The air in this part of the city has long been considered dangerous. An oil refinery spews a steady plume of white smoke. A coal plant has leaked ash into the ground and the groundwater.
USA Pollution News
After a series of meetings to discuss a global treaty to end plastic pollution, negotiators have seen “monumental change” as they work toward the goal of adopting the treaty in 2025.
More than 100 plants across the country will be impacted and 17 of those are located in Southeast Texas.
The delegates have been discussing not only the scope of the treaty, but chemicals of concern, problematic and avoidable plastics, product design, and financing and implementation.
For the first time, negotiators from most of the worlds nations are discussing actual text for what is supposed to become a global treaty to end plastic pollution
Negotiators aim to conclude a treaty by the end of 2024.
George Wilcox was bored in retirement, so began to build a K’nex Ferris wheel for a local library.
Happy Monday! It will be a hot and sunny start to the work week with temperatures climbing near record levels, into the upper-80s and low-90s!
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says the new rules are targeting pollution that’s ‘pushing our planet to the brink.’