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LEGO Bricks Can Survive in Oceans for 1,300 Years, Study Shows

LEGO Bricks Can Survive in Oceans for 1,300 Years, Study Shows

The Danish building block toy LEGO has sprouted an empire of amusement park like stores, movies, and reality TV competitions premised on building complicated characters, vehicles and settings from inter-locking pieces of plastic. Unfortunately, all that plastic will be with us for a long, long time, according to a new study published in the journal […]

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    Nestlé to Invest $2 Billion for Recycled Plastic Packaging

    Nestlé to Invest $2 Billion for Recycled Plastic Packaging

    Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, said it will invest up to $2 billion to address the plastic waste crisis that it is largely responsible for. The Swiss-based food giant said in a statement yesterday that it will invest in technology to source more recycled plastic for packaging its products and it will reduce its […]

    Youtube Still Promotes Climate Disinformation, Report Finds

    Youtube Still Promotes Climate Disinformation, Report Finds

    By Dana Drugmand You don’t have to look far to find misinformation about climate science continuing to spread online through prominent social media channels like YouTube. That’s despite the overwhelming scientific consensus that humans are driving the climate crisis. A new report by the global activist NGO Avaaz reveals that, despite YouTube’s pledge to combat […]

    Cancun Businesses Take Out Insurance Policy on a Coral Reef

    Cancun Businesses Take Out Insurance Policy on a Coral Reef

    Buying insurance is one way to protect something of value, such as a car or a home. And now businesses in Cancun, Mexico, have insured a coral reef. “The coral reef actually reduces the risk of storm impact on the hotels and resorts in Cancun,” Dave Jones said. He’s with the Nature Conservancy and is […]

    Amazon Threatens to Fire Employees Who Speak out on Climate Crisis

    Amazon Threatens to Fire Employees Who Speak out on Climate Crisis

    Amazon employees who speak out about the climate crisis say they have been threatened with firing. Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ) said Thursday that the company’s legal and HR teams had questioned some of their members about public statements they had made urging Amazon to take climate action. Some also received emails saying they […]

    Who Owns Your Grocery Store?

    Who Owns Your Grocery Store?

    By Jon Steinman “Who owns your grocery store?” It’s the question emblazoned on the back of a van that has ferried me across 34 states to visit 128 consumer-owned grocery stores (food co-ops) and another 20 in development. I spent 13 years investigating every facet of the food supply. It led me to the conclusion […]