To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Plastic Free July® challenge is calling on people to choose to refuse single-use plastic in a bid to help exceed last year’s worldwide efforts and hit the global target of 1 billion kilos of waste avoidance. The Plastic Free July challenge helps millions of people take small, daily actions…
First-of-its-kind report shows the global economy is better off with more nature protected In the most comprehensive report to date on the economic implications of protecting nature, over 100 economists and scientists find that the global economy would benefit from the establishment of far more protected areas on land and at sea than exist today.…
Last week Bayer announced a series of agreements that will substantially resolve major outstanding Monsanto litigation, including U.S. Roundup™ product liability litigation, dicamba drift litigation and PCB water litigation. The main feature is the U.S. Roundup™ resolution that will bring closure to approximately 75% of the current Roundup™ litigation involving approximately 125,000 filed and unfiled…
ReSource: Plastic’s inaugural report – Transparent 2020 – provides a clear view into action and accountability needed to fix the broken plastic system World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released a report pinpointing new insights and concrete actions to address a critical issue facing marine ecosystems: global plastic pollution. In partnership with ReSource: Plastic Principal Members…
Monarch butterfly on swamp milkweed in Michigan. Photo by Jim Hudgins/USFWS. Efforts to stem the decline of monarch butterflies took a giant leap forward today with the completion of a historic agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Illinois-Chicago. The agreement encourages transportation and energy partners to participate in…
Amazon has announced The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of sustainable technologies and services that will enable Amazon and other companies to meet The Climate Pledge—a commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040. This dedicated venture investment program—with an initial $2 billion in funding—will back visionary companies whose products and services will…
Denmark emerges at the top of the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities who produce this biennial scorecard of national results on a range of sustainability issues. In commenting on the rankings, Yale professor Dan Esty, who directs the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policythat co-produces the…
Sixteen children, including Greta Thunberg, are urging a UN committee to admit their claim against five big-emitting countries, arguing that the governments are legally obliged to protect them from direct, imminent and foreseeable risk to their health and well-being. The children’s filing with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, submitted by the…
Analysis of thousands of vertebrate species reveals that extinction rates are likely much faster than previously thought. The researchers call for immediate global action, such as a ban on the wildlife trade, to slow the sixth mass extinction BY LINDSAY FILGASStanford Woods Institute for the Environment In 2015, Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich co-authored a study…
Worldwide per capita fish consumption has reached a new record of 20.5 kilograms per year and is poised to increase further in the decade ahead, underscoring its critical role in global food and nutrition security. Sustainable aquaculture development and effective fisheries management are critical to maintain these trends, according to a new report from the…
