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… Odalis Garcia Gorra … When I was 8, I owned a Barbie cookbook. Inside the plastic fuchsia pink pages were careful instructions on how to make anything from brownies to …

… countries shift to renewable energy sources, fossil fuel companies have found a new market in plastics manufacturing, which could outpace coal-fired power plants as a source of greenhouse gas …

… on climate change, reports Emma Farge for Reuters. The United States is one of the biggest plastic manufacturers, and also one of the biggest plastic polluters, but it trails much of the world in legislation to rein in that contamination, …

… living near the factories. Rise St. James is leading opposition to an effort by the Formosa Plastic Group to build what would be one of the world's largest petrochemical complexes, … us the sacrifice zone to save the whole state," she said. "Don't use us to save the state." Of plastic pollution, she said: We need to go back to the way we were in some aspects. I know they'd …

… to the late artist Christo, the Arc de Triomphe is now wrapped in 270,000 square feet of plastic! Christo had dreamed of the project for years. I hope someone will take up his art form. …

… more ocean acidification, more water pollution and an ocean in which there may be more plastic than fish by 2050. Here are five public policy areas that can be developed to facilitate … destructive industries that should be scaled down include armaments, private jets, single-use plastics, SUVs, building "McMansions" (house sizes in U.S. have  doubled  since 1970s) and …

…  as " Cancer Alley,"  due to the pollution from the large number of oil refineries, plastic manufacturing sites and other fossil fuel infrastructure clustered in the southern … of RISE St. James, who have been opposing new petrochemical plants like the  proposed Formosa plastics plant  from being built in their already burdened region, were also damaged in Ida, … reason Formosa must not be built," Lavigne said, referring to a proposed multi-billion-dollar plastics plant that she has organized against via RISE St. James. That plant, if built, would …

… of the environment," including in the ways people eat, travel and use water, energy and plastics, the pope said. Francis urged people to make "courageous choices" toward more …

… became soggy, muddy messes. People were so desperate to get warm that they would burn plastic or old rubber tires. People were so in need of heavy blankets. Sometimes a newborn would …

… drying. Vogt also contributed a Small Earth Story last year, writing about reducing her use of plastics . … Here's what else is new on EarthBeat: … In the face of the dual crises of COVID-19 … Corps of Engineers will conduct a more thorough environmental impact study of a controversial plastics factory slated for St. James Parish, Louisiana, focusing particularly on environmental …