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We are living in a climate emergency. Let’s start acting like it We are living in a climate emergency. Let’s start acting like it It is difficult to detect the sense of urgency to do what it takes to halve our CO2 emissions by 2030

In parts of Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley,' toxic emissions set to rise with a raft of new plants This article was produced in partnership with The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, which are members of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
Poor communities bear the brunt of Louisiana's toxic pollution, but wealthy ones aren’t immune This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network, of which The Times-Picayune and The Advocate are members. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
In a Notoriously Polluted Area of the Country, Massive New Chemical Plants Are Still Moving in The industrial stretch of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, a region known as “Cancer Alley,” is one of the most highly polluted areas in the country. A ProPublica analysis using a scientific model developed by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that some of the neighborhoods where new plants are being built already have very high concentrations of toxic chemicals. But Louisiana continues to approve the building of these new plants and the expansion of existing ones.

News from around the world.

China moves to phase out single-use plastics Plastic bags to be banned in all major cities by end of 2020, says state planner The Guardian, 2019
The search for a cleaner, greener plastic Finding solutions to prevent harmful plastic waste is far from simple. The Guardian, July 2019
Ocean cleanup device successfully collects plastic for first time Floating boom finally retains debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, creator says. The Guardian, October 2019