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America, Children, and Community: ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7 Follow CALIFORNIA POLLUTION: Latinos, blacks breathe 40 percent more pollution than whites in California, study says STUDY FINDS RACIAL DISPARITY IN POLLUTION EXPOSURE EYEWITNESS NEWS Latinos, blacks breathe 40 percent more pollution than whites in CA: Study Latinos and African-Americans breathe about 40 percent more pollution than white people do in California, a new study has found. abc7.com mony @moneycaa Follow It's called environmental racism, not the air choosing lol. Our homes tend to be near industrial areas, oil mills, freeways, factories, etc. Black children are more likely to get asthma because of this. ABC7 Eyewitness News@ABC7 CALIFORNIA POLLUTION: Latinos, blacks breathe 40 percent more pollution than whites in California, study says abc7.la/2DaeCqa 4:47 PM 6 Feb 2019 14,828 Retweets 37,462 Likes 0O Follow @jessisdeadxxx Replying to @moneycaa I had no knowledge of environmental racism until I read local articles of section 8 apartments completely boxed in by 3 major interstates in Orlando, Florida. I was dumbfounded. Environmental racism is very real @ 37%@._--+ 1:22 AM atlantablackstar.com T-Mobile ATLaNTa BLacK STaR NEIGHBORHOOD IS KILLING In the historically Black community of Parramore in Orlando, Florida, residents are surrounded by highways. The exhaust produced by the more than 300,000 vehicles that pass through the neighborhood each day has created health problems, including cancer, asthma and other respiratory ailments. (Photo: environmentalstudiesblog) The struggle for environmental justice in low-income and Black communities continues. This is most certainly the case in Orlando, Florida. In the heart of one of the premier tourist destinations in the United States, the theme park capital of America, the residents of a historically Black community are having trouble breathing due to air pollution T-Mobile 1:22 AM @ 37% @ -0.+ a google.com m.huffpost.com HUFFPOSTI Even Breathing Is A Risk In One Of Orlando's Poorest Neighborhoods People inhale soot and noxious fumes from the car-laden highways encircling their historically black community. blackqueerblog: Clean water, clean air, access to nutritious food, etc; access based on zip code. A well known case of environmental racism is the Flint water crisis. Less effort goes into neighborhoods for poc and tending to them

Club, Tumblr, and Blog: Biggest environmental joke: A small ATM room having two ACs and 4 tubelights, working 24 hours, is asking me not to print receipt to save environment. laughoutloud-club: Pretty much accurate

laughoutloud-club: Pretty much accurate

Being Alone, True, and Death: You think you die alone, but that's not true Nobody is alone in this world. We have to coexist and take care of each other. That's howl feel Also made me cry a little - An environmental protection worker at Aokigahara talks about suicide and death.

Also made me cry a little - An environmental protection worker at Aokigahara talks about suicide and death.

Protest, Fuck, and Planet: LETS FUCK EACHOTHER INSTEAD OF OUR PLANET! This sign at an environmental protest

Target, Tumblr, and Blog: resignedtotheivories: environmental storytelling

resignedtotheivories: environmental storytelling

Ass, Bilbo, and Rey: 10 August 2018 Revised: 16 October 2018 Accepted: 23 October 2018 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14506 WILEY Global Change PRIMARY RESEARCH ARTICLE The influence of climatic legacies on the distribution of dryland biocrust communities David J. Eldridge Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo2. 2,3 Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney,New South Wales Australia Departamento de Biología y Geología, ísica y Química Inorgánica, Escuela uperior de Ciencias Experimentales y ecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos stoles, Spain operative Institute for Research in ironmental Sciences, University of rado, Boulder, Colorado Abstract Predicting the distribution of biocrust species, mosses, lic ated with surface soils is difficult, but climatic legacies (changes in climate hens and liverwor last 20 k years) can improve our prediction of the distribution of biocrus To provide empirical support for this hypothesis, we used a combination c analyses and structural equation modelling to identify the role of climatic predicting the distribution of ecological clusters formed by species lichens and liverworts using data from 282 large sites distributed across km2 of eastern Australia. Two ecological clusters contained 87% of the lichen and liverwort species. Both clusters contained lichen, moss and live cies, but were dominated by different families. Sites where the air t increased the most over 20k years (positive temperature legacies) were with reductions in the relative abundance of species from the lichen and Teloschistaceae) and moss (Bryaceae) families (Cluster A spec spondence J. Eldridge, Centre for Ecosystem e, School of Biological, Earth and mental Sciences, University of New Wales, Sydney, NSW Australia eldridge@unsw.edu.au groundstorey plant cover and lower soil pH. Sites where precipitation over the past 20k years (positive precipitation legacy) were ass increases in the relative abundance of lichen (Cladoniaceae, Leci Trying to be an adult and read a scientific paper and your wife does this

Tumblr, Blog, and Http: resignedtotheivories: environmental storytelling

resignedtotheivories: environmental storytelling

Tumblr, Blog, and Http: resignedtotheivories: environmental storytelling

resignedtotheivories: environmental storytelling

Target, Tumblr, and Blog: kauulii:i forgot how relaxing environmental studies are

kauulii:i forgot how relaxing environmental studies are

Amazon, Animals, and Fucking: non vegans are really out here thinking as a vegan i miss cheese & bacon, no sweetie i miss the amazon rainforest & my fucking patience 5/3/17, 2:06 PM tofu-nipples New favourite quote empyrean-sea If you miss the amazon rainforest then stop buying sugar, soy, palm oil, tea, coffee, chocolate, bananas, pineapples, charcoal, diamonds, aluminum, oil, copper, gold, and paper And can I ask-when you say you miss the amazon rainforest, do you also mean you miss the 90+ indigenous tribes that have been completely wiped out by corporate death squads who didn't even bother to give them the chance to run for their lives before murdering them for land and money? Or, are you just willing to admit you care more about a pretentious, fictional moral high ground gained by not eating animals than you do about human rights and environmental ssues All or nothing

College, Dude, and Love: friendlyneighbourhoodpizzaman college is just as ridiculous as everyone thinks it is last term i was 35 minutes into the first day of a roman society class and there was this dude eating burritos in the third row, and the prof asked him a question and the dude just went "i would love to answer, but it just occured to me this is NOT honours environmental economics" and stood up and left thescriptorium this reminds me of the time i was in a design class at 8 in the morning and about halfway through a lecture a kid calmly stood up from his table, cut off the teacher, and said in the most exasperated, defeated tone: "my class is at 8 at night. this isn't my class. i don't...i don't need to be here" and then he kinda just left Source: friendlyneighbourhoodpizzaman I dontI dont need to be here

I dontI dont need to be here

Logic, Memes, and Run: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ^ ...6h Environmental justice isn't solely about climate change. Just look at: Flint water Bronx air - Appalachian mining towns Fed response to Hurricanes María+Katrina To see that economic and social inequity plays out everywhere including air + water. yahoo.com/lifestyle/alex... 91,055 t05,350 24.5K T OccupyDemocratsLogic @Dem.. 6h v You listed towns run by Democrats and the federal governments responses. Yet your plan is to elect more democrats and give the government more power? OCCUPY DEMOCRATS "Logic"

Animals, Life, and Target: dwellerinthelibrary scientificillus... Follow This reblog was flagged viergacht There's a new book out covering the Cambrian Explosion, an era of life about 520 million years ago when changing environmental conditions spurred the rapid evolution of many bizarre life forms, some of which are distantly related to animals today, some of which - like the five-eyed Opabinia with its jaw-ended cupofsorrows: dwellerinthelibrary: From my Drafts. Dirty, dirty Opabinia. Opabinia has been extinct for 497,000,000 slutty, slutty years.

Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER TheAew JJork Eimes TheAewJjorkTimes FACT CHECK CALIFORNIA TODAY California Today: 100 Million Dead Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires Trump's Misleading Claims About California's Fire Mismanagement' Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif By Thomas Fuller lan. 19, 2018 By Kendra Pierre-Louis This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an infernos on forest management... intensity that California has never seen Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead coming into home areas, starting more fires.".. Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires... author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting the land be logged... overload of vegetation. Unbiased Amer BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT Editorial by Kevin Ryan The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing. But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false. A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’” Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump. In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.” “‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’” The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“ And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management. “President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.” That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year. And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long. Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers. But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president. SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures

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Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER TheAew JJork Eimes TheAewJjorkTimes FACT CHECK CALIFORNIA TODAY California Today: 100 Million Dead Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires Trump's Misleading Claims About California's Fire Mismanagement' Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif By Thomas Fuller lan. 19, 2018 By Kendra Pierre-Louis This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an infernos on forest management... intensity that California has never seen Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead coming into home areas, starting more fires.".. Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires... author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting the land be logged... overload of vegetation. Unbiased Amer BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT Editorial by Kevin Ryan The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing. But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false. A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’” Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump. In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.” “‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’” The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“ And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management. “President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.” That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year. And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long. Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers. But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president. SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures

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Target, Tumblr, and Blog: What font does florida lotto use? - Yahoo Answers https://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid-20110219203618AAL18le Feb 20, 2011-I take it you don't really like your father very much. This is a VERY VERY cruel joke to play fork-a-nature: Environmental storytelling

fork-a-nature: Environmental storytelling

Abc, News, and Party: Trump in Missouri: "It's all working out. Just remember: What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening." (via ABC) NEWS RS NO 0 0:55 316K views 7/24/18, 13:16 thoughts-of-an-x-factor: buttshapedpillow: “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -Orwell, 1984 Normally, I feel like people are way too liberal in calling things “Orwellian”, because I’ve seen people claim everything from speed limits to environmental laws to privately owned security cameras in stores as being “Orwellian”, but Trump, in this instance, is utterly Orwellian.

thoughts-of-an-x-factor: buttshapedpillow: “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essen...

Af, Ass, and Dope: 7:55 T Emily 23 Environmental Activist O 11 miles away my qualifications as dope ass homie material: almost always hydrated . laughs at own jokes so no pressure lightweight-cheap date can shotgun a Nesquik expensive taste in memes can recite Ezekiel 25:17 from Pulp Fiction will serenade you without you asking . endorsed by My Mom hype af not addicted to meth cons: employed, so no time to hang out incessant Vine references double-chin at some angles My Anthe Later boys, found the one.

Memes, No Escape, and Science: SCIENCE PLASTICS IN SALT Oct 18 New research found microplastics in 90% of table salt. New research shows that microplastic, barely visible bits of plastic, is found in 90% of table salt. Researchers tested 39 brands of salt and found that 36 of those those brands had plastic in their product. According to the study, an adult consumes on average of 2,000 microplastics every year. A separate report published Wednesday states that it is unclear what effects consuming microplastics may have on humans. ___ “It's clear that there is no escape from this plastics crisis, especially as it continues to leak into our waterways and oceans," said Mikyoung Kim of the environmental organization, Greenpeace.

New research shows that microplastic, barely visible bits of plastic, is found in 90% of table salt. Researchers tested 39 brands of salt an...

Life, Music, and Target: Uncharted 4 - Environmental Screenshots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii_pUj_Frdgt=1s Uncharted 4 is one of the best looking games I have ever played and some of the screenshots that people have captured using the photo mode honestly look as good as real life photography. Here I put together a little collection of environmental pics that I came across on different forums, as well as some of my own, accompanied by music from the game :)

Uncharted 4 - Environmental Screenshots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii_pUj_Frdgt=1s Uncharted 4 is one of the best looking games I have...

Be Like, College, and Fucking: college presentations be like It's so fucking big. When you show her the cultural and environmental risk posed by the Dakota Access Pipeline

Definitely, Funny, and Nike: Gina @ginadivittorio Patagonia: We are dedicated to protecting natural lands from this administration and carrying out environmental justice of all forms People who wear Patagonia: If Bennet shows up to this Delta Gamma darty after that shit he pulled at my Dad's lake house l'm gunna fucken lose it “I never wore Nike but now I’m definitely not wearing Nike ever”

Memes, Covers, and India: Cht AN Chungath A thick layer of plastic waste covers Kalady Bridge in Kerala, as water recedes after deadly floods in the Indian state. Nearly 400 people died and more than a million people have been displaced by the disaster. Tap the link in our bio ⬆️ to read more about the environmental factors that made the exceptionally heavy rain so deadly. 📷: Green Dream Foundation kerala environment india pollution plasticfree bbcnews

A thick layer of plastic waste covers Kalady Bridge in Kerala, as water recedes after deadly floods in the Indian state. Nearly 400 people d...

Anaconda, Family, and Homeless: fandomsandfeminism Thought: I do NOT think that 50% of the world's bilionaires should be WO- men. I think there shouldn't be any billionaires at all cardboardfacewoman So you are saying 0% of the world should be billionaires? fandomsandfeminism Yes caosdth Why shouldn't their be billionaires? That makes no sense. fandomsandfeminism Because the existence of billionaires is predicated on the exploitation of human labor and unsustainable 4G the exploitation of human labor and unsustainable environmental harm. That level of wealth hoarding is harmful to economies, as it reduces the amount of mo- ney in circulation. No one person, no family, could ever conceivably even SPEND a billion dollars anyway, and it is inherently immoral to accumulate wealth so narrowly while so much of the world lives in abject poverty Better then to create a wealth ceiling, a point at which all wealth over a certain point is taxed at or very near 100% to incentivize people to actually spend their mo- ney rather than hoard it, stimulating the economy and bettering the lives of far more people. Better even still to create and regulate economic systems that protect wor- kers and the environment in a way that such extreme levels of wealth accumulation aren't even feasible. aflawedmind The problem with this is that it reduces the incentive to actually do fiscally well. What's the point of starting a business if you can't become wealthy? fandomsandfeminism There is a very real difference between "reasonably wealthy" and A BILLIONAIRE twodotsknowwhy wealthy" and A BILLIONAIRE twodotsknowwhy No one is saying you shouldn't have a nice house, we are saying that having multiple really, really ridiculously nice houses while your employees are either homeless or at serious risk of becoming homeless is immoral whenandwhereienter I'll never understand why this concept is hard for people. I think it's because they can't actually fathom how much $1 Billion is fandomsandfeminism Seriously Lets say you have a badass job. A great job. You make $100 AN HOUR. You work 10 hours a day ($1000 A DAY), 5 days a week ($5000 a week!!), every week ($20,000 A MONTH), thats $240,000 Every Year. It would take you 4,167 years to make a billion dollars Fuente: fandomsandfeminism 129,277 notas Excessive wealth comes from excessive misery.

Anaconda, Memes, and Kids: These backpacks are made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. COURTESY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY OF PERU D ENVIR ONMENTAL MINISTRy 0 PERU And they turn into blankets to keep kids warm. These backpacks are made from 100% recycled plastic bottles.

Solutions and Environmental: Matthews ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS MRANT cabroworld

cabroworld

Food, Money, and Water: Peter Daou @peterdaou QUESTION - What kind of people: Gut environmental regulations that protect food, air, and water. Kidnap babies and cage them. Coddle murderous dictators while smearing law enforcement professionals. Steal money from sick people to give to billionaires. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE?

America, News, and Brave: BRAVE NEW FILMS HI IL LOS ANGELES SMOG,1954 LOS ANGELES TODAY THANKS T ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS (W) All those pesky liberal environmental regulations limiting our freedoms... just think how GREAT America could be again without them! MORE: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-23/trump-is-said-to-seek-repeal-of-california-s-smog-fighting-power?

(W) All those pesky liberal environmental regulations limiting our freedoms... just think how GREAT America could be again without them! MOR...

Click, Family, and Cell Phones: CLICK ClickHole HOLE @ClickHole Follow Environmental Disaster: The Oceans Are Now Irreversibly Polluted With Cell Phones That Businessmen Have Thrown In After Realizing What's Truly Important Is Family clckhl.co/XrtVqMa 2:00 PM- 15 Apr 2018

Drinking, Energy, and Life: THE LAST STRAW TOSSEL on Reason <a href="http://redbloodedamerica.tumblr.com/post/176022832961/plastic-straw-myths-do-you-enjoy-sipping" class="tumblr_blog">redbloodedamerica</a>: <blockquote><h2> Plastic Straw Myths </h2><blockquote> Do you enjoy sipping drinks through plastic straws? Well, if activists get their way you won’t be allowed to anymore. “These must be banned,” they say. Why?When celebrities speak, politicians listen. Seattle recently banned straws, and other places want to do the same. “The idea that you’re going to ban straws and save the world is ridiculous.” Angela Logomasini studies environmental issues at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. What will banning plastic straws accomplish? “Probably nothing at all. It might make some people in Hollywood feel good. It may make some politicians feel good, like they’re doing something. It might sound good at parties, but it’s not going to solve any problems.” Plastic pollution in the ocean is a real problem, but only about 1% of it comes from the United States. Of that 1%, a tiny amount comes from plastic straws. But what about that 500 million number? Where do they all get that number? They got it from this child’s school project. He says he got the 500 million straws a day figure through a phone survey he conducted with straw manufacturers. The media just accepts his 500 million number. But the actual number is much lower according to the analysis firm Technomic. Okay, so activists and media exaggerate the problem. Still they promised it would be easy to get rid of the straws. “If we can reduce something that is easy, that is polluting in the environment, that is getting stuck in turtles’ noses and causing damage to the environment, let’s do that,” says progressive talk show host Ethan Bearman. “Sometimes we do need a little gentle guiding hand from government.” Governments gentle guiding hand will either ban straws or order us to replace this cheap plastic straw with ones like these made of paper or bamboo. “Plastic doesn’t actually biodegrade. So unlike a lot of other things, paper, for example, actually breaks down into other components.” That’s not a good thing. That means paper straws break down, even while you’re using them. They get soggy, they leak. “That’s the beauty of plastic, it’s enduring,” says Logomasini, “Paper straws are going to break down while you’re drinking with it.” Paper and bamboo straws aren’t environmentally pristine either. Paper products take more energy and more effort to produce. You’re going to have a net negative environmental impact. The paper doesn’t degrade in a landfill either. Everything is essentially mummified. You’re replacing a superior product with an inferior one and you’re asking people to pay more for it. It doesn’t make a lot of sense,” she says. It doesn’t, and the higher price is the final result. Paper straws are eight times more expensive to make than plastic straws. Won’t this hurt businesses? “I don’t think so. Maybe people won’t use straws,” claims New York City Councilman Barry Grodenchik. “If it’s a $1.79 to get the fountain drink at Joe’s corner deli that we’re talking about, and now it’s a $1.83, I don’t see that as being a huge difference in the price,” says Bearman. “This is what environmentalists will say about every policy they put out. A few cents here, a few cents there eventually begins to become a burden,” explains Logomasini. We don’t need straws. “You know a lot of things in life are not necessary, but beneficial and enjoyable. Banning straws isn’t going to do anything for the environment. So what they’re just trying to do is take away my freedom for nothing in return.” As the environment has become cleaner, that’s become a specialty of the environmental movement: spend your money on feel-good policies that make no real difference. </blockquote></blockquote>

redbloodedamerica: Plastic Straw Myths Do you enjoy sipping drinks through plastic straws? Well, if activists get their way you won’t...

America, Memes, and Starbucks: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS APPLAUD STARBUCKS' NEW STRAWLESS LIDS!!! The new lids use more plastic than the old lid/straw combo Unbiased America Who knew?

Who knew?

Click, Family, and Cell Phones: CLICK ClickHole* Follow @ClickHole Environmental Disaster: The Oceans Are Now Irreversibly Polluted With Cell Phones That Businessmen Have Thrown In After Realizing What's Truly Important Is Family clckhl.co/XrtVqMa 2:00 PM -15 Apr 2018 Family is what’s truly important

Family is what’s truly important

Family, Irl, and Me IRL: Cucs ClickHole Follow @ClickHole Environmental Disaster: The Oceans Are Now Irreversibly Polluted With Cell Phones That Businessmen Have Thrown In After Realizing What's Truly Important Is Family clckhl.co/XrtVqMa 2:00 PM 15 Apr 2018 Me_irl

Me_irl

America, Starbucks, and Old: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS APPLAUD STARBUCKS' NEW STRAWLESS LIDS!!! The new lids use more plastic than the old lid/straw combo Unbiased America Also they look hella stupid

Also they look hella stupid

America, Facts, and Memes: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS APPLAUD STARBUCKS NEW STRAWLESS LIDS!!! The new lids use more plastic than the old lid/straw combo Unbiased America THE MISGUIDED WAR ON STRAWS By Kevin Ryan After Seattle imposed the country’s first ban on plastic straws earlier this month, Starbucks announced it would eliminate straws franchise-wide, replacing them with a new “sippy cup” style lid that doesn’t utilize a straw. The move has earned praise from environmental activists, who are calling for more companies to follow suit. But here’s the thing. The new lids actually use more plastic than the old lid and straw combination. The old lid and straw contained 3.55 grams of plastic. The new lid contains 4.11 grams of plastic. It seems the law of unintended consequences has struck again. What’s more, all the celebrity activism and political legislation ignores one basic fact. Straws are not the problem. They were targeted after a 2015 video of a straw lodged in a sea turtle’s nose went viral and brought attention to the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. But the focus on straws is completely misguided. Straws account for just 2,000 tons of the nine MILLION tons of plastic that are estimated to enter the ocean each year, which can break down into micro-plastics and leech into the stomachs and flesh of sea creatures. In other words, anti-straw activists are focusing their efforts on just 0.02% of the plastic pollution problem. And it’s not even U.S. waste that’s causing the majority of the problem. The United States, which has one of the best waste management industries in the world, is responsible for just 1% of plastic waste entering the oceans. Instead, the real culprit behind the plastic that’s poisoning ocean wildlife is uncollected litter and ocean dumping by poorer coastal countries that lack developed waste management systems. But facts won’t stop virtue signaling activists from calling for a ban on yet another item in their never ending quest to show how environmentally conscious they are… while ignoring 99.98% of the actual problem. SOURCES: https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/12/starbucks-straw-ban-will-see-the-company http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-recycling-problems-california-20180709-story.html https://phys.org/news/2018-04-science-amount-straws-plastic-pollution.html

THE MISGUIDED WAR ON STRAWS By Kevin Ryan After Seattle imposed the country’s first ban on plastic straws earlier this month, Starbucks ann...

America, Facts, and News: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS APPLAUD STARBUCKS NEW STRAWLESS LIDS!!! The new lids use more plastic than the old lid/straw combo Unbiased America THE MISGUIDED WAR ON STRAWS By Kevin Ryan After Seattle imposed the country’s first ban on plastic straws earlier this month, Starbucks announced it would eliminate straws franchise-wide, replacing them with a new “sippy cup” style lid that doesn’t utilize a straw. The move has earned praise from environmental activists, who are calling for more companies to follow suit. But here’s the thing. The new lids actually use more plastic than the old lid and straw combination. The old lid and straw contained 3.55 grams of plastic. The new lid contains 4.11 grams of plastic. It seems the law of unintended consequences has struck again. What’s more, all the celebrity activism and political legislation ignores one basic fact. Straws are not the problem. They were targeted after a 2015 video of a straw lodged in a sea turtle’s nose went viral and brought attention to the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. But the focus on straws is completely misguided. Straws account for just 2,000 tons of the nine MILLION tons of plastic that are estimated to enter the ocean each year, which can break down into micro-plastics and leech into the stomachs and flesh of sea creatures. In other words, anti-straw activists are focusing their efforts on just 0.02% of the plastic pollution problem. And it’s not even U.S. waste that’s causing the majority of the problem. The United States, which has one of the best waste management industries in the world, is responsible for just 1% of plastic waste entering the oceans. Instead, the real culprit behind the plastic that’s poisoning ocean wildlife is uncollected litter and ocean dumping by poorer coastal countries that lack developed waste management systems. But facts won’t stop virtue signaling activists from calling for a ban on yet another item in their never ending quest to show how environmentally conscious they are… while ignoring 99.98% of the actual problem. SOURCES: https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/12/starbucks-straw-ban-will-see-the-company http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-recycling-problems-california-20180709-story.html https://phys.org/news/2018-04-science-amount-straws-plastic-pollution.html

THE MISGUIDED WAR ON STRAWS By Kevin Ryan After Seattle imposed the country’s first ban on plastic straws earlier this month, Starbucks ann...

Corruption, War, and Poverty: IF YOU DON'T LIKE TRANS PEOPLE USING THE BATHROOM JUST LOOK AWAY, LIKE YOU DO WITH CORRUPTION, WAR, POVERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION AND HOMELESSNESS

Club, Streets, and Tumblr: <a href="http://laughoutloud-club.tumblr.com/post/175320112522/greenpeace-has-painted-berlins-streets-with-3500" class="tumblr_blog">laughoutloud-club</a>: <blockquote>Greenpeace has painted Berlin’s streets with 3500 liters of paint. That’s what environmental protection is called.</blockquote>

laughoutloud-club: Greenpeace has painted Berlin’s streets with 3500 liters of paint. That’s what environmental protection is called.

Memes, True, and Sad: WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE PIPELINE COMES THROUGH TURNING POINT USA WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PIPELINE PROTESTERS Sad But True... 👇

Sad But True... 👇

Memes, News, and Twitter: U.S. NEWS SCOTT PRUITT RESIGNS July 5 Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigns amid controversy Scott Pruitt, Chief of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), resigns amid ethics scandal. President Trump confirmed his resignation on Twitter: - "I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency," Trump tweeted. "Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this." ___ Pruitt faced criticism regarding speculation over his spending, housing arrangements, and security team. ___ Trump confirmed Andrew Wheeler will assume duties of acting administrator of the EPA on Monday.

Scott Pruitt, Chief of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), resigns amid ethics scandal. President Trump confirmed his resignation on ...

Memes, White, and 🤖: Rebekah White @beksjwhite My waiter asked "Now, do we want straws OR do we want to save the turtles?" and honestly we all deserve that environmental guilt trip

White, Turtles, and The Turtles: Rebekah White @beksjwhite My waiter asked "Now, do we want straws OR do we want to save the turtles?" and honestly we all deserve that environmental guilt trip

Logic, Memes, and National Hockey League (NHL): The Toronto Marlies have more championships than the Toronto Maple Leafs in the last 50 years, and it's only one @nhl ref_logic environmental Gratz on the Game 7 W @torontomarlies

Gratz on the Game 7 W @torontomarlies

College, Family, and Alcohol: ALCOHOL, TOBACCo & DRUG FREE Camas Path Sahavorial Health 09-789-7630 Wife is first person of her family in over 150 years to finish college or colonists education……. she graduates from UW Tacoma tomorrow afternoon with a BA in Environmental Sciences. Quinault Indian Nation

Wife is first person of her family in over 150 years to finish college or colonists education……. she graduates from UW Tacoma tomorrow after...

Memes, Sad, and 🤖: TURNING POINT USA WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE PIPELINE COMES THROUGH WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PIPELINE PROTESTERS Sad!

Sad!

Bear, Black, and Tagged: A black bear cub recently tagged by the NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation.

Memes, News, and Twitter: AP Photo/Alex Brandon Donald J. Trump . @realDonaldTrump Big legal win today. U.S. judge sided with the Trump Administration and rejected the attempt to stop the government from building a great Border Wall on the Southern/ Border. Now this important project can go forward! FOX NEWS On Twitter, President Trump celebrated a federal judge ruling against an environmental challenge to his border wall, which delivered a win to the Trump administration in a decision that allows construction plans to move forward.

On Twitter, President Trump celebrated a federal judge ruling against an environmental challenge to his border wall, which delivered a win t...

Anaconda, Billboard, and Busta Rhymes: Black artist history day 27: Multi-instrumental musician Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in 1950 to songwriter Lula Mae Hardaway. Complications from a premature birth and environmental issues caused him to become blind shortly after birth. Wonder was a musical prodigy. He was proficient in several instruments and sang in his church choir. With a friend he began singing and performing on street corners and parties. He was signed onto a Motown record label at age 11 and became the youngest person to top the Billboard top 100 at age 13. His mother cowrote some of his big hits, such as “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” and accompanied him when he won his first Grammy at age 23. He is considered to have one of the longest and most prolific careers in music history, collaborating with everyone from Busta Rhymes, to Andrea Bocelli, to the Rolling Stones.

Black artist history day 27: Multi-instrumental musician Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in 1950 to songwri...

Memes, Receipt, and Asking: Biggest environmental joke: A small ATM room having two ACs and 4 tubelights, working 24 hours, is asking me not to print receipt to Save Environment PL /Bcbaba Bakchodi is bcbaba

Bakchodi is bcbaba

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