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Polar Bears Are Now Facing Another Threat to Their Survival
According to a new study polar bears are facing another significant threat to their survival — toxic pollutants.
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Can California Finally Ditch Single-Use Plastic Bags?
Proposition 67, facing fierce industry opposition, puts the issue before voters.
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Dahr Jamail | Not a Fish Tale: Humans Are Ingesting Plastic Thanks to Ocean Pollution
By 2050, the earth's oceans will have more plastic than fish by weight, according to the World Economic Forum.
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Barring Plastic Bag Bans, Another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy
Preventing local governments from regulating plastic bags is part of a national strategy.
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More Plastic Than Fish in Oceans by 2050 Helps Drive Calls for Reduced Plastic Use
Advocates against single-use plastics say cleaning up the world's oceans will take individual efforts and policy change.
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Big Water vs. the National Parks: The Fight Against Bottled Water Goes Federal
Major corporations are fighting the National Park Service's efforts to ban the sale of bottled water in national parks.
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Seabirds Are Eating Plastic Litter in Our Oceans – but Not Only Where You’d Expect
Our study found that nearly 60% of all seabird species studied so far have had plastic in their gut.
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Anthropology Apology
If you do not recycle your plastic, it can sit in landfills for a couple hundred years!
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Iron Green Chef
Grab your appetite and watch the show!
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Additives to Make Plastic Biodegradable Don’t Cut It
“The additives we tested were not effective.”