The smuggler’s daughter and other tales from the Gulf of Aden
Known as tahriib, they are clandestine travellers seeking to escape conflict, poverty and the effects of climate change. Over ...
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Fishy business caught by fraying India-Bangladesh ties
The decision follows a festering diplomatic dispute between Dhaka and New Delhi, after Bangladesh’s autocratic leader Sheikh ...
Fish and vegetable prices remain steady despite storms
Prices of seafood and vegetables in the wet markets have remained stable despite the thunderstorms and adverse weather ...
The Outrageous Scheme to Capture and Sell Greenland’s Meltwater
A startup says shipping meltwater from Greenland’s glaciers internationally will boost the local economy and could help ease ...
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India’s Wholesale inflation softens to 4-month low of 1.31% in August on falling fuel and food prices
India’s bulk inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), eased to a four-month low of 1.3 percent in August due to a substantial decline in the prices of food and fuel. Moderation in the ...
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Casey's Bakery celebrates 50 years of ownership
September is National Bakery Month, but the folks at Casey’s Bakery have a little something extra to celebrate this year, as ...
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California bans all plastic shopping bags at store checkouts: When will it go into effect?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a ...
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Humans Pollute the Environment With 57 Million Tons of Plastic Each Year, Study Suggests
Put another way, that’s about 57 million tons (52 million metric tons) of plastic waste that was not properly disposed of—and pieces of it could now be floating in the ocean, sitting at the ...
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52 million tons of plastic slips into the environment every year
This discount is shown at checkout, if applicable. An estimated 52 million metric tons of plastic is spilling uncontrolled into the environment every year, according to a new study (Nature 2024 ...
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Houston's plastic waste is piling up, waiting on the promise of "advanced recycling"
Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...