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Plastic is Fossil Fuel
PLASTIC is a material so ubiquitous that we might call our age the Plasticine. This unfortunately durable form of fossil fuel breaks down into #microparticles that infiltrate and poison our water, our soils, and our bodies. Wildlife mistake plastic for food, babies chew on toys laden with chemicals. Some of it gets burned, polluting the air. Only 9% percent of it gets recycled.
Plastic overwhelmingly impacts low income communities around the world. The less we make, the less we use, the better for everyone, especially for fence line communities who suffer from the toxic effects of its production and disposal.
Dianna Cohen, co-founder and CEO of #PlasticPollutionCoalition, shows us how to get plastic out of our lives. From packaging to toothpaste, there are alternatives.
We can make a dent in the problem by refusing single use plastic. We can carry our own bags, cups and containers. We can wash and reuse glass containers and buy plastic-free produce from farmers’ and other markets. We can buy from companies who use #BiodegradablePackaging.
Most importantly, we can support local legislation and the federal Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act. https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/...
https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition...
Other sites to help you break free from plastic:
https://liveseasoned.com/34-alternati...
https://www.theceomagazine.com/busine...
https://environmentalpaper.org/solvin...
Plastic overwhelmingly impacts low income communities around the world. The less we make, the less we use, the better for everyone, especially for fence line communities who suffer from the toxic effects of its production and disposal.
Dianna Cohen, co-founder and CEO of #PlasticPollutionCoalition, shows us how to get plastic out of our lives. From packaging to toothpaste, there are alternatives.
We can make a dent in the problem by refusing single use plastic. We can carry our own bags, cups and containers. We can wash and reuse glass containers and buy plastic-free produce from farmers’ and other markets. We can buy from companies who use #BiodegradablePackaging.
Most importantly, we can support local legislation and the federal Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act. https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/...
https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition...
Other sites to help you break free from plastic:
https://liveseasoned.com/34-alternati...
https://www.theceomagazine.com/busine...
https://environmentalpaper.org/solvin...
Fueling the Climate Crisis -Congressional Testimony - Raya Salter
In a contentious Congressional hearing on big oil, #RayaSalter, climate attorney and host of Facing Future, was attacked by Republican climate deniers. She held her ground. Joined by Drs. Cha and Weber, she laid out the inequality and injustice that lie at the heart of the climate crisis.
Petrochemical companies have made billions in profits while denying the realities of #ClimateChange. #Greenwashing their campaign of denial, they make inadequate pledges to reduce emissions by 2100 which, as Rep. Raskin points out, would take the world to 4 degrees C, well beyond the 1.5 goal, bringing conditions inconsistent with humanity’s survival.
WIth so much at stake, MAGA Republicans, in coordination with big oil and gas companies, continue to block serious action. Let’s vote them out in the next election!
Petrochemical companies have made billions in profits while denying the realities of #ClimateChange. #Greenwashing their campaign of denial, they make inadequate pledges to reduce emissions by 2100 which, as Rep. Raskin points out, would take the world to 4 degrees C, well beyond the 1.5 goal, bringing conditions inconsistent with humanity’s survival.
WIth so much at stake, MAGA Republicans, in coordination with big oil and gas companies, continue to block serious action. Let’s vote them out in the next election!
Petrochemicals - A Triple Threat
The world is awash with oil and gas in the form of plastic. ExxonMobil, Shell, and Saudi Aramco are ramping up output to hedge against the possibility that a serious global response to climate change might reduce demand for their fuels. At the same time, pollution from #petrochemical production is killing frontline communities and plastics fill landfills and oceans.
People are taking action. Several nations are working on plastic and petrochemical treaties. Activists and policymakers are fighting against its production. #Rev.LennoxYearwood powerfully takes the industry to task, and along with Christine Keith and Niven Reddy tells us what can be done to stop the hybrid threat of plastics and petrochemicals.
#AYYoung was chosen as a UN Young leader for SDGs, developing “Project 17”, a music album based on United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals. He is also a board member of
https://regeneration.org/
https://regeneration.org/about/ay-young
People are taking action. Several nations are working on plastic and petrochemical treaties. Activists and policymakers are fighting against its production. #Rev.LennoxYearwood powerfully takes the industry to task, and along with Christine Keith and Niven Reddy tells us what can be done to stop the hybrid threat of plastics and petrochemicals.
#AYYoung was chosen as a UN Young leader for SDGs, developing “Project 17”, a music album based on United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals. He is also a board member of
https://regeneration.org/
https://regeneration.org/about/ay-young
The Global Plastic Treaty
#Plastic poses serious health risks, from its production, which poisons frontline communities, to its breakdown into ubiquitous microplastics that persist in the environment, infiltrating air, soil, water and our bodies. Since 1950, over 9 billion tonnes of these petrochemical products have been produced. With over 150 million tons of plastic debris in the oceans, its weight will soon be greater than all the fish in the sea if we don’t act to stop it.
John Hocevar from #Greenpeace will soon attend the negotiations in Ottawa for a binding Global Plastic Treaty. You can join the campaign by signing the letter to President Biden urging him to champion a strong treaty at
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/
John Hocevar from #Greenpeace will soon attend the negotiations in Ottawa for a binding Global Plastic Treaty. You can join the campaign by signing the letter to President Biden urging him to champion a strong treaty at
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/
Plastic
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