Policy Brief + RecommendationsBuildings’ Hidden Plastic Problem
Climate ChangeHow Big Oil is using toxic chemicals as a lifeline – and how we can stop it
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Earthjustice lays out the pillars of the argument against the oil and gas industry’s push for a petrochemical boom, which threatens to lock in more climate pollution and toxic chemicals in already overburdened low-income and minority communities.
HealthPlanetary Health Alliance
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The Planetary Health Alliance is a global consortium of over 400 organizations from 60+ countries dedicated to studying and addressing the effects of global environmental change on human health.
HealthChildren’s Environnental Health Network
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For over three decades, CEHN has been a leading advocate for evidence-based child-protective policy, preventive research, and education on children’s environmental health, collaborating with diverse stakeholders to promote a healthier future for children.
PollutionProject TENDR: Targeting Environmental Neuro-Development Risks
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Project TENDR is an alliance of scientists, health professionals, and advocates dedicated to protecting children from toxic chemicals and pollutants that harm brain development, focusing on ending disproportionate impacts on low-income and minority families.
PollutionGlobal Framework on Chemicals: For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste
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The new Global Framework on Chemicals envisions a planet free of harm from chemicals and waste, covering the life cycle of chemicals, promoting initiatives for their sound management, and involving stakeholders from various sectors and levels to ensure a safe, healthy, and sustainable future.
PollutionToxic Free Future
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Toxic-Free Future is a leading advocate for environmental health, leveraging science, education, and activism to promote strong laws and corporate responsibility that safeguard the health of individuals and the planet.
Climate ChangeMultisolving for Climate, Chemicals & Health
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This podcast conversation explores the intersection of climate change and chemical pollution.
Highlighting opportunities to address both crises simultaneously while improving public health, equity, and economic vitality, featuring experts Dr. Elizabeth Sawin and Beverley Thorpe.
EquityLifetime Cost of Plastic 10 Times Higher for Low-Income Countries Than Rich Ones
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A new report reveals that low-income countries, despite using less plastic, face lifetime plastic costs that are ten times higher than those of wealthier nations.
This disparity highlights the structural inequities within the plastics value chain, where the burdens of plastic pollution fall disproportionately on those least equipped to address them, exacerbating the crisis. WWF urges all governments to adopt a treaty with harmonized, binding global rules to eliminate these inequities in our current take, make, and waste plastics system. Such a treaty is essential to ensure a fair and effective global response to plastic pollution.
PollutionChasing Off a Polluting “Chemical Recycling” Plant in PA
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This spring, Save Our Susquehanna (SOS), a grassroots group in central Pennsylvania, successfully halted Houston-based Encina’s proposed “chemical recycling” plant, one of the largest proposals in the nation.
On April 18, after two years of local opposition, Encina announced it would not proceed with the plant in Point Township, Pennsylvania. This decision marks a significant victory for Pennsylvanians, achieved through the determined efforts of SOS and support from The Climate Reality Project, Clean Air Council, GAIA, and Beyond Plastics. Read on to learn how local advocates united to defeat Encina’s proposal.
Climate ChangeA warming planet is creating a booming, and dangerous, disaster-restoration industry
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In this article, journalists investigate the American Chemistry Council’s promotion of chemical recycling, contrasting it with environmentalists’ concerns and highlighting issues found at Braven Environmental’s facility, suggesting that chemical recycling may not be as environmentally friendly or commercially viable as claimed.