California sued Exxon over plastics. Now Exxon is striking back. todayheadline

Rob Bonta stands at a podium with beach in the background, smiling at camera

On Monday, Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of environmental groups over ...

Economic Policies

Sri Lanka new govt establishes ministerial investigation units amid criticism todayheadline

December 31, 2024

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s proposal to appoint a committee to look for amendments in the island ...

A bar chart comparing virgin plastic use and packaging goals for Global Commitment signatories versus the global plastic packaging market. Signatories have made more progress than the market, but they're still far behind their 2025 goals.

Science & Environment

After 2 years, Coca-Cola’s promise to scale up reusable packaging is dead todayheadline

December 13, 2024

Despite growing public scrutiny and legal challenges over its use of plastic, Coca-Cola appears to be moving backwards on packaging ...

Science & Environment

North Carolina town sues Duke Energy for climate ‘deception’ todayheadline

December 7, 2024

This story was originally published by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. A small ...

Three plastic bottles of Pepsi on a store shelf, side by side.

Science & Environment

New Yorkâ€s plastic lawsuit against PepsiCo has been dismissed. Whatâ€s next?

November 18, 2024

Late last month, the New York state Supreme Court granted a request from PepsiCo to dismiss a plastic pollution lawsuit ...

An illustration of electrical towers and lines behind a green field

Science & Environment

â€˜Net-zeroâ€ banks raised $1 trillion for fossil fuel giants

November 14, 2024

This story was produced by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and co-published by Grist. Less than a hundred miles from ...

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