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Even as the world suffers a plastics glut, petrochemical companies are prolonging the 'plasticene era.'
by Meg Wilcox
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The negotiations are over halfway done and big questions linger. How can nations create a treaty that makes a difference?
by Jon Smieja
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With geopolitical tensions high and the stakes for the global environment rising, the countries reached the starting point for a path forward on mitigating the climate crisis.
by Leah Garden
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Governments around the world are securing their travel visas, rallying their best nerds and sharpening their pencils for the next big United Nations meeting on plastic pollution.
by Jon Smieja
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NGOs are cautiously optimistic about the draft document for a global plastics treaty, which will be used during the third set of negotiations scheduled for mid-November.
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It will impose new sustainability requirements on all businesses manufacturing single-use packaging or plastic single-use service ware.
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Colorado will restrict the sale of PFAS in many consumer products starting in 2024, and at least 11 states are moving to impose restrictions.
by Meg Wilcox
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One of the world's biggest contributors to the plastic crisis has yet to pass meaningful federal regulation on plastic pollution, but a new bill may change that.
by Hannah Seo
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Decarbonizing infrastructure and industry, adapting to water scarcity, reducing waste and transitioning to a circular economy are the biggest challenges to achieving this feat.
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As the U.N. negotiators behind the Paris Agreement, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac have done a lot of work together. We caught up with them about their latest collaboration, a book called 'The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.'
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Local groups have engaged with regulators, legislators and other experts to drive impact.
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In her new book, the writer and activist urges us to take this chance to create a clean economy and save both humanity and its only home.
by Naomi Klein
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Consumers call for less plastics — but are they following through?
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Cutlery, cotton buds, straws, balloon sticks and stirrers could all be gone later this year under a new proposal.
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A Europe-wide ban could be in place on certain items by 2021 — but is the war on plastics a distraction from the climate fight?
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Here's how France created a system for participatory decision-making for its river water.
by Scott Moore