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World Environment Day

Groups of volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, Peru, during World Environment Day on June 5th, 2018. The United Nations urged people to take steps against the use of plastic bags, as part of a global challenge to reduce the increasing pollution of the oceans.

Groups of volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, Peru, during World Environment Day on June 5th, 2018.

By Pacific Standard Staff

Plastic wastes fill a beach on April 18th, 2018, in Manila, Philippines.

Without action, there will be more plastic than fish in the world's ocean by mid-century.

By Kate Wheeling

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Environmental awareness is more important now than ever.

By Nick Hagar