Ban starts today, dispose of plastic items in a month

HT was first to report about such a ban in a series of stories from January 12. ... accumulation of waste in landfills, water bodies and in natural habitats, the leaching of chemicals from plastic products and potential for plastics to transfer chemical to wildlife and humans are increasing,” the notification said.

Arctic Ocean winter ice, the size of Egypt or Colombia, nears a record low

Until now, most scientific focus has been on a trend of shrinking Arctic sea ice in summer, which is opening shipping routes from the Pacific to the Atlantic and allowing oil and gas exploration even as it harms indigenous peoples and wildlife such as polar bears. Now, “things are increasingly about the ...