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An international court just delivered a "historic legal victory" for small island nations — ruling carbon emissions are a marine pollutant
A UN court on maritime law found that greenhouse gas emissions can be considered a marine pollutant and that countries have a legal obligation to mitigate their impact on oceans.
The ruling came at the request of a group of nine small island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean that face disproportionate threats from climate change and rising sea levels.
Working towards a more sustainable future, every new Kobo eReader released since 2022 has been developed with more eco-conscious materials. They feature an exterior made with more than 85% recycled plastic, including 10% ocean-pound plastic. Now that's a reading experience you can feel good about!
The packaging for new Kobo eReaders released since 2022 is also magnet-free and made with FSC-certified recycled paper, so you can have a more sustainable experience from the moment your new eReader arrives at your doorstep. This year, Kobo will also offset 100% of the carbon emissions associated with direct shipments of eReaders from their website.
Even better? The newest line of devices, including the NEW Kobo Libra Colour and Kobo Clara Colour are built to last through a partnership with iFixit. This allows you to repair your eReader to extend its life and replace key components, giving you even more time to read your favorite stories.
If you're looking for a reading experience that feels as good as, well, reading, look no further.
Thanks to federal regulations and oversight, cancer-causing pollution from oil refineries is falling
Benzene is a particularly "nasty" chemical that can cause leukemia and other blood cancers. For years, oil refineries across the country polluted dangerous levels of it into the air.
Then, in 2015, the EPA implemented a new rule for oil refineries: they had to continually monitor benzene emissions along the boundaries of their facilities and stay under the "action level" of 9 micrograms per cubic meter annually on average.
These regulations and successful oversight have led to significant progress. In 2023, six of the 115 refineries across the country exceeded the "action level" — down from 9 in 2022, 11 in 2021, and 12 in 2020.
This good progress means more communities surrounding these refineries are protected from harmful levels of pollution. And that's also an environmental justice win since refineries are also often located in underresourced communities.
And while it's true that we need to phase out refineries overall to stop burning fossil fuels — it's really good news that more people (and the air we breathe) won't be exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals while we continue to work toward that goal.
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