediately came to mind when I saw him arrive in “…The East Palestine Disconnect
Chemical Health Risks from the Ohio Train Accident–What We Know So Far – Scientific American
About two weeks after a train carrying toxic and combustible materials derailed just outside a small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and filled the skies with black smoke, questions abound over the health and environmental impacts of the disaster. The February 3 derailment of the train, operated by Norfolk Southern, near East Palestine, Ohio, sparked … Continue reading Chemical Health Risks from the Ohio Train Accident–What We Know So Far – Scientific American
Coca-Cola’s attached bottle cap is rock bottom of hokey greenwashing – TechCrunch
I don’t cover post-IPO companies a lot, and Coca-Cola is def on the list of ones I can generally ignore. But when the company sends out a hand-wringing press release about how awesome they are for launching a bottle cap where the cap stays attached to the bottle “for environmental reasons,” I’m sorry, my blood … Continue reading Coca-Cola’s attached bottle cap is rock bottom of hokey greenwashing – TechCrunch
The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S. | ProPublica
The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S. | ProPublica — Read on projects.propublica.org/toxmap/
Environmental, Health and Safety News: Guide to Marine Plastic Pollution – EarthDay addition
Environmental, Health and Safety News: Guide to Marine Plastic Pollution - EarthDay addition — Read on ehsmanager.blogspot.com/2022/04/guide-to-marine-plastic-pollution.html
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