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China stopped taking our plastic. Now America is drowning in it.
America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled.
Taylor Dorrell
4 mins read
The US is under pressure to lead the way in reducing plastic pollution but it keeps making more of it
World leaders are negotiating a treaty to end plastic pollution, and the US is under pressure to st…
Catherine Boudreau
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Three-quarters of the world's population wants single-use plastics banned, according to new study
The new poll by Reuters and IPSOS comes as countries meet in Nairobi later this month to start nego…
Alex Bitter
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Norway and Rwanda are leading a coalition working to eliminate plastic pollution. The US isn't a part — for now.
Norway and Rwanda launched a "high-ambition" coalition of 20 countries that will work to end plasti…
Catherine Boudreau
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All Indian salt and sugar brands have microplastics, notes a recent study
The highest levels of microplastics were found in iodised salt, in the form of multi-coloured thin …
PTI
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Ukraine told to investigate its military use of banned 'butterfly' antipersonnel mines in war with Russia, says human rights group
Human Rights Watch requested Ukraine to investigate the use of PFM-1 antipersonnel mines around the…
Nathan Rennolds
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Scientists are racing to explore more of the ocean hoping to discover medical breakthroughs and address the climate crisis
An array of organizations are working to scale marine biodiscovery to discover beneficial traits fr…
Tasmin Lockwood
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4 key types of landmines, how they work, and their impact on the Russia-Ukraine war
Landmines are cheap, deadly, and highly-effective weapons that have played a key role in Russia's i…
Nathan Rennolds
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PepsiCo wants to grow profits and shrink its carbon footprint. That requires the company to "go bigger" and "accelerate" climate action, a top sustainability exec says.
Insider spoke to Jim Andrew, PepsiCo's executive vice president and chief sustainability officer, o…
Catherine Boudreau
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Russia likely deploying 'unreliable and unpredictable' butterfly mines in Ukraine, UK intel says. The munitions reportedly maimed children in past wars.
Using these mines is "deeply controversial" because children mistook them for toys when they were u…
Rebecca Cohen
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How the circular economy could solve the smartphone-waste problem — and curb the manufacturing industry's carbon footprint, too
Manufacturing is the third-largest contributor to US greenhouse-gas emissions, accounting for 25% o…
Freya Graham
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Left hanging by government, some businesses are trying to fight the climate crisis on their own
Some companies are stepping up to fight the climate crisis but without government mandating action,…
Tim Paradis
4 mins read
How to design sustainability targets the right way, according to a nonprofit working with Sony and Procter & Gamble
The nonprofit's cofounder and chief technical officer said more organizations are signing on due to…
Erica Sweeney
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Cody Wilson made headlines with a blueprint for 3D-printable guns, now he's on the run after being charged with sexually assaulting a minor
But before police in Austin, Texas could arrest him, they say he had already fled to Taiwan after a…
Grace Panetta
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Navajo artist Emma Robbins is bringing tap water and solar power to hundreds of homes that never had it before
One in three homes on the Navajo Nation don't have running water. So Robbins is dropping off 275-ga…
Hilary Brueck
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The chief executive of oil and gas giant Repsol reveals why the company's first-of-its-kind commitment to net-zero emissions is smart for business
Imaz points to the company's history and short-term commitments. Repsol was the first oil and gas g…
Benji Jones,Benji Jones
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'Taking a strong woman and tearing her to pieces is his jam': The shocking details in 4 women's abuse allegations against Eric Schneiderman
While Schneiderman's office publicly admonished and filed a civil rights suit against disgraced fil…