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Sources: Plastics and Climate Change

Beyond Plastics: The New Coal: Plastics & Climate Change
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eda91260bbb7e7a4bf528d8/t/616ef29221985319611a64e0/1%20634661022294/REPORT_The_New-Coal_Plastics_and_Climate-Change_10-21-2021.pdf

Break Free From Plastic Youth: Plastic-Free Campuses & Education
https://plasticfreecampus.breakfreefromplastic.org/

CafeteriaCulture.org: Plastic Free Lunch Day
https://www.cafeteriaculture.org/plastic-free-lunch.html

Center for International Environmental Law: Reducing Plastic Production to Achieve Climate Goals
https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Reducing-Plastic-Production-to-Achieve-Climate-Goals_Sept21_V5.pdf

EarthJustice: Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (SSM) Reconsideration
https://earthjustice.org/case/startup-shutdown-and-malfunction-ssm-reconsideration

Environmental Defense Fund: “U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index Shows Where Action, Resources Are Most Urgently Needed”
https://www.edf.org/cvi-news

Environmental Pollution: “Bioavailability and Effects of Microplastics on Marine Zooplankton”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749118333190?via%3Dihub

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Assessment of Agricultural Plastics and Their Sustainability: A Call for Action
https://www.fao.org/3/cb7856en/cb7856en.pdf

Kleinman Center for Energy Policy: Balancing Act: Can Petrochemicals Be Both Emissions Free and Zero-Waste?
https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/balancing-act-can-petrochemicals-be-both-emissions-free-and-zero-waste/

Marine Pollution Bulletin: “Can Microplastics Pose a Threat to Ocean Carbon Sequestration?”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19308689

Moms Clean Air Force: “Chemical Recycling” 101
https://momscleanair.wpengine.com/resources/chemical-recycling-101/

Moms Clean Air Force: EPA Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution Sign-on Letter
https://momscleanair.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Break-Free-From-Plastic-EPA-Draft-National-Strategy-Sign-on-Letter.pdf

Mongabay: “Microplastics Pose Risk to Ocean Plankton, Climate, Other Key Earth Systems”
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/microplastics-pose-risk-to-ocean-plankton-climate-other-key-earth-systems/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Carbon Cycle
https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/climate/carbon-cycle

Nature Medicine: “Microplastics Are Everywhere—We Need to Understand How They Affect Human Health”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02968-x

OECD Environment Directorate: Climate Change and Plastics Pollution
https://www.oecd.org/environment/plastics/Policy-Highlights-Climate-change-and-plastics-pollution-Synergies-between-two-crucial-environmental-challenges.pdf

PLoS ONE: “Production of Methane and Ethylene From Plastic in the Environment”
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200574

Reuters: Unilever’s Plastic Playbook
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-plastic-unilever/

Texas Tribune: “West Texas Gas Operators Released Tons of Excess Emissions During June Heat Wave”
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/19/texas-pipeline-heat-natural-gas-emissions-pollution-permian-basin/

United Nations Development Programme: Beat Plastic Pollution: Practical Guide
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/42437/Plastic_Pollution_WED23EN.pdf

United Nations Development Programme: “What do plastics have to do with climate change?”
https://stories.undp.org/what-do-plastics-have-to-do-with-climate-change

Upstream: Reuse for Onsite Dining Library
https://upstreamsolutions.org/reuse-onsite

World Economic Forum: The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastics
https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_New_Plastics_Economy.pdf

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