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Following UNEA-5.2, The mandate specifies that the INC must begin its work by the end of 2022 with the goal of "completing a draft global legally binding agreement by the end of 2024." [ 4 ] Work towards the treaty began with the meeting of an ad hoc open-ended working group in Dakar, Senegal from May 30 through June 1, 2022. [ 5 ]
BUSAN/BAKU (Reuters) -As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution ...
Agreed to by the House on April 20, 2024 (366-58 311-112 385-34 360-58) and by the Senate on April 23, 2024 Signed into law by President Joe Biden on April 24, 2024 Public Law 118-50 (referred to as the National Security Act, 2024 in drafts) is an appropriations bill enacted by the 118th Congress and signed into law by president Joe Biden on ...
A law was introduced in 2006 (law 578/2006) – and was later modified in 2011 (law 1032/2011) – that put a mandatory tax on non-biodegradable plastic bags. A modification in 2011 reduced the tax on plastic bags and was regarded by some as a step backwards from environmental protection. [333] Lightweight plastic bags were banned on 1 January ...
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called Wednesday for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming, calling them the ...
The bills of the 117th United States Congress list includes proposed federal laws that were introduced in the 117th United States Congress.. The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the lower house known as the House of Representatives and the upper house known as the Senate.
The City Council has been talking about banning plastic shopping bags since 2018 an this week there was movement on moving forward on a proposed ordinance. Council Committee discusses proposed tax ...
Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [330] City of Fairfax: July 12, 2022 January 1, 2023 Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [331] Fairfax County: September 14, 2021: January 1, 2022: Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [329] City of Falls Church: December 13, 2021 April 1, 2022 Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [332]