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America’s Arctic hosts over 42 million acres of ecologically significant public land. Listen to how oil and gas development can irreparably harm it in the latest episode of What the Earth: https://on.nrdc.org/4xjOkMf
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Most “chemical recycling” facilities use a form of incineration to turn plastic waste into highly toxic fuels. And when we say toxic, we mean it: One type of fuel was calculated to have a 1-in-4 cancer risk for people who are regularly exposed to it.
Yet more than a third of all U.S. states have at least one proposed or currently operating “chemical recycling” facility using either incineration or related processes—often in low-income communities or communities of color.
Despite the name, this isn’t recycling at all. This process emits toxic air pollution and greenhouse gases and generates large volumes of hazardous waste.
Our director of federal affairs, Katie Hobbs, talks about the risks of opening up the Arctic for oil and gas development in the latest episode of What the Earth: https://on.nrdc.org/4xjOkMf
Burning plastic and calling it “chemical recycling” is a false solution to the plastics problem. We need to reduce the use and production of plastic and switch to nontoxic, reusable, and sustainable alternatives.
Don’t be fooled by this greenwashed solution to our plastics crisis. 👇🧵
The Trump administration is promoting Biden-era investments in lead pipe removal and PFAS cleanup as their own, even though they’ve proposed funding cuts and Republican lawmakers have already redirected some of the money, leaving fewer resources to protect families’ drinking water.
The Gulf of Mexico is home to the critically endangered Rice’s whale—fewer than 100 remain—but President Trump’s “God Squad” exempted Gulf oil and gas activities from the Endangered Species Act, bringing even more noise and putting the species at greater risk.
The plastics industry is polluting our waters with tiny plastic pellets—made from planet-warming fossil fuels—that are linked to digestive, reproductive, and respiratory harm, leaving communities to bear the costs while corporate polluters avoid accountability.
