The Plastic Fiber Fiasco - with Dr. Lisa Erdle
- Green Street Radio
- Jan 16
- 1 min read
Tiny plastic fibers, mostly from the clothes we wear, are ending up in our air, our food, and our own bodies. But there are solutions on the horizon.
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the hidden costs of our dependence on fossil fuels, the EPA's effort to reduce state and local control over pipelines and power plants, and how New England states are joining together to promote residential heat pumps. Then Dr. Lisa Erdle, Director of Science and Innovation at non-profit 5 Gyres, talks about how scientists are now identifying tiny fibers from our clothing as one of the major culprits in the worldwide plastic pollution problem.
Links from the Interview
The website of 5 Gyres: https://www.5gyres.org/
Links from the News
• Affordability Requires Leadership (Op-Ed by Anshul Gupta) https://qoshe.com/the-leader-us/anshul-gupta/affordability-in-ny-requires-leadership-not-fossil-fuels/187323190
• Trump administration seeks to limit the ability of local governments to oversee major energy projects: https://apnews.com/article/water-trump-epa-section-401-data-centers-42716f21a37cadf624e2d7dee05fa3c3
• Heat pumps in New England: https://www.envirolink.org/2025/11/30/five-new-england-states-unite-for-historic-450-million-heat-pump-initiative-to-combat-winter-heating-emissions/
• Video from the first symposium of the Forums for a Nuclear-Free New York: https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/forums
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