They’ll be replaced in North America with paper packing, eliminating some 15 billion pillows a year. Plastic film is a major pollutant.
Category: Environment
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Greece Is Betting Big on Liquefied Natural Gas From the U.S.
Even as it pivots to solar and wind for itself, Greece aims to become a natural gas supplier across Europe. Among its strongest backers is the United States.
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Norfolk Southern to Pay $310 Million Settlement Over Ohio Train Derailment
The railroad company reached an agreement with the federal government to settle claims and costs from the 2023 derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in the Ohio town.
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Can Wastewater Recycling Systems Solve Water Scarcity?
Circular sanitation systems could be lifelines on a water-stressed planet, but there are big barriers to overcome.
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Are Floating Cities the Solution to Rising Seas?
Is living on the water our future? Floating developments, including a project in progress in South Korea, suggest that it’s more than a pipe dream.
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In Ecuador, Homes That Are Part of the Mountains
A group of architects are creating disjointed structures that, in responding to their unsteady terrain, are a new model in cooperative building.
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Lawns Draw Scorn, but Landscape Designers See Room for Compromise
Conventional turf lawns have come under attack. Landscape designers are using water-wise and native plants to balance green with “green.”
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Battle of the Beaches: Greece Has New Plan to Keep Its Coasts Pristine
The government has pledged to crack down on rapid development, and on seaside businesses seeking to take advantage of a tourist boom. But some residents and conservationists are unimpressed.
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A ‘Nature School’ Meets in Brooklyn
Six weeks of workshops hosted by the artist collective Field Meridians will try to get New Yorkers to open their eyes to the nature all around them.
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Richard Benedick, Negotiator of Landmark Ozone Treaty, Dies at 88
He played a key role in securing the Montreal Protocol, an international environmental pact to protect the ozone layer by reducing the use of certain chemicals.
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Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?
Blocking solar rays. Sucking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ideas that sound like science fiction are now starting to become reality, raising concerns about safety.
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Why BlackRock’s Larry Fink Wants to Rethink Retirement
Larry Fink, who leads the world’s biggest asset manager, warns in his annual investor letter that an aging population will soon pose huge economic troubles.