Biden bars oil drilling across a wide swath of Alaska’s Arctic

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The Interior Department has canceled all seven remaining oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska. Proposed regulations were also announced to ban drilling on nearly 11 million acres and restrict it on 2 million more.

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Negotiators finally have a draft of the global plastics treaty

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The UN committee tasked with drafting a global plastics treaty has published an outline that touches on reducing production, eliminating hazardous chemicals, propping up reuse and repurposing, and winding down single-use plastics like cutlery.

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A California high school with sustainability and green jobs in its curriculum

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Thanks to a partnership with the nonprofit Climate Action Pathways, students at a high school in Porterville, California, can take part in paid internships that offer them hands-on training in how to reduce the district’s environmental impact.

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