Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:04:08 +0000
In an echo of the World War II documentary series “Why We Fight,” Disney aims its storytelling firepower on the climate crisis.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:25:18 +0000
After decades of foot-dragging by petrochemical stakeholders, solutions to the ocean plastic pollution crisis are beginning to emerge.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:56:35 +0000
Polymer Scientist Applies Scientific Method To Solve Greatest Environmental Challenges While Making Lives Better Kat Knauer enjoyed science classes as a young girl but her understanding that science could be used as an instrument for good was solidified when a beloved family member grew ill. Her childhood dog, Penny, was … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:53:29 +0000
Solar power is sending robots off to duty on harbor clean-up and other environmental chores.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:11:53 +0000
Underwater explorers encounter ghost gear and other ocean plastic pollution, but solutions are coming.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 18:35:37 +0000
It’s always a good time to talk about the ocean plastic problem, especially when the biggest-ever Sharkfest series is unspooling on Disney+ and National Geographic channels this week.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 15:50:22 +0000
Are we kidding ourselves when we think that recycling is enough of a solution to the global plastics pollution problem?
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 23:51:37 +0000
With mountains of plastic waste piling up in landfills and scientists estimating that there will be more plastics by weight than fish in the ocean by 2050, the growing environmental challenge presented to the world by plastics is well understood. What is less well understood by the scientific community is the lost energy opportunity. In […]
Credit to Author: Jamie Leventhal| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:46:49 GMT
About 10 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into our oceans every year—the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic every minute. A new UN treaty is trying to fight that.
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:50:16 +0000
Plastic bag bans are the subject of discussion in state and local governments across America as people struggle with how to respond to the scourge of plastic waste.