Oil Giants Invest $180B in Plastics, Propelling Oceans Toward 'Near-Permanent' Pollution

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By Common DreamsDec 26, 2017, 1:27 pm220 pts
By Julia Conley Scientists and environmental protection advocates are warning that a coming plastics boom could lead to a permanent state of pollution on the planet—and denouncing the fossil fuel industry for driving an increase in plastics production amid all that's known about the material polluting the…

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