Saturday, December 20, 2025

Mattel launches pilot program to recover and recycle toys with sustainability at the forefront

Mattel PlayBack is a toy "takeback" program that helps support the company's goal to achieve "100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic materials across all products and packaging by 2030."

The Arctic is warming nearly 4x faster than the rest of the world: New research

"What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic."

This South Pacific nation is saying goodbye to single-use plastic bags and bottles

The PM of Vanuatu announced it the ban on Independence Day.

Majority of directors of world’s top insurance companies tied to polluting industries

Analysis found links to Exxon, Koch Industries, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, raising concerns about a potential “revolving door,” one campaigner said, between the insurance and fossil fuel industries.

Exposed: West Virginia and other states relying on ‘House of Cards’ to pay for...

“Who pays? The damaged environment? The communities that are blighted by unreclaimed mine sites?”

Indigenous-led organization opens new salvo in fight for climate justice

NDN Collective, inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux movement, releases a report on Dakota Access Pipeline.

Babies born in high-intensity oil and gas areas are 70% more likely to develop...

"This study provides further evidence of a positive association between maternal proximity to oil and gas well site activities and several types of CHDs."

Fracked Gas LNG Exports Were Centerpiece In Promotion of Panama Canal Expansion, Documents Reveal

Panama Canal's origins tie back to lobbying and the realization of corporate and Wall Street interests. Has the U.S. done the unconscionable?

Heating up the hot spots

Climate change could function as a “threat multiplier” in already touchy regions of the globe, perhaps triggering armed conflicts over water, arable land, or other resources.

U.S. judge slashed Bayer/Monsanto damages owed from $75 million to $25.27 million

Bayer had purchased Monsanto back in 2016 and the product Roundup weedkiller has been linked to causing cancer.  Northern...