FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: Sign The Petition: You’re eating plastic.

 

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Plastics are contaminating the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink! The average person eats a credit card’s worth of plastic every week. That’s because plastic doesn’t decompose. Instead, it breaks up into smaller and smaller pieces, no bigger than sesame seeds. These microplastics end up virtually EVERYWHERE, including in our environment and food chain. But if we demand federal action to reduce the use and waste of plastics, we could save the planet and ourselves from disastrous impacts. Add your name now to STOP the plastic crisis. SIGN THE PETITION Much of the world's plastic waste ends up in our waterways, and when marine animals like baby sea turtles and fish ingest plastic and die, their bodies decompose… BUT THE PLASTIC DOES NOT. It is released back into the ocean to KILL AGAIN.  These TOXIC microplastics NEVER leave our environment and will always find a way to contaminate our fragile ecosystems. They eventually end up as tiny fragments in the air, water, and food we come into contact with and consume.   More and more plastic is being produced every day by profit-driven plastic polluters; it will continue to harm our health and our planet unless we take IMMEDIATE measures to curb plastic pollution. SIGN NOW: Help prevent the PLASTIC APOCALYPSE from destroying our environment >> SIGN THE PETITION Thanks for having an impact with your voice today.  Friends of the Earth  Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA PO Box 7010 Merrifield, VA 22116-7010 1-877-843-8687 Contact us Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect:

Sign The Petition: Baby sea turtles need you for World Oceans Day

 

WORLD OCEANS DAY ALERT: We must protect our oceans, marine animals, and coastal communities from rampant plastic pollution before it’s too late to stop the PLASTIC APOCALYPSE! Take action now! >> World Oceans Day is just 3 days away, so what better time is there for you to get involved and advocate for healthy and sustainable oceans? With summertime on its way, many of us are already daydreaming about sitting on the beach: toes buried under a layer of soft sand, watching the sunshine glisten on the waves while they peacefully crash upon each other as the refreshing ocean breeze grazes your toasty skin. Sadly, this picturesque tropical fantasy could soon be out of reach — because plastic waste is decimating our oceans, ruining our beaches, and killing some of our most beloved aquatic creatures like baby sea turtles, dolphins, and seals. We aren’t talking about small numbers here either. OVER A MILLION marine animals and seabirds are killed every year from plastic pollution.  Remember the tragic story of Gingerbread? Gingerbread was the baby sea turtle in Florida who died weighing only as much as a carrot when researchers discovered an alarming 24 pieces of plastic in the poor animal’s tiny stomach! Every day, harmless marine animals like Gingerbread are mistaking plastic debris for food, causing them to die from ingestion or entanglement.   If plastic pollution continues at this rate, not only will we lose critical marine species that contribute to healthy biodiversity, but our oceanic ecosystems could completely crumble: putting our entire Earth and all its living beings in danger.  Our planet cannot survive without clean and healthy oceans, so the plastic crisis impacts each and every one of us. In honor of World Oceans Day, we’re mobilizing environmentalists like you who will speak up against out-of-control plastic pollution that’s destroying our fragile oceans. Can we count on you to add your name right now?  SIGN THE PETITION 88% of the ocean's surface is already polluted by plastic. Imagine enough plastic to fill an entire dump truck every single minute, day and night, all year long: that’s the type of plastic crisis our planet is facing. At this rate, scientists are even predicting there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050!  While it’s true that our oceans serve as an epicenter of biodiversity, there are other ecological benefits to healthy oceans as well. We rely on the ocean to provide us with HALF of the world’s oxygen AND storing 90% of additional heat caused by global warming. Oceans act as a carbon sink absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere to help mitigate climate change.  For decades, our oceans have continued to suffer the devastating consequences of reckless plastic pollution. Now, life on Earth as we know it is on the line. Plastic is already infiltrating every aspect of our life and putting human health at risk by contaminating our food chain and degrading water quality — exposing us to toxic chemicals. Meanwhile, plastic production itself burns through excessive amounts of harmful fossil fuels and emits pollutants into the atmosphere, exacerbating global warming and harming the health of petrochemical workers and nearby residents.  Plastic is one of our ocean’s and our planet’s biggest threats, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a duty to protect us from it. But instead, the agency has FAILED to address the plastic crisis in any meaningful way, instead letting Big Plastic corporations and their friends in the fossil fuel industry recklessly put our oceans and our planet in harm’s way — all for the sake of profit. This World Oceans Day, we refuse to be silent and sit idly while Big Plastic and Big Oil’s corporate greed threatens our oceans and our planet. Will you take action today and stand with us to defend our oceans from rampant plastic pollution? Sign now to tell the EPA we demand federal solutions to the plastic crisis immediately! >> SIGN THE PETITION Thanks for having an impact with your voice today.  Friends of the Earth  Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA PO Box 7010 Merrifield, VA 22116-7010 1-877-843-8687 Contact us Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect:

Sign The Petition: New study links dirty petrochemical pollution and plastic production to birth defects

 

BREAKING: New study links petrochemical plastic plants in Cancer Alley to additional human health risks including birth defects! Take action now to demand federal action to address the plastic crisis! >>  Along the iconic Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana, there is an unsightly stretch of industrial complexes that not only ruins the beautiful natural setting but also severely harms the nearby people, wildlife, AND ecosystems. Overrun by Big Plastic’s whopping 200+ petrochemical factories, the section releases so much toxic pollution that it’s known as CANCER ALLEY due to the high rates of cancer among nearby residents.  Dirty petrochemical pollution has already been tied to cancer, respiratory damage, brain problems, and heart issues. Now, scientists have uncovered evidence that connects the irresponsible and rampant plastic production in Cancer Alley to additional human health risks — including premature and low-weight births.   The number of ways that plastics harm our planet and its living beings is unacceptable, Tony. And the list of negative impacts just keeps getting longer. That’s why it’s urgent that the federal government intervenes before plastics completely take over the planet in a PLASTIC APOCALYPSE.  Will you sit by and let Big Plastic further harm the people, wildlife, and ecosystems of frontline communities like Cancer Alley? Or will you speak up today and sign our petition demanding immediate federal action to address the plastic crisis before it’s too late? Add your name now! >>  SIGN THE PETITION Tony, it’s no secret that the plastic crisis is already wreaking havoc on our planet. Whether it’s being buried into landfills or dumped into the sea, plastic pollution continues to accumulate and build up on our fragile Earth, remaining in the environment for centuries.  Plastic pollution is not only overwhelming our oceans and KILLING valuable marine life, but toxic microplastics are CONTAMINATING everything from the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air we breathe.  But Big Plastic companies aren’t slowing down. Instead, they are ramping up plastic production which is terrible for people, wildlife, and the planet. These destructive petrochemical facilities, which are predominantly located in low-wealth communities and communities of color, burn through large amounts of fossil fuels and spew out global-warming emissions that exacerbate the climate crisis.  The number of ways that plastics and plastic production harm our planet and its living beings is unacceptable. We are facing an unprecedented PLASTIC APOCALYPSE that is threatening to harm all of us — but the federal government has FAILED to take bold action and rein in greedy Big Plastic corporations.   The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a responsibility to protect the Earth and its inhabitants. Will you add your name right now to demand that the EPA implements policy solutions to the combat plastic crisis immediately? SIGN THE PETITION Thanks for fighting back against the environmental destruction of Big Plastic. Your voice matters.  - Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA PO Box 7010 Merrifield, VA 22116-7010 1-877-843-8687 Contact us Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: