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SEC wants new climate risk disclosure rules for business
Investors and others need more climate risk data to make informed business decisions. The US joins the EU in calling for more transparency.
Here’s how to design an effective treaty to curb plastic pollution globally
By 2025, 100 million to 250 million metric tons of plastic waste could enter the ocean each year, scientists say.
French ban on plastic packaging risks jeopardising circularity efforts
The ban neglects supermarkets’ initiatives in creating loops for a range of products to recycle plastic packaging.
Book on climate, human behavior calls for focus on people
Authors of a new book on how heat stress and extreme weather affect the human brain are calling for action to limit violence and conflict.
The great Amazon land grab: Brazil’s government is turning public land private, driving deforestation
Much of this land is cleared for cattle ranches and soybean farms, threatening biodiversity and the Earth’s climate.
Harvard study links fracking to early death risk for seniors
Fracking has long been opposed by climate activists. Now, a new study links pollution from fracking to early death risk in the elderly.