On 15 December, 2023 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a request for information on proposed revisions to the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) Report. AFIDA and its regulations, initially implemented in late 1978, were created to establish a nationwide system for the collection of information pertaining to […]

If you’re looking at new ways to take on climate action in 2024, try your own accounting: A report from Project Drawdown finds that changing how you bank (and the banking you use) can have more overall impact on emissions than choosing a vegan diet. “Saving for the Planet,” released […]

INTRODUCTION On 22 December 2023, President Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense spending bill for 2024.1 Buried hundreds of pages into the NDAA is the new Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), a milestone law that makes it a crime for foreign officials to demand […]

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Photo: Pexels/Magda Ehlers Plastic pollution is an existential threat to biodiversity worldwide both on land and in water and plenty of it comes in the form of polyethylene, the most widely used plastic in the world. Yet a solution for accumulating polyethylene waste is in the works thanks to scientists […]

Country: Afghanistan Source: UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Children in Afghanistan remained highly vulnerable to grave violations, despite an overall decrease in grave violations compared to the last reporting period, following the Taliban takeover.