Ongoing staff revolt at #SBTi is incredible to watch. One of my sources called them 'heroes' for objecting to the board's decision to allow offsets to count toward companies' scope 3 emissions reduction targets. My latest for grist. grist.org/accountability…

Climate plans from 51 of the world's biggest corporations are 'critically insufficient' to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C, according to an analysis from Carbon Market Watch & NewClimate Institute. My latest for grist. grist.org/accountability…

Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation from U.S. PIRG and Environment America finds it usually isn't. My latest for grist. grist.org/accountability…

Since 2012, petrochemical companies have received $9 billion in taxpayer subsidies for new or expanded plastics manufacturing facilities, according to a new report from Environmental Integrity Project. My latest for grist. grist.org/accountability…

A NYC bill aims to ban plastic-coated laundry pods — but pods are just one of many ways that our laundry creates microplastic pollution. My latest for grist. grist.org/regulation/det…

Under pressure from activist investors, big brands including Disney, Hormel, and Choice Hotels have agreed to report and reduce their use of plastics. My latest for grist. As You Sow Green Century Funds grist.org/accountability…

Most int'l climate policy aims to decouple emissions from economic growth — to achieve 'green growth.' But is that the wrong goal? My latest for grist, w/ Akielly Hu. grist.org/economics/how-…

Petrochemical companies have known for 40 years that plastics recycling wouldn’t work.
New documents uncovered by Center for Climate Integrity show how they promoted it anyway. My latest for grist. grist.org/accountability…

One in 5 species of migratory birds, fish, reptiles, mammals, & insects tracked by the U.N. is threatened w/ extinction due to environmental pressures & exploitation by humans, according to a landmark report from Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). My latest for grist. grist.org/international/…

A new study in The Lancet Planetary Health links plastic chemicals to 56,000 preterm births in the U.S. in 2018. That's 10% of the country's preterm births that year. My latest for grist. grist.org/science/chemic…

Nearly a year after the train derailment that polluted East Palestine, OH, with cancer-causing vinyl chloride, the EPA is finally launching an evaluation of the chemical's health & safety risks. My latest for grist. grist.org/regulation/a-p…

Plastic credits are supposed to fund new cleanup projects. Do they?

'What it seems like is happening is that whatever plastic is being picked up was already being picked up.'

My latest for grist, on a recent report from GAIA #LessPlasticMoreLife & #BreakFreeFromPlastic.
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Four issues to watch for at #COP28 , brought to you by my grist colleagues Naveena Sadasivam, Siri, Akielly Hu, and Zoya Teirstein (and me!)

🔸Phaseout/phase-down of fossil fuels
🔸Loss & damage funding
🔸A new, global carbon market
🔸Public health

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