pollution

Threats, intimidation, harassment -- the tactics deployed by US negotiators to stall a global deal on shipping pollution last month sent chills through climate diplomats ahead of the COP30 summit.

"These discarded butts are toxic and a significant source of plastic pollution, due to their filters, which do not biodegrade."

Thirty research centres from 12 countries are involved in the first expedition, which will focus on biological research, climate change and pollution.

When oil refineries evaded pollution caps through what organizers called a “gaping loophole” in Environmental Protection Agency policy, Marquez and others sued, overturning the policy and successfully curtailing pollution spikes at California plants.

The stakes are high, with packaging waste a growing source of pollution.