Economy & Business

Five Firms In Alliance ‘Made 1,000 Times More Plastic Than They Cleaned Up’

"Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace."

Source: Guardian, 11/21/2024

"Despite Critics, Organic Farming Thrives In Heart Of US Corn Country"

"With just shy of 800 residents, West Bend, Iowa is barely a blip on a prairie landscape, but it has become home base for an uncommonly large expanse of organically grown crops- operations that have found success in challenging the popular convention that pesticides and other agricultural chemicals are needed to feed the world."

Source: The New Lede, 11/20/2024

"Biden Administration Requesting Roughly $100 Billion For Disaster Relief"

"The Biden administration is sending a roughly $100 billion request to Congress to help Americans impacted by a series of major and record-breaking natural disasters in 2023 and 2024, including Hurricanes Helene and Milton, calling on lawmakers to pass the needed relief with “bipartisan and bicameral support.”"

Source: CNN, 11/20/2024

Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress: Experts

"If speeches and slogans could save the climate, COP29 would already be a success. But there are few signs the current round of climate talks will deliver on the only thing proven to slow global warming: rapid greenhouse gas cuts."

Source: Inside Climate News, 11/18/2024

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