Tag: pollution crisis
Fast fashion pollutes the Atacama Desert in Chile
With nearly 60,000 tons of unsold clothes arriving globally from Europe, Asia and North America to the port town of Iquique, about 39,000 tons of fast fashion ends up in the landfill in the desert.
Our planet versus plastic bags—a tale of two cities
Americans discard 100 billion plastic bags annually, the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil.
‘Plastic rain’ is pouring down in national parks
The plastic is trapped in fundamental atmospheric processes and falling all over the world, making plastic rain the new acid rain.
Global audit reports just how much pollution giants like Coca-Cola and...
Break Free From Plastic bins to end global plastic pollution by identifying these giant polluters and making them accountable.
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Trump signals possible US entry into Israel Iran war as death toll rises and...
As Israel expands its military assault on Iran, President Trump suggests US forces “could get involved,” sparking warnings from lawmakers and experts of illegal war and regional catastrophe.
Hundreds of thousands march in red to encircle the Hague and demand action on...
With Gaza’s death toll surpassing 55,000, Dutch protesters form a human “red line” around the International Court of Justice, calling for sanctions on Israel and a decisive end to the war.
Approaching the end of liberal internationalism
Will America ever rejoin the international community?
American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating
We do know that protests against ICE raids have been intensifying around the country for months, alongside protests opposing perceived power-grabs by the Trump administration.