A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the Netherlands and one in Germany has created a list of the 1000 rivers around the globe that are pouring the most plastics into the world’s oceans. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their study of the factors that introduce […]
Microplastics
The Story Of Plastic by The Story Of Stuff Project (Animation) (4:15)
The Story Of Plastic by The Story Of Stuff Project (Animation) (4:15) The Story Of Plastic by The Story Of Stuff Project (Animation) (4:15) (To view full screen, also with many links, click the link below.) https://www.bitchute.com/video/kGSPnIHsFvBi
Confronting Plastic Pollution To Protect Environmental And Public Health by Public Library of Science
Some 8,300 million metric tons of plastics have been manufactured since production exploded in the 1950s, with more than 75 percent ending up as waste and 15 million metric tons reaching oceans every year. Plastic waste fragments into increasingly smaller but environmentally persistent “microplastics,” with potentially harmful effects on the health of people, wildlife and […]
Economic Benefits Of Protecting Nature Now Outweigh Those Of Exploiting It, Global Data Reveal by University of Cambridge
The economic benefits of conserving or restoring natural sites “outweigh” the profit potential of converting them for intensive human use, according to the largest-ever study comparing the value of protecting nature at particular locations with that of exploiting it. The findings, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, come just weeks after a landmark report by […]
Big Oil’s New Plan: Flood The World With Plastics by Megan Redshaw, J.D.
Faced with diminishing demand for fossil fuels, the struggling oil and gas industry is investing billions of dollars in new plants designed to produce millions more tons of plastics — and millions more tons of pollution. As oil companies’ profits sink amid decreasing demand for their product, oil and gas giants are setting their sights […]
The United States’ Contribution Of Plastic Waste To Land And Ocean
Plastic waste affects environmental quality and ecosystem health. In 2010, an estimated 5 to 13 million metric tons (Mt) of plastic waste entered the ocean from both developing countries with insufficient solid waste infrastructure and high-income countries with very high waste generation. We demonstrate that, in 2016, the United States generated the largest amount of […]
Capitalism Is Double-Billing Us by Jonathan Cook (Text and Video)
[One of the most important articles I have ever read.] We Pay From Our Wallets Only For Our Future To Be Stolen From UsHere is a word that risks deterring you from reading on much further, even though it may hold the key to understanding why we are in such a terrible political, economic and […]
Oneness Versus The 1% (Text and Video) by Dr. Joseph Mercola and Vandana Shiva, Ph.D.
In “Oneness vs. the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom,” Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., argues that the ultra-wealthy elite are responsible for a majority of the environmental, financial and health crises currently facing us. https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/10/18/vandana-shiva-oneness-versus-the-1.aspx
More Than 14 Million Tonnes Of Plastic Believed To Be At The Bottom Of The Ocean by Graham Readfearn
Thirty times more plastic on ocean floor than surface, analysis suggests, but more trapped on land than sea. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/06/more-than-14m-tonnes-of-plastic-believed-to-be-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean
Scientists Create Super-Enzyme That Digests Plastic At Top Speed by Lucy Jones
Scientists have created a new super-enzyme that might offer a solution to our plastic pollution problem. Researchers from the UK’s University of Portsmouth have created a new plastic-eating enzyme that can consume plastic bottles within a matter of days. https://planetark.org/newsroom/news/scientists-create-super-enzyme-that-digests-plastic-at-top-speed
Germany Says No To Unnecessary Plastic Waste by Liam Taylor
Europe’s biggest economy and third largest population has just made a significant stride in reducing plastic waste by banning various single-use plastics and styrofoam. https://planetark.org/news/display/5018