Jeff Chester is executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a Washington, DC, nonprofit group that helps hold accountable the digital media industry. Follow the CDD on Twitter: @digitaldemoc.
Companies producing clothing, bedding, towels and upholstery are now mandated by law to administer and fund the repair, reuse and recycling of their products statewide.
The report blames the combined crises of conflict, climate change, high food prices and mounting debt, all of which are denying billions of people the right to adequate food.
The company has portrayed gas as “safe, clean, and environmentally friendly,” despite the fact that methane, its primary component, is 80 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.