Deirdre McKay
@dccmckay.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Curious... about geography, migration and development... and the plastic waste it generates....
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I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!
Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!
Reposted by Deirdre McKay
🧵 3/ These cancellations aren’t coincidences — they’re warning signs. ⚠️ The plastics market is unstable, overbuilt, and fraught with financial and environmental risk.
It’s time for a strong #PlasticsTreaty that caps production and ushers markets into stable and sustainable solutions.
👇🏽 Read more.
It’s time for a strong #PlasticsTreaty that caps production and ushers markets into stable and sustainable solutions.
👇🏽 Read more.
Propping Up a Failing Industry: How Overcapacity, Tariffs, and Subsidies Are Masking the Plastics and Petrochemical Crisis - Center for International Environmental Law
Published on July 24, 2025. By Ximena Banegas, Global Plastics and Petrochemicals Campaigner at the Center for International Environmental Law. The petrochemical industry is facing a financial crisis...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🧵 3/ These cancellations aren’t coincidences — they’re warning signs. ⚠️ The plastics market is unstable, overbuilt, and fraught with financial and environmental risk.
It’s time for a strong #PlasticsTreaty that caps production and ushers markets into stable and sustainable solutions.
👇🏽 Read more.
It’s time for a strong #PlasticsTreaty that caps production and ushers markets into stable and sustainable solutions.
👇🏽 Read more.
Reposted by Deirdre McKay
🧵 2/ ExxonMobil’s Coastal Plain Venture project in Texas would have added 5B pounds of new polyethylene production capacity/year — now it's off the table.
Weeks ago, Dow delayed a $4 billion expansion planned for Alberta, Canada.
⚠️ The message is clear: Petrochemicals are a toxic investment.
Weeks ago, Dow delayed a $4 billion expansion planned for Alberta, Canada.
⚠️ The message is clear: Petrochemicals are a toxic investment.
October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🧵 2/ ExxonMobil’s Coastal Plain Venture project in Texas would have added 5B pounds of new polyethylene production capacity/year — now it's off the table.
Weeks ago, Dow delayed a $4 billion expansion planned for Alberta, Canada.
⚠️ The message is clear: Petrochemicals are a toxic investment.
Weeks ago, Dow delayed a $4 billion expansion planned for Alberta, Canada.
⚠️ The message is clear: Petrochemicals are a toxic investment.