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… of what's new in other climate news: … The BBC reports that a container ship carrying tiny plastic pellets, nitric acid and other chemicals burned and sank just off the coast of Sri Lanka, …

… They predict a work of art by Niccolo Casas that highlights the need to repurpose plastic will steal the show. His sculpture left me cold, but the article's discussion of values …

… shows that 20 companies, led by ExxonMobil and Dow, produce 55% of the world's single-use plastic waste , and Australia leads the world in per-capita generation of that waste, writes …

… creation in nature. In the Philippines, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart have established plastic banks where people can exchange change discarded plastic items for food. The collected plastics, which can take thousands of years to decompose, are then turned into "eco-bricks" that …

… Spotify and Bluetooth technology were all the rage. In those days, music emanated from my plastic record player at the touch of needle to groove. For the most part, tracks were played in …

… seven sets of sustainability benchmarks. Among them: achieving carbon neutrality, reducing plastic use and meat consumption, incorporating ecological themes into liturgies and education, …

… sleep at the parish, but the family decided to stay in their home and cover their windows with plastic until they can be repaired. Children are developing behavioral problems, Romanelli said. …

… talking and the older man, who used a walking frame, acknowledged he was concerned about plastic pollution in the nearby Chesapeake Bay. "He didn't understand CO2 because he couldn't see it himself, but he understood how plastic pollution was a major impact on the climate crisis," Foster said. "He actually joined me, …

… change, and release of novel chemicals (including heavy metals, radioactive materials, plastics, and more). Together, the stability of these nine processes is essential to maintaining … novel entities refers to harmful chemicals, materials, and other new substances (such as plastics), as well as naturally-occurring substances such as heavy metals and radioactive …

… One challenged students to count how many days they can go without purchasing a single-use plastic item. Another offers steps toward simplifying one's life. And a third focuses on reducing …

… Lent, turned down the thermostat a couple of degrees, or made a conscious effort to use less plastic. As the liturgical season draws to a close, you may wonder how to make that habit … with that country's environmental problems. "The smells, the sheer chaos of Indian cities, the plastic mountains everywhere in the streets, the rivers and the lakes that are bright green" …