Plastic pollution usually conjures images of grocery bags blowing in the wind or nurdles lodged in a seabird’s stomach. But soon, plastic pollution may take on another meaning, as a new report forecasts that the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions in the US will outpace those of coal by the end of the decade.

If current production trends keep up, plastics could be a bigger source of greenhouse gases in the U.S. than the coal industry by 2030. That’s according to a report out Thursday that analyzes emissions from all the layers of the plastic chain for the first time.

A new report released by Beyond Plastics suggests that plastics will release more greenhouse gas emissions than coal plants in the U.S. by 2030.

A new report shows that plastics will emit more greenhouse gases than coal by 2030 in the U.S. if the industry follows through on its plans.

By the end of the decade, according to a new report that looks at every part of the plastic life cycle, emissions from the plastics industry in the U.S. could outpace emissions from coal power plants.

In the next decade, plastic will emit more climate-changing greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants. That’s according to a new report by the group Beyond Plastics.

Plastics are on track to contribute more climate change emissions than coal plants by 2030, a new report from a nationwide initiative at Bennington College concludes.

American plastics industry, described by experts as ‘the new coal’, releasing at least 232m tons of gas annually.

A study released by Beyond Plastics at Bennington College reports that plastics are the new coal.

The carbon-intensive production of plastics is on pace to emit more greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants within this decade, undercutting global efforts to tackle climate change, a report released on Thursday said.

The U.S. plastics industry’s contribution to climate change is on course to surpass that of coal-fired power plants by 2030, a new study has found.

In the next decade, plastic will emit more climate-changing greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants. That's according to a new report by the group Beyond Plastics that analyzed 10 stages of plastics production, use and disposal.

It's widely understood that plastics litter the oceans and kill animals. But its huge and growing impact on global warming has evaded public scrutiny.

Plastics production is on track to become a major source in driving climate change, according to a report out today that finds the industry will outpace coal in greenhouse gas emissions within a decade.

The U.S. plastics industry releases at least 232 million tons of greenhouse gases each year — and the problem is only growing.