The first set of of four negotiating sessions to produce a UN treaty on the high seas by 2020 concluded last week in New York; this would extend the existing law of the sea framework beyond each nation’s territorial waters.
Read more...How “Green New Deal” proponents repeat the intellectual errors made by the critics of the 1970s Limits to Growth studies.
Read more...New bad facts on world hunger.
Read more...Eyewitness accounts of Florence and its aftermath.
Read more...A secret corporate arbitration panel in the Hague ruled that Ecuadorean courts’ $9.5 billion judgement against Chevron for environmental damages is illegal and should not be enforced. An expert argues that the decision is a travesty.
Read more...Big oil seeks yet another handout.
Read more...Surveys indicate that consumers are souring on the ubiquitous use of plastic packaging– at least in the UK. Yet these shifts alone won’t be sufficient to address the problem. Governments must up their regulatory game, and global action is necessary.
Read more...A drop-off in funding for vaccines for ‘diseases of poverty’ is another consequence of the financial crisis. A recent study laments bleak prospects for breakthroughs on malaria, tuberculosis, dengue, and other diseases. Climate change is expanding the range where these diseases may be contracted.
Read more...The first Ocean Cleanup Array is scheduled to launch from San Francisco Bay tomorrow. Target: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a major ocean plastic accumulation zone more than three times the size of France.
Read more...In one small step toward reducing waste in the fashion industry, Burberry has announced it will cease burning unsold goods and using animal fur in its products, with immediate effect.
Read more...Talks kick off in New York on Tuesday to negotiate a UN treaty on the high seas by 2020; this would extend the existing law of the sea framework beyond each nation’s territorial waters.
Read more...Vanautu is in the vanguard of commonwealth states moving to ban single-use plastic items, which are choking marine life, slowly poisoning fish (and those who eat them), and negatively affecting tourism.
Read more...Groundwater contamination with endocrine distruptors from fracking, and its uneven distribution
Read more...American Academy of Pediatrics highlights health concerns for children from plastics, and recommends reducing use of plastics, and not microwaving them or placing them in the dishwasher.
Read more...Ninth Circuit orders EPA to implement a long overdue ban of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to developmental delays in children and nervous system damage to people and animals exposed. Court previously had to order Obama EPA in 2015 to act on the issue; it’s unclear whether this decision will survive appeal.
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