Causescommons.wikimedia.org Fashion Weeks are unsustainable. Can strict rules fix that? Organizers of Copenhagen Fashion Week have created sustainability requirements for participating designers with the goal of setting a new industry standard.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Recycling in America is a mess. A new bill could clean it up As programs shutter and plastic use rises in the pandemic, a New York bill to get manufacturers to pick up the recycling tab could offer a solution.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com Melting ice reveals mummified penguins in Antarctica Birds that appeared “freshly dead” near an Italian research base turned out to be centuries old.
Politics www.nytimes.com Nick Kristof: Why 2017 was the best year in human history Here’s what’s more important than a Trump tweet.
Politics Trump’s mining regulator nominee was once dropped by the agency for doing “junk” work Previously accused of sabotaging the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Steven Gardner is now likely to be its next chief.
