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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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.