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[[link removed]]Our precious oceans are being decimated by rampant plastic waste. Every minute, an entire garbage truck of plastics is washed into the ocean -- KILLING OVER A MILLION MARINE ANIMALS each year, including innocent baby sea turtles that mistake plastic for food.
Scientists predict that at this rate, we’ll have more plastic than fish in the
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It’s the public health and environmental crisis that not enough people are
talking about: Plastic. Plastic will soon outweigh all the fish in the sea. It
fills our rivers and oceans, chokes wildlife, permeates our drinking water and
our food, and persists in the environment for centuries.

Discarded plastics don’t just disappear. They break down into smaller and
smaller pieces, turning into microplastics that contaminate our water, soil, and
the food we eat.

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[[link removed]]Scientists estimate that there are already 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic in
our oceans. That’s 5.25 trillion deadly hazards that cause harm to ocean
organisms -- from the smallest of corals to the largest of whales.

One plastic bag, or bottle cap, or fishing net, can suffocate, strangle, or
starve its helpless victim. After their bodies decompose, the plastic is
released back into the environment where it can kill again -- because plastics do not decompose.

More than 800 known marine species have been harmed by either plastic
entanglement or ingestion of plastic -- resulting in over a million animal
deaths every year.

Sea turtles, dolphins, seals, fish, and sea birds are all at risk if something
isn’t done soon to address the plastic crisis.

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[[link removed]]The world is facing an indisputable plastic pollution crisis. But it doesn’t end
there: the plastics crisis is also linked to the climate crisis. More than 99% of plastic is made from fossil fuels, and one of the main
ingredients is a byproduct of natural gas. The fracking boom is fueling an unprecedented surge in plastic production.

In fact, thanks to fracking, the fossil fuel industry plans to increase plastic
production by 40% over the next decade. This not only means more fracking
pollution, but also an explosion of new toxic petrochemical plants. These plants
would be devastating to the health of millions of primarily low-income, Black,
and Brown Americans along the Gulf Coast and in Appalachia.

Here’s the dirty truth behind their actions: The fossil fuel industry is using
plastics as their “get out of jail free” card. With the public demanding a shift
away from burning oil and gas for energy or fuel, the industry wants to maximize
plastic consumption, including unnecessary single-use plastics.

In short, this industry is destroying our planet with plastic pollution, harming
the health of frontline communities, and pushing us further to climate
catastrophe. It’s beyond outrageous.

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[[link removed]]Friends of the Earth is demanding the end of single-use plastic production and
pollution immediately. We are also working to push the Biden Administration to enact the Presidential
Plastics Action Plan, a comprehensive set of Presidential actions to tackle the
crisis with or without Congress. And we’re pushing Congress and the Biden
administration to stop giving the fracking industry special treatment as a
“clean energy” version of fossil fuels.

As the fossil fuel industry doubles down on plastic as the new frontier for
petrochemical production, we must do everything in our power to shape a new
future -- a future that isn’t bought and shaped by the richest and most powerful
industries in the world. A future with a sustainable economy and planet that
doesn’t leave anybody behind.

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[[link removed]]Standing with you,
Paloma Henriques,
Senior Petrochemical Campaigner,
Friends of the Earth

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