What David Sacks as AI czar (with Elon Musk as wingman) could mean for OpenAI todayheadline

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100+ countries want an ambitious plastics treaty. Oil producers are getting in the way. todayheadline

December 3, 2024

What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, speaking at a lectern. Her image is projected onto a screen, and in the foreground is a large audience watching her.

Science & Environment

At final round of plastic treaty talks, production cap hangs in the balance todayheadline

November 27, 2024

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Just a day after the conclusion of the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, diplomats began convening in Busan, ...

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Science & Environment

At COP29, new rules for carbon markets made them even more controversial todayheadline

November 26, 2024

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Delegates closed out this year’s United Nations climate conference on Saturday after agonizing debates on the right way to deliver ...

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Science & Environment

The US no longer supports capping plastic production in UN treaty

November 19, 2024

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The Biden administration has backtracked from supporting a cap on plastic production as part of the United Nationsâ€ global plastics ...

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Science & Environment

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

November 18, 2024

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

Us & Canada

Editorial: How California leaders can protect the environment from another Trump administration

November 17, 2024

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Of the many ways Donald Trump’s return to the White House promises to upend federal policy, few are more predictable ...

Science & Environment

Trump picked Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. What will that mean for environmental policy?

November 13, 2024

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After president-elect Donald Trump announced Lee Zeldin as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, the former Republican representative ...

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