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• Denmark's chairmanship program for 2025-2027 focuses on environmental protection, sustainable development, and the integration of Indigenous knowledge into Arctic governance. ScandAsia
• The first project wholly assessed under the new 2018 Environmental Assessment Act, Cariboo Gold is crucial for BC, creating good jobs and opening up long-term opportunities for local businesses, communities, and First Nations, all while adhering to top-tier environmental protection. Morningstar, Inc.
• The U.S. federal government's Environmental Protection Agency announced the U.S.'s first national recycling strategy (National Protection Agency) to achieve a 50% recycling rate by 2030, 'Plastic Recycling Modernization Act' and 'Producer Responsibility Plastic Recycling'. PR Newswire
• In early April, the Environmental Protection Agency set the first national limits for six PFAS chemicals in drinking water; water purveyors will have five years to comply. Vox
• The Australian government has made ambitious formal commitments to ocean protection on a global and local level - signing up to protecting 30% of Australia's land and ocean by 2030, actively supporting the United Nations' High Seas Treaty and announcing investment in First Nations ranger programs. Patagonia
• As a result of IMPAC5, we now have a pathway to getting 25% of ocean protected by 2025, strong protection standards for new MPAs, and a commitment to implementing the largest Indigenous-led, co-developed MPA Network in the world. West Coast Environmental Law
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan to establish the first national limits on carbon pollution from power plants will continue to drive renewable energy growth. NRDC

Last updated: 21 June 2026