A MESSAGE FOR YOU Spring has sprung! For me, this season signals a fresh start, a chance to shake off stale feelings and move forward with renewed energy. Does it for you, too? This sense of renewal is so valuable because our fight for sustainable food, clean water, and a livable climate requires a heroic amount of stick-to-itiveness. ( Something you have shown time and again by never giving up on our planet. Thank you! ) Each legal and legislative victory we win together often comes after months — and even more often, years — of hard work and persistence. Each is a testament to your heroic stick-to-itiveness! And this is precisely the type of tenacity we need to tackle the plastic pollu- tion crisis. This issue of Livable Future NOW focuses on plastic. It harms people and our planet during its production, use, and disposal. It’s a wicked problem that requires our collective stubborn optimism and willingness to roll up our sleeves and get to work. So, as you welcome spring and find renewed energy, I’m so grateful to you for sticking with Food & Water Watch and caring for our planet. Thank you!
NEW SHELL PLANT BRINGS POLLUTION AND PLASTIC. YOU’RE FIGHTING BACK.
Tamara Tripp Managing Director of Philanthropy
Shell Polymers Monaca is a massive plastic-producing cracker plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. This flaring event in September of 2022 is one of many that have alarmed nearby communities. Flaring emits toxins, exposing them to dangerous pollutants. Photo by Mark Dixon / Blue Lens.
Cover: Hilary Flint sits on a park bench along the Ohio River with a clear and ominous view of the Shell Polymers Monaca cracker plant. She is fighting to protect the health of her community in Western Pennsylvania. Photo by Mark Dixon / Blue Lens.
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