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Pittsburgh's plastic bag ban
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Pittsburgh's plastic bag ban: What you need to know

Once the ban goes into effect, you will no longer receive free plastic bags in the city of Pittsburgh when you shop at a retail store. Instead, you will either have to pay 10 cents to purchase a paper bag, buy a reusable bag or bring your own reusable bag.
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Why many plastic promises are just greenwashing

Based on current trends, efforts to improve waste management may be overshadowed by the production and consumption of virgin plastic.
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As India bans disposable plastic, Tamil Nadu offers lessons
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As India bans disposable plastic, Tamil Nadu offers lessons

Tamil Nadu’s ban on single-use plastic has gotten results, thanks to relentless policing. Now, India says it will tackle the problem nationwide.
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This plastic-eating enzyme can break down garbage in days
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This plastic-eating enzyme can break down garbage in days

Researchers hope the enzymes could create a truly circular system for the PET plastics that are still manufactured.
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The world’s nations agree to fix the plastic waste crisis
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The world’s nations agree to fix the plastic waste crisis

A plastic pollution treaty, called Paris Plus, would come with a mandate—and more muscle than the climate accord.

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Plastic pollution affects 88% of marine species: WWF

Wildlife group WWF says plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean, calling for urgent efforts to create an international treaty on plastics.

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In the food system and beyond, plastics are the problem
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In the food system and beyond, plastics are the problem

The co-director of the Peak Plastic Foundation discusses the size and shape of the plastic problem, how the pandemic reshaped the plastic landscape, and how food fits into the plastics puzzle.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Doug Burgum pushes for fossil fuel expansion as Interior nominee

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Wildfires in Los Angeles bring widespread economic and health fallout

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How raging wildfires overwhelmed Los Angeles suburbs, creating a catastrophe

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Lee Zeldin, Trump's pick for EPA administrator, speaks at a podium.

Trump’s EPA pick faces Senate grilling over climate rollback plans

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Oil industry figures celebrate Trump inauguration with exclusive DC party

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Supreme Court declines to intervene in key environmental and climate disputes

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Closing coal plants in environmental justice communities first would save more lives: Study

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Climate change could cut global GDP in half by late 21st century