The mistaken belief about the central role of plastic packaging is one of five myths that Miller attempts to debunk in her conventional wisdom-shattering paper, "Five misperceptions surrounding the environmental impacts of single-use plastic."
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Reports have being widely circulated among Japan's leading news agency and across international media that suggest the decision has already been taken by the new Japanese Government, and will be publicly communicated later this month.
What is an oil refinery, and how many types of oil refinery do you know? Of what importance is petroleum refining to diverse economic growth? This article will shed more light on several areas of petroleum refining as well as the capacities of different components of an oil refinery.
On October 7, 2020, Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced a list of items that will be banned as part of the Federal Government's prohibition on "harmful single-use plastics".[1],[2] As we wrote on March 19, 2020 (see here), the Government plans to execute the ban by following the same approach it did to ban "plastic...
African forest elephants fight climate change by contributing in surprising ways to natural carbon capture. Consider the plight of African forest elephants. Some 1.1 million once roamed the central African rainforests, but deforestation and poaching have diminished their population to less than one-tenth their former number. They likely face...
HANOI Vietnam's port city of Haiphong said authorities had approved a $5.09 billion liquefied natural gas power and terminal project due to be developed by Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N and to start power generation in 2026-27.
We certainly need to see our weather pattern change as most of Nebraska is now in severe to extreme drought. Each week over the past three months the drought conditions have been getting worse. The federal government has designated six Nebraska counties as disaster areas because of drought.
The Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) may crash the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly referred to as petrol, this month.
When he assumed office as the 22nd Chief of the Naval Staff in 2015, with a charge to team up with his contemporaries in the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Airforce, as well as other stakeholders in the security corridor, to address the worrisome dimension insecurity had assumed in the country, the expectations on him were high. To set the...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said it will resisit plans by Chevron Nigerian Limited to sack 600 workers in the company. In addition, over 2,000 have been "constructively dismissed" and then asked to reapply for fresh jobs.