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Did plastic straw bans work? Yes, but not in the way you’d think
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Did plastic straw bans work? Yes, but not in the way you’d think

Plastic straws used to be “environment enemy number one.”
Politics
Canada is banning single-use plastics by the end of the year
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Canada is banning single-use plastics by the end of the year

The ban will be on single-use plastics like checkout bags, cutlery, straws and food-service ware made from or containing plastics that are hard to recycle.
plastic pollution
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WATCH: The search for plastics alternatives

As waste piles up, a number of companies are exploring alternatives to single-use plastics, experimenting with everything from mushroom packaging to advanced fibers to plastics-free grocery stores. But it may take serious legislative efforts to incentive adoption and slow the rise of the industry overall.

Causes
Janice Brahney: You’re probably inhaling microplastics right now
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Janice Brahney: You’re probably inhaling microplastics right now

A new study found plentiful evidence of these tiny particles in dust in the nation’s most remote places.
Solutions
Some Republicans say the party needs to tackle climate change
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Some Republicans say the party needs to tackle climate change

Some GOP lawmakers believe that they must keep up with a changing electorate.
Solutions
The problem with China's single-use plastic ban

The problem with China's single-use plastic ban

Just swapping single-use plastic for compostable alternatives won’t do much if none of them end up in the compost.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
A woman stands in front of a garbage dump next to an abandoned building holding a poster that says "there is no planet b."

Environmental groups brace for a new era of fear and federal targeting

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Pope Francis made climate change a moral crisis. Following his death, the world needs a new voice

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Clean energy tech is outpacing politics and reshaping the global power landscape

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A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

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NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

CLIMATE
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Trump administration’s shutdown of USAID devastates global conservation efforts