'Plastics are really driving our climate crisis': Report reveals plastic waste is at global high
Plastic pollution and climate change related to fossil fuel emissions are two of humanity's biggest global challenges. And while the two are not interchangeable, scientists agree that they are connected. Anja Brandon studies plastic pollution and policies aimed to lower it in the United States for the Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group.
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