Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/microplastics-hinder-plant-photosynthesis-study-finds-threatening-millions-with-starvation 

 

As climate change warms rivers, they are running out of breath – and so could the plants and animals they harbor

If oxygen levels drop too low, river species will suffocate...

https://theconversation.com/as-climate-change-warms-rivers-they-are-running-out-of-breath-and-so-could-the-plants-and-animals-they-harbor-213297

New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with near-perfect efficiency - The Academic Times

German chemists have developed two sustainable plastic alternatives to high-density polyethylene that can be chemically recycled more easily and nearly 10 times as efficiently, thanks to "break points" engineered into their molecular structures...
https://academictimes.com/new-plant-based-plastics-can-be-chemically-recycled-with-near-perfect-efficiency/

Trump keeps bragging about imaginary auto plants in swing states - The Washington Post

We have documented before the president’s “swing-state spin,” in which he claims he has achieved great economic success for states that, coincidentally, are necessary for him to achieve an electoral college victory. According to our database of Trump’s false and misleading claims, the president has mentioned Michigan in 120 false claims, Ohio in 94 claims and North Carolina in 68 claims. South Carolina is not a swing state, but it may have a competitive Senate race, so that may be why it slipped into his spiel on Labor Day
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/10/trump-keeps-bragging-about-imaginary-auto-plants-swing-states/

Shuttering of coal plants has saved 26K lives in US: study - The Hill

The decline of coal could be saving thousands of lives as power plants reduce air pollution by switching to natural gas, according to a study published Monday.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/476962-shuttering-of-coal-plants-has-saved-26k-lives-in-us-study

Climate change is killing millions of plants and animals — and untold scientific discoveries in the process - The Hill

The loss of little-known plants and insects has real costs. Many of our most powerful medicines are derived from plants and insects.
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/452617-climate-change-is-killing-millions-of-plants-and-animals-and

How Burger King's "Impossible Whopper" Tastes Like Flame-Broiled, Bloody Beef - Inverse

The jewel in the Burger King crown has long been the Whopper, a flame-grilled, quarter-pound of muscle wrapped in paper boasting: "100% Beef With No Fillers." But on Monday, the burger giant unveiled the Impossible Whopper, a plant-based doppelgänger of the classic sandwich that seems likely to be a lasting plant-based replacement.....
https://www.inverse.com/article/54518-burger-king-impossible-whopper-tastes-like-meat

Plants May Not Have Ears, But They Can 'Hear' Way Better Than We Thought

The flowers are listening, according to new research – well, in a sense, at least. Scientists have found evidence that plants can actually hear the buzz of passing bees and produce sweeter nectar in response to entice the flying insects in. And flowers are technically their 'ears'...
https://www.sciencealert.com/flowers-may-not-have-ears-but-they-can-still-technically-hear-say-scientists

U.S. Carbon Emissions Surged in 2018 Even as Coal Plants Closed - NYTimes

America’s carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in eight years, according to a preliminary estimate published Tuesday.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/climate/greenhouse-gas-emissions-increase.html

Trump again incorrectly brags that Apple is building 'new plants' in the United States - 9to5Mac

President Trump again today incorrectly claimed that Apple is planning to build "new plants" in the United States. ....
https://9to5mac.com/2018/07/27/donald-trump-us-manufacturing-apple/

Republican lawmaker: Reducing carbon emissions will 'kill all the trees and plants' -- Raw Story

A Republican lawmaker in Colorado believes that environmental measures to reduce carbon emissions will kill off plant life. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/republican-lawmaker-reducing-carbon-emissions-will-kill-all-the-trees-and-plants/

Orchid Mantis: Looks That Kill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7SAecAIeMI&feature=youtu.be

One fifth of plants at risk of extinction globally: Can we reverse course? - CSMonitor.com

According to a global assessment of plant life, the future is bleak for Earth's plants. But successes seen in forest conservation lend hope....
http://m.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0510/One-fifth-of-plants-at-risk-of-extinction-globally-Can-we-reverse-course