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What the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels Must Achieve

Civil society will push states to act in line with their existing legal obligations to phase out all fossil fuels—including by advancing a Fossil Fuel Treaty that can govern a just and rights-based transition.

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Trump's EPA Wants to Count Microplastics While Corporations Keep Dumping Them

Committing $144 million to study microplastics while subsidizing fossil fuels by nearly $31 billion a year is like trying to clean up an oil spill with a spoon while the tanker is still spewing.

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Lancet Study Warns Plastics Could Cost Humanity 83 Million Years of Healthy Life

"Systemic change is needed 'from the cradle to the grave' of plastic production, use, and disposal," said the lead author, calling for "ambitious action from governments and industry transparency."

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Why the UN Environment Assembly Is Essential to a Safer, More Resilient Planet

Inaction now carries a clearer cost than ever: At UNEA-7 in Nairobi—the environmental capital of the world—the “Nairobi Spirit” can convert shared challenges into shared action.

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There Is Still Hope for an Ambitious Plastics Treaty

The plastics crisis must remain a priority in international negotiations.

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Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a 'Toxic Lie' Pushed by Plastics Industry

"These corporations and their partners continue to sell the public a comforting lie to hide the hard truth: that we simply have to stop producing so much plastic," said one campaigner.

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Corporate Greed and National Interests Torpedoed the UN Plastics Treaty

The latest round of negations show just how difficult it is to enforce humanitarian and ecological objectives which go against the interests of the oil industry and oil-producing countries.

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Plastics Treaty Talks End in 'Abject Failure' as US, Other Big Oil Allies Sabotage Progress

"The vast majority of governments want a strong agreement, yet a handful of bad actors were allowed to use process to drive such ambition into the ground," said one environmentalist.

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Microplastics and the 'Terrible Debris of Progress'

The plastics revolution has left devastation in its wake. We must move beyond this era of waste and toxic pollution.

What the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels Must Achieve

Civil society will push states to act in line with their existing legal obligations to phase out all fossil fuels—including by advancing a Fossil Fuel Treaty that can govern a just and rights-based transition.

Trump's EPA Wants to Count Microplastics While Corporations Keep Dumping Them

Committing $144 million to study microplastics while subsidizing fossil fuels by nearly $31 billion a year is like trying to clean up an oil spill with a spoon while the tanker is still spewing.

Lancet Study Warns Plastics Could Cost Humanity 83 Million Years of Healthy Life

"Systemic change is needed 'from the cradle to the grave' of plastic production, use, and disposal," said the lead author, calling for "ambitious action from governments and industry transparency."

One People, Realm, Leader: But Don't Call Them Nazis

Why the UN Environment Assembly Is Essential to a Safer, More Resilient Planet

Inaction now carries a clearer cost than ever: At UNEA-7 in Nairobi—the environmental capital of the world—the “Nairobi Spirit” can convert shared challenges into shared action.

There Is Still Hope for an Ambitious Plastics Treaty

The plastics crisis must remain a priority in international negotiations.

Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a 'Toxic Lie' Pushed by Plastics Industry

"These corporations and their partners continue to sell the public a comforting lie to hide the hard truth: that we simply have to stop producing so much plastic," said one campaigner.

Corporate Greed and National Interests Torpedoed the UN Plastics Treaty

The latest round of negations show just how difficult it is to enforce humanitarian and ecological objectives which go against the interests of the oil industry and oil-producing countries.

Plastics Treaty Talks End in 'Abject Failure' as US, Other Big Oil Allies Sabotage Progress

"The vast majority of governments want a strong agreement, yet a handful of bad actors were allowed to use process to drive such ambition into the ground," said one environmentalist.

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As AIPAC Spends Millions to Oust Him, Massie Unveils Bill Requiring Pro-Israel Lobby to Register as Foreign Agent

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13 of the Nearly 200 People Murdered by Trump and Hegseth Identified for First Time