Plastics production alone will doom climate goals

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Plastics production alone will doom climate goals

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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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at trader joe’s even the produce is wrapped in plastic

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