Nine in 10 Filipinos support the ban on single-use plastic, according to environmental group Greenpeace Philippines.
Plastic is ubiquitous. It's in the clothes we wear, wrapped around the food we eat and in the toothpaste we use. It floats in the oceans and litters the snow on Mount Everest.
Colorado's Douglas County is suing the state over laws prohibiting local governments from helping enforce federal immigration laws.
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate is advancing a measure to prohibit certain hotels from using single-use plastic bottles by 2026. State Sen. Laura Fine, D-Glenview, said her Senate Bill 2960 is about encouraging a change in behavior to prohibit hotels from using single use plastics. “Right now, we are putting so much plastic pollution into our waterways that it will no longer be safe for aquatic consumption and then human consumption,” Fine said. ...
India has one of the largest web3 ecosystems in the world, boasting over 1,000 startups and 12% of global web3 developers, according to the second edition of Hashed Emergent's report, 'India’s Web3 Landscape 2023'.In 2023, the sector received $250 million in investment, a decrease from 2022, but deals remained steady, indicating sustained interest in early-stage Web3 start-ups, the report added.Hashed Emergent, a web3 venture capital firm focused on India and emerging markets, has created the...
In honor of Earth Month, we at the Center for Environmental Health invite you to join us as we launch a blog series of “connecting the dots” blogs and thought pieces that offer insight into how areas of our work serve as pieces of the solutions puzzle, as our entire movement battles the harmful effects […]
Coventry council admitted resources can be "stretched" - and is looking into more cameras
In late October of 2020, Google added a VPN service to its 2TB storage plans. In early 2023, the company expanded the same VPN to all of its plans, but apparently that still hasn’t helped boost user numbers. With Google not being one to support an unused product for long, removal of the VPN has … Continued Read the original post: Google One VPN Shutting Down Because No One Uses It
In practice, the smoking ban is really about preventing future adults from making decisions about their own bodies, Reem Ibrahim argues.
HAZARD, Ky. — Haley Autumn Dawn Ann Crank thinks she might like to become a teacher. There’s a shortage of teachers in this corner of Kentucky, and Crank, who has eight siblings, gets kids. “I just fit in with them,” Crank said during a shift one February day at the Big Blue Smokehouse, where she […]
CORPUS CHRISTI — After a slow start during Tuesday’s regional quarterfinal against Brownsville Jubilee, Progreso head coach Damian Magallan knew his team couldn’t afford a similar start against La Vernia. The message to his players heading into the contest was simple — strike early. The Red Ants did just that, scoring a pair of first-half […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A judge in Washington state ruled Monday that the state’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines is unconstitutional — but the law will remain in effect while the state appeals the decision. Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Gary Bashor ruled that Washington’s ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds violates both