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All that plastic in the ocean is a climate change problem, too

Grist

When you think of plastic pollution, you might imagine ocean “ garbage patches ” swirling with tens of millions of plastic bottles and shopping bags. Microplastics — tiny plastic fragments that are less than 5 millimeters in diameter, a little less than one-third the size of a dime — have become ubiquitous in the environment.

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One researcher’s quest to quantify the environmental cost of abandoned oil wells

Grist

Amy Townsend-Small has been chasing methane her entire professional life. When fracking took off around 2010, Townsend-Small shifted her focus to a new and growing problem: methane leaks from oil and gas activity. Natural gas, which is primarily composed of methane, was pitched as a fuel that could transition the U.S.

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Aluminum cans vs plastic bottles: which is best for the environment?

AGreenLiving

We’ve all been guilty of buying an unsustainable beverage every once in a while, but when faced with the perplexing conundrum of whether to grab that plastic bottle or aluminum can, which do you believe to be more environmentally-friendly ? By the 1960s, the first occurrence of plastic pollution in the oceans was recorded.

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Sempra LNG Lobbyists Ghost Wrote Louisiana Officials’ Letters Supporting Gas Storage Project

DeSmogBlog

natural gas, which is primarily composed of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The oil and gas industry searched for a market for the fossil fuel, using it as a main ingredient in synthetic fertilizers , amping up plastic production , and, beginning in 2016 , exporting it overseas.

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Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees

Unsustainable

In an undated article by the Department of Health (New York State), it was stated that “Methane and Carbon Dioxide make up 90 to 98% of landfill gas. Her first 2 articles are on The Ethics Of Using Cotton and Do You Know What Happens Every Time You Use A Plastic Water Bottle?

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

Taylor, a retired general contractor, was driven to form the community group in 2016 after learning that the U.S. Every stage of natural gas production and distribution releases methane pollution, a powerful greenhouse gas. Because of those methane leaks, consuming more natural gas spurs ever-faster and more dramatic climate changes.

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'Reality check': McKinsey highlights true scale of the net zero challenge

Business Green

The first assumes rapid decarbonisation of all sectors and would see all major sectors, covering agriculture, industry, transport, buildings, avoided deforestation, and power, abate at least 30 per cent of their 2016-level carbon dioxide emissions by the end of the decade. As such, the report highlights how any 1.5C