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• Americans purchase nearly 50 billion water bottles annually and throw away more than 60 million bottles per day.
• In addition to driving plastic pollution, bottled water contains excessive amounts of microplastics, reportedly 50% more than tap water.
• "Reducing plastic pollution has been a priority for Aquasana for over two decades," said Derek Mellencamp, general manager of Aquasana.
• Also included is the OptimH2O® Reverse Osmosis + Claryum® system, which combines Claryum® and RO technologies to now reduce 89 contaminants with the addition of microplastics.

• The problem is not only that these countries – and also the poorest sectors within rich countries – cannot cope with these impacts.
• There is an accepted euphemism for this situation: excessive personal consumption.

10% responsible for 50% of emissions

• A 2021 study found that rich people leave a disproportionately large carbon footprint, and that the share of global emissions for which they are responsible is increasing.
• In 2015 the situation worsened: the richest 10% were responsible for 49% of emissions, while the poorest half of the world’s population produced 7%.
• This is bad news for the planet and for our hopes of one day reaching zero emissions.

Inequality environmentally very costly

• Economic inequality is environmentally costly.
• Ecological collapse and economic inequality are among the greatest contemporary challenges, and the two issues are completely intertwined and have been throughout the history of civilisations.
• Even the most moderate levels of inequality that citizens consider acceptable increase the energy needed to provide a universally decent life by 40%.

Climate tax for the mega-rich

• However, more policies are needed to target those at the opposite end of the social scale: the super-rich.
• If the mega-rich were to pay a climate tax of approximately 2% of their wealth, this would raise an estimated 300 billion globally against climate change.
• Based on scientific knowledge, it seeks to address the gravest challenge that has ever confronted humanity: climate change and the socio-economic model that has generated it.

• Oil drillers qualified a referendum that put SB 1137 on hold until voters vote on it in November 2024.
• If SB 556 becomes law, it would further protect communities by making drillers liable for the harms they cause starting January 2024.
• "This bill connects the dots between toxic oil and gas pollution and the health harms it causes.
• It's high time the onus was put on oil companies to prove their dirty activities aren't the cause of rampant health harms.

• African Energy Chamber:  The Misplaced Fury Around Sound: Time to Put the Record Straight on Seismic Surveys in South Africa and End the Energy Crisis (By NJ Ayuk)
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• The Misplaced Fury Around Sound: Time to Put the Record Straight on Seismic Surveys in South Africa and End the Energy Crisis (By NJ Ayuk)
  By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber ( www.EnergyChamber.org ) and Author of A Just Transition: Making Energy Poverty History with an Energy Mix.
• Seismic surveys use sound waves to help oil and gas companies build an image of hydrocarbon deposits buried deep underground.
• The group argued that seismic surveys — or “blasting,” as they characterize it — endanger the Wild Coast’s marine environment.