Nations Meet in Geneva to End Plastic Pollution
U.N. negotiators have 10 days to craft a global plastic pollution treaty. Environmental advocates say reaching an agreement to cap production is key, but industry and petrostates are pushing back.
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How Plants Could Save Us From ‘Forever Chemicals’
Tools to address PFAS pollution are limited. Here's what researchers are learning about how these chemicals travel through the environment — and what farmers and landowners can do about it.
Trump’s attack on paper straws is mostly symbolic — but the plastics industry is celebrating
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to end the “forced use” of them, immediately undoes part of a Biden-era initiative to eliminate single-use…
Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?
Recent lawsuits say Arrowhead, Evian, Poland Spring, and other water bottlers are deceiving customers.
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