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The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic

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How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored

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Uncovering the exposome: An emerging field casts a wide net

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Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers

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Report: Many global companies’ net-zero pledges fail the smell test

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In all, the researchers found that only one company (Danish shipping company Maersk) out of 25 had a net-zero pledge of “reasonable integrity.” Three companies were credited with “moderate integrity”: Apple, Sony and Vodafone. oil] states.”

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A look at the secret world where our waste ends up

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Humans produce about 2 billion tons of solid waste each year, according to the World Bank, and only about one-fifth of all that waste is recycled or composted. The solid waste industry accounts for 5% of global greenhouse emissions, which, as Franklin-Wallis notes is more than the shipping and aviation industries combined.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: Germany’s €50 billion industrial decarbonization plan; U.S.