In the News with Mike Dakkak
Environmental scientist Judy Curry joins ITN to discuss her team’s latest report for U.S. Energy Secretary Christopher Wright.
Read the report in its entirety at https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/DOE_Critical_Review_of_Impacts_of_GHG_Emissions_on_the_US_Climate_July_2025.pdf.
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The …
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Global coffee giant Starbucks announced it will be phasing out plastic straws from its more than 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020, in a bid to become environmentally sustainable. In place of straws, the company will be bringing into use a …
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