Greenpeace warning: plastic recycling is still a “myth” in the USA
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This Monday (24) Greenpeace USA (English acronym for United States) published a report stating that plastic recycling rates are falling in the USA and production of the material is increasing. The report called the industry's claims about creating an effective circular economy for the product a “myth.”
According to the document, American homes generated 51 million tons of plastic waste in 2021, only 2,4 million tons were recycled.
Since China stopped accepting plastic waste from the West in 2018, the trend has been downward. Prices for plastic production are falling due to the rapid development of the industry.
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“Green Bank” in poor communities in the USA
The EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) has begun the process of creating a “green bank” to offer subsidies to the country's needy communities. The assets will amount to US$27 billion for the implementation of low or no carbon emission projects.
The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is part of the government's project to combat climate change and environmental injustice. The biggest package to combat the country's climate crisis is called the Inflation Reduction Act, and was approved in August this year.
“It’s exciting to know that we are creating a program that injects billions of dollars of capital into local communities that will have a direct impact on energy efficiency programs, community solar programs, or programs that they know will reduce pollution and create jobs,” said the administrator. Michael Regan told Reuters.
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Agroecological movement in the Brazilian Congress
64 federal deputies and one senator, who were elected on October 5, are part of the agroecological movement. Parliamentarianspromehad with the letter of commitment from the National Agroecology Articulation (ANA). Even though the ruralist bench is influential, with its 241 deputies working together with the Agricultural Parliamentary Front (FPA), the progressive camp has gained strength in national politics.
The challenge for the partners of the agroecological movement is to face the deputies linked to the ruralist bench, who are almost half of the 513 who occupy the seats. Generally, deputies who defend agribusiness have a re-election rate of 65%, according to Folha de S.Paulo.
Crabs are disappearing in Alaska
Alaska officials are concerned about the billions of snow crabs that are disappearing from the waters of the Bering Sea. The region's fishing season was canceled for the first time.
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The number of crabs in the region was below the limit for fishing to be allowed, according to the Alaska Fisheries Council and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, in 2018 around 8 billion crabs were found in the Bering Sea, in 2021 the number dropped to 1 billion. The information is from CNN.
The reason for the disappearance of crabs is man-made climate change. The snow crab is found in waters with temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius.
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Scientists point out that, with global warming, temperatures in the Arctic have warmed four times faster than anywhere else in the world, which has caused the loss of sea ice in the region, mainly in the Bering Sea.
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