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Plastic pollution causes damage akin to climate change, report shows
Description
January 23, 2022
According to a new report on the effects of plastic waste, it’s in our food, air and water. If action is not taken soon on a global coordinated scale, activists warn plastic waste threatens the future of life on this planet in the same way as climate change. Redmond Shannon reports.
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Plastic pollution causes damage akin to climate change, report shows02:08 | January 23, 2022 -
B.C. floods force evacuations, road closures02:09 | December 11, 2025 -
Grin and bear it: Nikon’s Comedy Wildlife Photo Award winners revealed00:36 | December 11, 2025 -
‘Cheap political stunt’: Liberals vote against Poilievre’s pipeline motion01:54 | December 9, 2025 -
Conservative motion puts pressure on Liberals’ energy promises01:58 | December 8, 2025 -
Along the Northwest B.C. coast, experts ‘take the conduct of the ship away from the master’12:14 | December 7, 2025 -
Environmental groups decry Liberal pipeline memorandum01:57 | November 28, 2025 -
Meteorological winter is almost upon us – here’s what Canadians can expect02:41 | November 25, 2025 -
COP30: No new fossil fuel promises at UN climate talks02:06 | November 22, 2025 -
Severe flooding hits northern Italy; rescue operations underway01:09 | November 17, 2025 -
New Brunswick’s Sisson Mine faces environmental opposition after getting fast-track approval02:02 | November 14, 2025 -
Environmentalists raise alarm over Canada’s proposed major infrastructure projects02:01 | November 14, 2025 -
COP30: Indigenous demonstrators block entrance, youth protest climate inaction02:02 | November 14, 2025 -
Seal escapes pod of orcas by jumping on photographer’s boat01:43 | November 14, 2025 -
Health Matters: Cull of ostriches at B.C. farm completed02:27 | November 14, 2025 -
Matthew Perry House hosts ‘Live Loud LIVE’ concert for mental health in Toronto02:19 | November 10, 2025 -
B.C. ostrich cull: Canada ‘waged war’ by gunning down birds in middle of night, family says03:44 | November 10, 2025 -
‘Don’t let Canada burn’: Wildfire survivors call for more federal support01:50 | October 22, 2025 -
Typhoon Halong batters Alaska, forcing 1,500 people from their homes01:48 | October 15, 2025 -
‘It depends’: Carney shifts stance on emissions cap00:53 | October 10, 2025 -
Philippines earthquake: Dozens dead as powerful 6.9 magnitude quake crumbles buildings02:03 | October 1, 2025 -
Rapid climate shifts in Antarctica could have major global impacts, expert warns02:16 | September 29, 2025 -
Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in southern China00:59 | September 24, 2025 -
Trump calls climate change ‘the greatest con job’ in speech to UNGA00:48 | September 23, 2025 -
Under fire for fireworks: Arc’teryx apologizes after stunt sparks outrage02:00 | September 22, 2025 -
‘This is a dying glacier’: Swiss icecap melting at frightening pace, expert says02:53 | September 22, 2025 -
Climate change made Canada’s heat waves more likely: scientists01:38 | September 17, 2025 -
Human-made climate change made summer heat waves 2-10 times more likely, expert says01:23 | September 17, 2025 -
Nova Scotia family who lost newly-renovated home in wildfire welcomes new member02:07 | September 12, 2025 -
Painted turtles released into Quebec park in effort to protect species01:50 | August 29, 2025 -
Federal major projects office to launch within days01:55 | August 28, 2025 -
Health Matters: Canada has highest number of measles cases in North America02:24 | August 18, 2025
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Plastic pollution causes damage akin to climate change, report shows02:08 | January 23, 2022
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B.C. floods force evacuations, road closures02:09 | December 11, 2025
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Grin and bear it: Nikon’s Comedy Wildlife Photo Award winners revealed00:36 | December 11, 2025
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‘Cheap political stunt’: Liberals vote against Poilievre’s pipeline motion01:54 | December 9, 2025
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Conservative motion puts pressure on Liberals’ energy promises01:58 | December 8, 2025
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Along the Northwest B.C. coast, experts ‘take the conduct of the ship away from the master’12:14 | December 7, 2025
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Environmental groups decry Liberal pipeline memorandum01:57 | November 28, 2025
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COP30: No new fossil fuel promises at UN climate talks02:06 | November 22, 2025
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Environmentalists raise alarm over Canada’s proposed major infrastructure projects02:01 | November 14, 2025
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COP30: Indigenous demonstrators block entrance, youth protest climate inaction02:02 | November 14, 2025
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Seal escapes pod of orcas by jumping on photographer’s boat01:43 | November 14, 2025
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Health Matters: Cull of ostriches at B.C. farm completed02:27 | November 14, 2025
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Matthew Perry House hosts ‘Live Loud LIVE’ concert for mental health in Toronto02:19 | November 10, 2025
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B.C. ostrich cull: Canada ‘waged war’ by gunning down birds in middle of night, family says03:44 | November 10, 2025
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‘It depends’: Carney shifts stance on emissions cap00:53 | October 10, 2025
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Philippines earthquake: Dozens dead as powerful 6.9 magnitude quake crumbles buildings02:03 | October 1, 2025
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Rapid climate shifts in Antarctica could have major global impacts, expert warns02:16 | September 29, 2025
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Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in southern China00:59 | September 24, 2025
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Trump calls climate change ‘the greatest con job’ in speech to UNGA00:48 | September 23, 2025
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Under fire for fireworks: Arc’teryx apologizes after stunt sparks outrage02:00 | September 22, 2025
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‘This is a dying glacier’: Swiss icecap melting at frightening pace, expert says02:53 | September 22, 2025
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Climate change made Canada’s heat waves more likely: scientists01:38 | September 17, 2025
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Nova Scotia family who lost newly-renovated home in wildfire welcomes new member02:07 | September 12, 2025
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Painted turtles released into Quebec park in effort to protect species01:50 | August 29, 2025
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Health Matters: Canada has highest number of measles cases in North America02:24 | August 18, 2025
Plastic pollution causes damage akin to climate change, report shows
Description
January 23, 2022
According to a new report on the effects of plastic waste, it’s in our food, air and water. If action is not taken soon on a global coordinated scale, activists warn plastic waste threatens the future of life on this planet in the same way as climate change. Redmond Shannon reports.
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