A.G.s: Plastics “Pact” Harms Consumers

For years, environmental activists have pressured the business world to embrace the UN’s aggressive climate and energy agenda. They know full well that corporate leaders won’t sign on voluntarily — doing…

UN Plastics Treaty Collapses

This is great news for the global economy, as radical proposals sought to place taxes and controls on every phase of plastic production and use.

UN’s ‘plastics treaty’ sports a junk science wrapper

Ultimately, the marketplace of ideas—not the offices of policy NGOs—will deliver the solutions we need. It’s time to break the wave of junk science—not ride it.

California’s Exxon Lawsuit Is Guided More By Symbols Than Actions

The lawsuit also seems to neglect the enormous benefits that plastics have brought to ordinary people, including Californians. Despite ongoing challenges with recycling, plastics are attractive because they are extremely versatile, cheap…

Yet Another “Plastic Kills” Story

“It is very unlikely that high concentrations of plastic pellets like the ones used in our study are found in environmental settings other than in some areas immediately after these…

An Ocean of Plastic —  Fishing Gear

A couple of new studies have come out that challenge the Jenna Jambeck widely accepted consensus view on Pelagic (Oceanic) Plastic.