Environment America’s priorities for the new Congress
New members of Congress take office January 3, 2025. Here's what they need to do to protect our environment.
Beyond plastic
To spare birds, fish and other wildlife from the harm caused by plastic pollution, we’re raising our voices for a world with less single-use plastic products.
Maybe you’ve seen the video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nose, or the headlines about whales washing ashore with stomachs full of plastic. With so much plastic pollution floating in the ocean, it’s too easy for wildlife to mistake it for food — and too often, they pay the price with their lives. The good news is that more people, communities, states and companies are moving away from the single-use plastics we don’t even need. Because after all, nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute our environment and threaten wildlife for hundreds of years.
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Did You Know?
Scientists have found plastic fragments in 44% of all seabird species, 43% of all marine mammal species and 100% of sea turtle species.
You have to go into this work knowing that we are playing the long game, but it’s worth it. Because we are seeing real change happen right before our eyes.Celeste Meiffren-Swango, Beyond Plastic Campaign Director, Environment America
We’re seeing real change happen
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Meet Environment Rhode Island’s State Director, Rex Wilmouth
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Tricks for cutting waste this Halloween
The amount of excessive waste generated during the spooky season is downright scary. But it doesn't have to be this way.
General Mills shareholders call for less plastic, more truth in recycling
A noteworthy 40% of General Mills shareholders voted last week in favor of a proposal urging the food company to assess how it can increase the scale, pace and rigor of its sustainability efforts, including by reducing plastic packaging.
California Governor signs bill to ban all plastic bags at checkout
Yesterday, Governor Newsom signed a bill to ban plastic grocery bags once and for all in California.
Team
Deehan
Laura
Deehan
State Director, Environment California
O'Malley
Doug
O'Malley
State Director, Environment New Jersey
Meiffren-Swango
Celeste
Meiffren-Swango
State Director, Environment Oregon
Morgenstein
Mark
Morgenstein
Director of Media Relations, The Public Interest Network