By 2030, emissions from global plastic production and incineration could reach 1.34 gigatons annually, the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide released by 295 coal plants each year.
Posted on First part by Megan Redshaw, J.D. shared with thanks
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 on a new market — they’re pouring billions of dollars into new plants designed to produce plastic from chemicals sourced from fossil fuels.
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You do choose the most interesting blogs and articles to re-blog. Thanks for your efforts.
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My pleasure, Katherine. In my view, they should be reporting on this stuff on the 6 o’clock news – but don’t obviously.
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I don’t have a television, for just that reason. Whenever I watch a television, it’s the same-old-same-old blah-blah Agenda and advertising. That’s why I appreciate blogs like yours that present a broader range of topics and a different perspective on them.
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I don’t have TV, either, Katherine.
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