Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz bring A5322b up for a vote! New York wants this bill passed!!! Judith Enck Beyond Plastics #EarthDay2024

Join our Health Policy Director, Megan Wolff for a free talk about microplastics, toxic chemicals, and your body at SUNY Purchase on April 17 at 5:30 PM
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🚨 #PENNSLYVANIA 🚨 After her town of #EastPalestine was devastated by #vinylchloride , Jessica Conard set out to protect others from toxic plastic pollution. Join us at Bucknell University to learn the truth about toxic plastic plants and how to protect your own town.

.Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is blocking a major plastic pollution reduction bill in Albany by keeping it from coming up for a vote in the Codes Comm he chairs. A truly awful way to celebrate  #EarthDay ... Bring A5322B up for a vote now! @RiverdalePress Green Bronx Machine BronxNetTV
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On March 26, The Santa Fe County Commissioners voted to enact an ordinance banning plastic grocery bags, restaurant styrofoam take-out containers and 'Skip the Stuff.' This is all due to the extraordinary efforts made from Beyond Plastics Santa Fe and the parent group Eldorado…

The results of Great Lakes annual trash cleanups are in, and we're personally not surprised: Roughly 86% of the pollution collected is either partially or fully plastic. We need policy change now. Excellent new report by Alliance for the Great Lakes.
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The global Earth Day theme for 2024 is #planetvsplastics and orgs in #Pennsylvania and #Ohio are joining forces to urge the EPA to #BanVinylChloride by hosting screenings of Blue Vinyl: The World’s First Toxic Comedy (2002) followed by panel discussions. Special thanks to…

Congratulations to LessPlasticPlease on working with community members to prevent new synthetic turf installations in East Columbia Park in Howard County, MD. 🥳 After community input, Howard County Parks and Recreation decided that natural turf was the best choice for 2 new…

'Before you come back here with another lame ass offer, I want you to think real hard about what your spine is worth, Mr. Walker. Or what you might expect someone to pay you for your uterus, Ms. Sanchez...'

The money never makes them whole.
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Thanks Judith Enck for highlighting our report 'The Fraud of Plastic Recycling' at #SEJ24 .

Big Oil and the plastics industry have lied about plastic recycling for decades, and the time for accountability is now.

Read our findings climateintegrity.org/plastics-fraud

Chemical recycling is a marketing tool for Big Plastics to make more money… not a solution to plastic waste.

Always smells like chemicals when it rains.

No, the clean up is not done in #eastpalestine and yes the creeks ARE still contaminated and wildlife is still dying. U.S. EPA should declare a public health emergency and fund organized health care efforts. 1881A

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Minnesotans, we need your help. Pls email your state Senator now to ask them to reject a dramatically weakened bill that would lock in MN's reliance on single-use plastics. actionnetwork.org/letters/mn-sen… Foung Hawj

Accidental releases of toxic vinyl chloride have occurred in the US once every five days, on average, according to a new report released by Beyond Plastics and Earthjustice.

Dana Drugmand unpacks the alarming report, revealing its implications. ⬇️
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'we don't have to be impartial about everything as journalists, especially not about lying,' says Emily Atkin, of the indispensable climate newsletter HEATED, at our closing #SEJ2024 plenary on the future of our field.

Honored to meet the heroic climate expert Michael Mann at ⁦Penn⁩ today. ⁦Beyond Plastics⁩ ⁦Inside Climate News⁩

Chemical recycling is yet another PR stunt, like traditional plastics recycling has been for half a century, to convince the public and lawmakers that we don’t need to reduce plastic production and use. Reduction is the only way we’ll curb plastic pollution. Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) #SEJ2024