Can countries agree to "end the world's plastic pollution crisis"?
The U.S. is among 175 nations haggling over a treaty to reduce the vast quantity of plastic pollution that ends up in our ...
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Alec Baldwin Tells Foreign Press His Biggest Concern After Trump Election Win — It’s The Same As William Shatner’s
Alec Baldwin was asked what his greatest concern is in post-Trump-victory American, and his response was the same as one that ...
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WWF warns the INC-5 new draft text lacks concrete upstream measures for ending plastic pollution
WWF finds the new draft text proposed by the INC-5 Chair failing to meet basic requirements needed for a strong globally ...
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US, EU join call for fees on virgin resin in treaty
As global negotiations for a plastics treaty approach a critical Dec. 1 deadline, the United States, European Union and Japan ...
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Another push for production caps at plastics treaty talks
More than 85 nations, including all 27 members of the European Union, are making a last-minute push to include caps on ...
As countries meet to agree a landmark plastics treaty, is recycling or producing less the answer?
Even if 50 per cent more plastic was recycled there would still be a pollution problem, a French minister said this week.
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Kenya pollution: Plastic-eating mealworms offer hope for waste crisis
Scientists in Kenya say they've discovered a small but potentially powerful new weapon in their fight against plastic pollution.
Fears hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists could derail crucial plastic pollution summit
The high number of lobbyists – larger than any single national delegation including host country South Korea – has sparked ...
Global negotiators inch closer to agreement on plastic pollution treaty
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution inched closer to an agreement Friday, with ...
Negotiators get closer to agreeing on a plastic pollution treaty
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution have inched closer to an agreement, with ...
A tiny North Shore museum blends whimsy with a warning
She gathers multicolored shotgun shells, smudged goggles, and eyeless baby dolls. She unravels man-made rubbish from the ...
UN plastic treaty talks push for breakthrough as deadline looms
Negotiators at the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution were striving on Friday to speed up sluggish proceedings and reach a deal by a Dec. 1 ...