The US oil and gas industry emits 13 million metric tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane from its operations each year, 60 percent more than estimated by the US …read more Source:: Science
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More than 8. 3 billion tons of plastics made: Most has now been discarded
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•Humans have created 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since large-scale production of the synthetic materials began in the early 1950s, and most of it now resides in landfills or …read more Source:: Science
Researchers estimate 10,000 metric tons of plastic enter Great Lakes every year
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•A new study that inventories and tracks high concentrations of plastic in the Great Lakes could help inform cleanup efforts and target pollution prevention. Researchers found that nearly 10,000 metric …read more Source:: Science