Tag: environment

Negotiators from 175 nations will create a team of scientists to address the plastic pollution crisis worldwide.

The annual Black Friday ode to commercialism and overconsumption sits at the core of our ongoing destruction of Earth’s ecosystems.

It might be the cheapest, quickest way to reduce climate change without roiling the economy.

Yes, it was a relief that increasingly fascist Republicans didn’t sweep the midterms. But our democratic standards cannot fall so low as to accept a split Congress.

“It’s an almost comical conflict of interest that Big Oil’s spin doctors are also in charge of communications for the UN climate talks.”

“We need to understand this growth and counter it with everyone involved: national authorities, enforcement agencies, Producer Responsibility Organizations, original equipment manufacturers, recyclers, researchers and consumers themselves.”

“The overall industry is being assaulted right now through policy changes at the state and federal level. That’s the story writ large. The industry is dying.”

Thousands of people in U.S. cities have been left without access to clean water. Communities say institutional racism is to blame.

"How many more oil spills and fossil fuel accidents do we need until the city and the state begins to prioritize public health and the environment?"

The bill, known as Senate Bill (SB) 1046, stipulates that stores can only provide so-called “precheckout bags” if they are compostable or made from recyclable paper.