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Where does the 10 Million Tons of Plastic we put into the Oceans Annually actually go?

Where does the 10 Million Tons of Plastic we put into the Oceans Annually actually go?

The Conversation

By Bruce Sutherland, Michelle DiBenedetto and Ton van den Bremer | – Of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste we produce each year, it’s estimated that around ten million tonnes enters the ocean. Roughly half of the plastics produced are less dense than water, and so they float. But scientists estimate that […]

Donald Trump
The Unpatriots:  What the Storming of the Capitol looks Like to a Military Spouse

The Unpatriots: What the Storming of the Capitol looks Like to a Military Spouse

Tomdispatch

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – “Are you okay?” asked a friend and military spouse in the voicemail she left me on the afternoon the mob of Trump supporters breached the Capitol so violently. At home with a new baby, her Navy reservist husband stationed in Germany, the thoughts running through her head […]

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