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Lawmakers Urge Biden to Block Massive Petrochemical Complex in Cancer Alley

Environmental justice campaigners across the country have spoken out against the proposed Formosa Plastics Complex in Louisiana. (Photo: Louisiana Bucket Brigade/Twitter)

EU Ramps Up Fight Against Pollution With Ban on Plastic Waste Exports to Poorer Countries

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A volunteer removes plastic bottles and other trash polluting Ruaka River in Nairobi, Kenya. An increasing production of single-use plastics for beverage and other uses has become a nightmare in solid waste management in the country. (Photo: James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"This is an important milestone in fighting plastic pollution, transitioning shifting to a circular economy, and achieving the aims of the European Green Deal."

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Over 550 Groups Urge Biden to Become #PlasticFreePresident With Eight Executive Actions to Address Pollution Crisis

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Plastic waste fills a beach on April 18, 2018 in Manila, Philippines. (Photo: Jes Aznar/Getty Images)

"Implementing this historic plan would protect vulnerable frontline communities...

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More Than Two-Thirds of UN Members Embrace Global Plastic Pollution Treaty—But Not the US

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Support for a global treaty on plastic pollution is a critical action that the...

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'Delay, Distract, and Derail': New Report Reveals How Plastic Polluters Have Avoided Regulation Worldwide for Decades

Liability Roadmap

Global Coalition Issues Liability 'Roadmap' to Make Big Corporate Polluters Pay for Planetary Harm

Volunteers remove plastic bottles and other trash polluting Ruaka River on August 25, 2020. Increasing production of single-use plastics for beverage and other uses has become a nightmare in solid waste management in Kenya. (Photo: James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"Is There No End to Big Oil's Evil?" Campaigners Condemn Industry Plan to Pour US Plastics Into Africa

Underneath the floating debris in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo: NOAA – Marine Debris Program)

Activists Demand Bolder Efforts to Address Pollution After Scientists Find Microplastics in Human Organs

In response to the Thursday arrest of two local activists as "part of a coordinated attack on those who defend democracy and challenge the petrochemical industry," environmentalists in Louisiana have launched the Defend Democracy Alliance.

'Outrageous and Chilling': Police Condemned for Charging Peaceful Environmentalists With 'Terrorizing' in Louisiana

plastic food packaging

Greenpeace Finds Labels on Plastic Products 'Mislead the Public and Harm America's Recycling Systems'

Formosa plant protesters

Groups Challenge Louisiana Permits for Formosa Plastics' Giant Petrochemical Complex in Cancer Alley

$fracking infrastructure$

Climate Watchdog Warns US Fracking Boom Leading to 30% Rise in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2025

Sharon Lavigne, founder and president of the faith-based community group RISE St. James

Louisiana Officials Urged to Rescind Permission for Petrochemical Plant Over Cancer Dangers and Discovery of Burial Grounds for Enslaved People

Break Free From Plastic Movement Blasts Big Polluters on Industry-Backed 'America Recycles Day'

Greenpeace Report Offers Vision of 'Smart Supermarkets' and a Future Free of Single-Use Plastics

In urine samples, residues of various plastic ingredients were found in 97 to 100 percent of the children examined.

German Study: Alarming Levels of Dangerous Plastics in Children's Bodies

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American Sustainable Business Council

Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rep. Alan Lowenthal Join Environmental Advocates to Discuss the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act

Environment America

130+ Groups Send Letter to Whole Foods Market Calling on Company to Put "Planet Over Plastic"

As You Sow

Shareholders Flag Risks of Over-Reliance on Plastics and Petrochemicals

American Sustainable Business Council

Presidential Plastics Action Plan Urges Incoming President to Stop New Plastic Production, Regulate Petrochemical Industry, Reduce Plastic Pollution

Oceana

Oceana Finds Plastic Entangling, Choking 1,800 Marine Animals in U.S. Waters

Environment America

New Jersey Governor Signs Strongest Ban on Single-Use Plastics in Nation, Promotes Reusable Bags

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Matt Littlejohn

Amazon Must Stop Flooding Our Oceans With Plastic Waste

Robert C. Koehler

Life in Cancer Alley

David Suzuki, Ian Hanington

We Are Living in a Plastic World

Robert C. Koehler

Is There Life Beyond Plastic?

Sonali Kolhatkar

Plastic Is Just as Destructive to the Climate as Oil and Gas