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Nation Jul 02

News Wrap: Embattled Uvalde schools police chief steps down from city council

By PBS NewsHour Weekend

World Jun 20

Canada to ban sale of single use plastics by end of 2023

In addition to bags and takeout boxes, the ban will affect plastic straws, bags, cutlery, stir sticks and six-pack rings that hold cans and bottles.

By Associated Press

Politics Jun 08

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland addresses the Tribal Nations Summit from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, D.C., U.S. November 15, 2021. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS
Interior Department to phase out single-use plastics at national parks

The Interior Department says it will phase out sales of plastic water bottles and other single-use products at national parks and on other public lands over the next decade, targeting a major source of U.S. pollution.

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Arts Dec 18

Reverb clean
Watch 8:24
Guster, My Morning Jacket, other musicians unite to make concert tours more sustainable

From gas-guzzling tour buses to concession stands loaded with single-use plastic water bottles, concert tours aren’t exactly easy on the environment. But now, a movement to make touring more climate-friendly is empowering musicians to not only talk about issues like…

By Tom Casciato

Science Jul 14

COVID-19 has resurrected single-use plastics. Are they here to stay?

Pandemic precautions have given new life to disposable plastic products, which the industry claims are more "hygienic" than reusables. But critics say there's no scientific evidence this is so.

By Jessica Heiges, Kate O'Neill, The Conversation

Jun 28

Watch 7:45
Samoa searching for plant-based alternatives to single-use plastics

By Mike Taibbi, Mori Rothman, Laura Fong

Like many other places around the world, the South Pacific island-nation of Samoa has begun phasing out single-use plastic products, and styrofoam will be next. Businesses and research organizations there are finding creative uses of local resources to fill in…

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