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A person walks past an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT - Associated Press
Tue,04/30/24-8:43AM , 65 Reads
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings.
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Activist Dianne Peterson places a sign on an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics, April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP. File)

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At plastics treaty talks in Canada, sharp disagreements on whether to limit plastic production
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT - Associated Press
Mon,04/29/24-12:10PM , 41 Reads
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution, finishing the latest round of negotiations in Canada early Tuesday amid sharp disagreements about whether to put global limits on plastic production.
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People participate in a March to End the Plastic Era on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on April 21, 2024. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT - Associated Press
Mon,04/22/24-11:23PM , 84 Reads
Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution.
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Workers install solar panels at the under-construction Adani Green Energy Limited's Renewable Energy Park in the salt desert of Karim Shahi village, near Khavda, Bhuj district near the India-Pakistan border in the western state of Gujarat, India, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Nations have signed on to triple renewable energy by 2030. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Hottest year ever, what can be done? Plenty: more renewables and nuclear, less methane and meat
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT - Associated Press
Tue,01/09/24-2:21PM , 78 Reads
Whenever there is bad news about climate change, people ask: What can be done?
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