article thumbnail

How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

DeSmogBlog

This reporting was made possible in part due to a media briefing sponsored by Beyond Plastics, Inclusive Louisiana, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and The Descendants Project, which included local meals in Louisiana. Credit: Anne Rolfes Close-up of Norco town sign, showing an industrial facility next to homes. Jamaica Hawkins.

article thumbnail

The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster illustrates this point. To address this, a TerraChoice report titled The Sins of Greenwashing: Home and Family Edition identified seven sins of corporate greenwash. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. Green Seal.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Upgrading a waste plastic processing facility in Haiti during a pandemic: A case study from HP

Envirotec Magazine

Global IT firm HP discusses an ongoing project to collect and process waste plastic in Haiti, for reuse in products such as ink cartridges. Due to Haiti’s Caribbean location, the island is susceptible to tropical storms, not to mention the devastating 2010 earthquake. Collecting this single-use plastic is an obvious necessity.

Plastics 130
article thumbnail

How a town tethered to coral learned to save its reef — and itself

Grist

The four are moving quickly to examine the tiny invertebrates, keeping them in plastic bins filled with ocean water to ease their stress. Now, it serves a dual purpose, carrying scientists and volunteers on weekends and in off-hours to monitor the coral they’re working to save. A second followed in 2010. degrees Celsius.

article thumbnail

The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster illustrates this point. To address this, a TerraChoice report titled The Sins of Greenwashing: Home and Family Edition identified seven sins of corporate greenwash. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. Green Seal.

article thumbnail

Net Zero Creatives: Is it possible to create a net zero culture?

Business Green

Launching his latest nature documentary series, which featured a musical collaboration from singer Sia and composer Hans Zimmer, Attenborough praised the festival for reducing its plastic use to wild applause. They ended the hiatus earlier this year after striking a deal with BMW to move themselves and their equipment using electric vehicles.

article thumbnail

A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Benzene is a colorless, sweet-smelling chemical found in crude oil and products including gasoline, solvents, plastics, paints, adhesives and detergents. The EPA’s National Air Toxics Assessment tool is based on weaker monitoring data from a few years back. Children return home from school in Channelview, Texas.