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Country gathering information in anticipation of new global accord to address plastic waste issues

Negotiators from 175 nations began talks Tuesday on a proposed global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which is found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, and in human blood

Negotiators from 175 nations began talks Tuesday to agree a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which is found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, and within human blood and breast milk. The world is counting on us to deliver a new treaty that will catalyze and g ..

Negotiators from 175 nations began talks Tuesday on a proposed global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which is found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, and in human blood

'Planet versus the plastics' is the new call to arms for Earth Day 2024, which is calling for a 60 per cent reduction in plastic use by 2040. The United Nations Environment Program has found humans produce 400 million tonnes of plastic waste each year.

Climate lawfare is now a well-established route to avoid the checks and balances of democratic legislation. What widespread misery have the elderly Swiss ladies wrought?

The battle against climate change is increasingly being fought in the courtroom, as national governments, specific laws and individual companies are targeted over their role in the crisis -- sometimes successfully. On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland was&#...

/PRNewswire/ -- The ninth annual Sun Valley Forum, "Restoring Harmony With Nature," will be held from July 15 to July 18, 2024, at the Argyros Performing Arts...

For Indonesian activist Tiza Mafira, it all started with a 2013 petition pushing for a one or two cent fee on plastic bags.

Its part of an emerging industry thats trying to cash in on a senseless human problem: The huge amount of uneaten food that goes from supermarkets and restaurants to the dumpster. Much of that, if its not composted, ends up in landfills where it decays, sending potent planet-warming greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Enter a new business opportunity. A company called Winnow has developed the AI tool that spies on restaurant garbage. Another, company, Afresh, digests supermarket data to look f...