After a week of intense negotiations, a mandate was given to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare a first draft text on cutting the world's plastic pollution before the end of the year.
The hazardous chemicals being transported by the derailed train — including vinyl chloride, a known carcinogen — are used to make PVC, the world’s third most used type of plastic.
Kim Cobb, the first climate scientist to join a top intelligence advisory board, answers questions about her hopes to infuse climate into Biden’s security discussions
The president adds climate champions Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser and Richard Revesz as his regulations chief. The appointments to two of the most powerful posts in the White House underscore how Mr. Biden has pursued an “all-of-government” approach to climate change
Prisons, jails and detention centers are placed in locations where environmental hazards such as toxic landfills, floods and extreme heat are the norm.
