GENEVA — When yet another round of global plastic treaty talks fell apart in Switzerland last month, many negotiators and civil society groups were plunged into despair. “We’ve just wasted money, ...

The tariffs have hit China where it hurts, but they could do even more damage by targeting China’s formidable levels of pollution. But the tariffs have given America something else: an economic weapon ...

Latest news and analysis about the degradation of the air quality, water, marine environment and soil in China.

Workers use razor blades to scrape off labels from different soft-drink plastic bottles at the Street Waste Company in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) GENEVA (AP) — ...

Marine environments are transboundary and borderless. Ocean health is increasingly threatened by global climate change, ocean acidification, plastic ...

The U.S. and China are locked in a strategic rivalry across multiple domains. While much attention has been paid to semiconductors, artificial intelligence and military capabilities, an overlooked ...

Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings. The turnaround ...

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