Oregon Republicans killed cap and trade this year. Now, they’ll have to contend with cap and reduce. Closing a loop on a pledge she made last year, Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order Tuesday that aims to sharply curb greenhouse gas emissions with a full-court press by government agencies. The 14-page order comes less than a week after a Republican […]
Contrary to what you may have heard, life in plastic is not fantastic… Our dependency on plastic negatively affects our oceans, food chains and air quality – and, ultimately, it has the potential to impact the health of every organism in our ecosystem. In the UAE, we’ve already seen individual brands and government entities pledging to cull single-use plastic, […]
A few months ago Nick Gross wouldn’t have thought twice about taking reusable bags with him when he went grocery shopping. In fact, he wouldn’t have thought about it at all. Now, most of the time he goes to the store he thinks about his reusable shopping bags — usually when he’s in the checkout line and realizes […]
Washington is on the verge of joining a global movement to ban single-use plastic bags, with legislation passing the state House of Representatives with bipartisan support on Saturday. The bill would make Washington the ninth state to ban the bags, which are frequently seen stuck to trees, blowing about in litter and becoming tangled with marine life. Bag […]
There’s an old saw in the trash business that says, “everybody wants their trash picked up but nobody wants it put down.” That’s not a perfect analogy for what’s happening with renewable-energy projects in New York and New England but the sentiment behind it is familiar. A recent Gallup poll found that 73 percent of Americans favor […]
The air quality has been classified as unhealthy Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, has ranked the worst again on the world Air Quality Index (AQI) — as its extreme air pollution makes it one of the most polluted cities. On the real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) rankings, Dhaka scored 180 at 12:07pm on Saturday, according to AirVisual, […]
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI and it was classified as hazardous on Sunday morning. It imposes a health warning of emergency conditions for all. Dhaka had an AQI score of 339 at 07:54am. The air was classified as ‘hazardous’. China’s Beijing and Kuwait’s Kuwait city occupied the second and […]
When you buy something in a store, do you rely on the store’s plastic bags to get your items home? Or do you bring your own reusable bag — or just skip the bag entirely? For residents of New York state, the store-provided plastic bag won’t be an option any more as of March 1. […]
বুড়িগঙ্গা দূষণ চলে আসছে দীর্ঘদিন যাবৎ ধরে। গতকাল মঙ্গল অভিযান চালিয়ে বুড়িগঙ্গা পাড়ের ২১টি কারখানার বিদ্যুৎ, গ্যাস ও পানির লাইন বন্ধ করে দিয়েছে পরিবেশ অধিদপ্তর। শ্যামপুর শিল্প এলাকায় এ অভিযান পরিচালনা করা হয়। অপরিশোধিত তরল বর্জ্যের কারণে বুড়িগঙ্গা দূষণের জন্য এই কারখানার বিভিন্ন সংযোগ বন্ধ ঘোষণা করা হয়। এসময় ৫টি কারখানাকে পাঁচ লক্ষ টাকা জরিমানা […]
Every year, New York state gets through a staggering 23bn plastic bags – the vast majority of which end up in landfill or polluting streets, green spaces and waterways. But it is hoped the single-use carriers will become a relic, now a long-awaited state-wide ban on single use plastic bags has come into force. The new law […]
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