Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 5 months ago

Plastics production alone will doom climate goals

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Plastics production alone will doom climate goals

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 5 months ago

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Manufacturing plastics is a highly emissive process. The world needs to shrink production rapidly to stay within the 1.5 °C global temperature rise.

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Obviously, that was implied. Why would the business be making anything at all if not for profit?

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