The plastic recycling system is broken - here's how we can fix it
The problem of increasing plastic waste has been exacerbated by the pandemic, requiring better regulation and monitoring to solve.
Oct. 14, 2021 • ~6 min
President Joe Biden needed a Plan B, one that Congress could approve, to take to the UN climate conference. But his new strategy is unlikely to meet the country’s emissions reduction goals for 2030.
The problem of increasing plastic waste has been exacerbated by the pandemic, requiring better regulation and monitoring to solve.
Green jobs are the way to avoid a decade of decline for towns dependent on airport employment.
Green jobs are the way to avoid a decade of decline for towns dependent on airport employment.
Plus, why Brazilian women who lived through Zika are avoiding getting pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to episode 18 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Because Brazil's economic prosperity in the last two decades is increasingly linked to the Amazon's good health, restoring the country's economy is a critical first step toward ending deforestation.
The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.
The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.
The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and the history of seat belts shows that mandates make a difference.
The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and the history of seat belts shows that mandates make a difference.
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