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… 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" …

… accounting. Joe Lo reports for Climate Home News. Despite some countries' efforts to reduce plastic waste, byproducts from fracking in the U.S. are fueling a boom in plastics manufacturing domestically and abroad, writes Beth Gardiner at National Geographic. And …

… to communicate, said Antonio Di Natale, secretary general of Genoa's Aquarium Foundation. Plastics and microplastics are another problem, he said; not only are they potentially very … pollutants, which are toxic, and end up throughout the food chain. Rivers carry most of the plastics that end up in the ocean, he said, so efforts must be stepped up to keep rivers clean …

… Fr. Emmet Farrell … See … : … Studies project that by 2050, there could be more plastic in our oceans than fish . Researchers estimate that on average, 8 million metric tons of plastic trash enter the ocean every year, an amount that keeps increasing. This pollution is … torrent of oil and gas from the U.S. fracking boom — the fossil fuel industry is looking to plastics as a lifeline," writes Antonia Juhasz in Sierra Magazine. "Today, 14 percent of oil and …

… Global Health. The authors recommended ending the burning of coal and eliminating single-use plastics, which contribute to the more than 10 million tons of plastic waste that end up in oceans each year. "It's a big problem. It's a growing problem. It's … 70% of Earth's surface." It points out a myriad of threats to marine life, such as increasing plastic pollution, pollution from ships and underwater mining and drilling, and water …

… in studying and working on climate change in your parish or community. Refuse to use plastic water bottles and have your own reusable mug. …

… Alley," where Catholic activist Sharon Lavigne is leading a fight to stop construction of a plastics factory , have higher rates of lung diseases, which have made residents more vulnerable …

… slice before covering it with another. Once made, I would slip the sandwiches back into the plastic sleeve in which the bread had come. When we reached 120 sandwiches, my brother would …

… Climate Now consortium. The recycling industry has tanked, and as landfills become choked with plastics, New York state legislators are drafting bold legislation that would make manufacturers …

… boxes of candles out of storage, sold rosaries and prayer cards and "tossed dollar bills into plastic yellow boxes and watched as people lit candles and kneeled before the statue of Our Lady …

… Jan. 6 events. Already arrested and charged are the man who brought a host of "zip ties," or plastic handcuffs, with him into the Capitol; the man who dressed in a Teutonic-style horn …