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Washington's Peru Nuclear Deal Could Reshape Power Across the Amazon by 2040, but What's Really at Stake Here?

Peru and the US signed a civil nuclear cooperation memorandum focused on small modular reactors, regulatory development and nuclear applications beyond electricity, supporting Peru's 2040 energy roadmap.

Latin Times · Nov 4

Mercury treaty summit criticized for inaction on gold mining crisis

A global mercury summit in Geneva has faced criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to act on mercury use in small-scale gold mining, the world’s top source of mercury pollution and a growing threat to the Amazon

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

New Push To Reach Plastic Polution Pact

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

International Business Times · Aug 2, 2025

Microwave popcorn's toxic secret

A recent study of popcorn bags in America and Indonesia found PFAS, or forever chemicals, in all of them

Salon · Mar 31, 2023

Plastic waste exports underestimated

Current estimates only cover “the tip of the plastic waste iceberg"

Salon · Mar 14, 2023

Negotiations begin for a global treaty on plastic pollution

On Friday afternoon more than 2,000 experts will wrap up a week of negotiations on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address what even industry leaders in plastics say is a crisis

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022