10 sats \ 6 replies \ @south_korea_ln 9h \ parent \ on: Plastic-Eating Bacteria Discovered in Urban Waterways science
some environmentalists are pushing back on cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
That's interesting. Do you have some references on this that I could read up on?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 4h
Of course they would push back. It is what keeps them going. If you were to remediate these kinds of problems, they would have less to bellyache about. You would be taking their rice bowl away.
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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Cje95 9h
There is a pretty good Youtube video that triggered me looking into this more let me find it for you!
Here it is the comments start at the 2:25 point!
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @south_korea_ln 9h
Just watched it. Great video... almost deserving of its own post ;)
I guessed correctly before she said it that it's the oil-producing countries that are against reduction of plastic production... They have the money to lobby hard, so that's gonna be a difficult fight.
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158 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 9h
It is a fascinating issue and one I have actually been working on... attempting to put together an advanced recycling R&D bill but it isn't something that would move this Congress and would be something for next year.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 8h
Wishing you the best in passing it...
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 6h
Lol yeahhhhhh luckily the only part of it in my jurisdiction is the science behind it so R&D is easier to pass esp. when you add in things like agriculture feed stocks it gets the Republicans more behind it
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