I’m so sick of this. It’s too damn predictable.
Once again, the situation is worse than we thought. Worse than what’s been reported.
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Environmental Protection Agency accounting loopholes and aging equipment hide pollution from pulp and paper mills that may be undercounted by up to 350%.
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➡️ grist.org/climate-energy/repor…
And you know what? This story perfectly illustrates the Catch-22 we are in. It’s like, we *need* to use less plastic, so let’s switch back to paper packaging instead.
Except — uh-oh, paper manufacturing emits just as much greenhouse gas as oil refineries. So we’re screwed either way.
The real solution, of course, is to quit trying to replace one sort of production with another sort of production, one kind of growth with another kind of growth.
... show moreI’m so sick of this. It’s too damn predictable.
Once again, the situation is worse than we thought. Worse than what’s been reported.
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Environmental Protection Agency accounting loopholes and aging equipment hide pollution from pulp and paper mills that may be undercounted by up to 350%.
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➡️ grist.org/climate-energy/repor…
And you know what? This story perfectly illustrates the Catch-22 we are in. It’s like, we *need* to use less plastic, so let’s switch back to paper packaging instead.
Except — uh-oh, paper manufacturing emits just as much greenhouse gas as oil refineries. So we’re screwed either way.
The real solution, of course, is to quit trying to replace one sort of production with another sort of production, one kind of growth with another kind of growth.
The real solution is #Degrowth.
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism
Environmental Protection Agency accounting loopholes and aging equipment have helped fuel pollution that may be undercounted by 350 percent.
Tik Root (Grist)
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in reply to Bread and Circuses • • •, The real solution is #Degrowth.'
This is the only thing that works.
Paddy
in reply to Bread and Circuses • • •Well the article states:
"One of the major reasons that pollution levels are so high, Bernhardt explained, is that many paper plants continue using outdated equipment that is far less efficient than modern machinery. The boiler at the Covington mill, for example, is 85 years old. The average age across the 185 facilities that the report found data for was 41 years."
BTW: "biogenic emissions" of CO2 aren't "buried deeper", they don't count to nat. totals (=UN/IPCC Memo item).
Tony
in reply to Bread and Circuses • • •I’m all for degrowth and lower consumption, but let’s be realistic: swapping plastic production (which is leading to horrendous microplastic pollution) for something that produces just as much CO2 but without the microplastics is still a win in one area, at least.
(However we also need to stop using things like plastic-coated/lined cardboard at the same time)
schuelermine; probably → 39C3
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in reply to Bread and Circuses • • •Yeah. Paper mill that used to be in a city by me spewed arsenic into the air. People in the suburbs up the hill had to wear masks outside on bad days so they didn't breath the dust in.
They like moved to Chili or something to avoid EPA regulations rather than stop. The stench of the place took some 30+ years to remove.
RejZoR
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