Study Recommends Solutions, Including Phasing Out Single-Use Plastics FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC — In 2019 alone, the production and incineration of plastic will add more than 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere—equal to the pollution from 189 new 500-megawatt coal-fired power plants, according to a new report, … Continue reading Sweeping New Report on Global Environmental Impact of Plastics Reveals Severe Damage to Climate