Articles by Staff Writer Joseph Winters
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Plastic’s life-cycle costs overwhelmingly fall on poor countries
A new analysis finds lower-income countries pay 8 times more for plastic’s social and environmental impacts.
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What Canada’s most expensive disaster ever teaches us about climate change
The author of "Fire Weather," a National Book Award finalist, on the unimaginable reality of disaster.
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A new report calls chemical recycling a ‘dangerous deception’ — and a former plastic lobbyist agrees
Most U.S. chemical recycling facilities turn plastics into fuel to be burned.
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Democrats unveil ‘most comprehensive plan ever’ to address plastics problem
The sweeping bill is unlikely to pass, but its components could still make an impact.