Talks broke down last December when oil-producing nations blocked a consensus on a treaty about curbing plastic pollution
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World’s top court paves way for climate reparations
Landmark ruling says global warming could violate the right to life; complaints against states for not acting on climate change would be judged on a case-by-case basis
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Italy chemical plant execs jailed for pollution
An Italian court on sentenced executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water with ‘forever chemicals’
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Global matcha ‘obsession’ drinks Japan tea farms dry
In 2024, matcha accounted for over half of the 8,798 tonnes of green tea exported from Japan, twice as much as a decade ago
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Nestle Waters fined in Switzerland for using carbon filters
A Swiss attorney general accused Nestle of ‘misleading consumers’ by having ‘natural mineral water’ on the label between 2008 and 2022
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Lawsuits against climate action on the rise: report
Litigation was ‘increasingly used not only to advance climate goals but also to resist or reshape them’: report
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Longer exposure, more pollen: climate change worsens allergies
The UN’s World Meteorological Organization has found that a shifting climate has altered the production and distribution of pollen and spores
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EU plans to scrap anti-greenwashing rules after pushback
‘In the current context, the commission intends to withdraw the Green Claims proposal,’ the EU spokesperson said
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New rules may not change dirty and deadly ship recycling business
Ship-breaking yards employ thousands. But the human and environmental cost of the ship industry is also immense, experts say
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Canada wildfire near Vancouver contained
Residents of Squamish, B.C. — just 64 kilometres north of Vancouver — had been on standby to evacuate as a wildfire approached