The US supreme court to hear landmark abortion caseAn abortion rights advocate at the Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi in 2019. It will be the first heard big abortion case heard by the court since the arrival of conservative Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett. In other news…Indonesian students pick up plastic waste during clean up on the coast of Surabaya. Photograph: INA Photo Agency/Rex/ShutterstockJust 20 firms produce a staggering 55% of the world’s plastic waste , a report has found. The Plastic Waste Makers index revealed that ExxonMobil is the greatest single-use plastic waste polluter in the world, with 5.9m tonnes.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2021 10:52 UTC