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A Plastic Economy: Is Recycling Broken?

HumanNature

Candidate in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University Every minute, one garbage truck worth of plastic is dumped into our ocean. Between plastics and the health of our oceans? Between 1950 and 2015, humankind produced an estimated 8.3 Why is that a problem? Well, plastics were built to last.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Dilution of salts in our oceans can affect the ecological balance of that ocean.

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Kathleen Hebert: Protecting the Puget Sound through Activism and Investment

Washington Nature

In 2015, she became a Northwest Conservation Philanthropy Fellow. After joining TNC in Washington as a trustee in 2015, she introduced a fresh perspective that prioritized climate change, steering away from a “traditional land conservation approach” and towards mitigating climate change.