The World’s Plastic Problem Is Only Getting Worse

Plastic pollution is already bad, and it’s only slated to get worse. A lot worse.

A new analysis of the rising tide of plastic is the subject of today’s newsletter. Plus, a widely-referenced study that calculated the impacts of climate change on the global economy has been retracted and California is copying New York and Boston as it tries to bring down the cost of heat pumps and induction stoves.