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About Karen McVeigh

Karen McVeigh has been a senior news reporter for the Guardian since December 2006.

6 Articles

Deep-sea mining authority accused of hashing out industry rules behind closed doors

The International Seabed Authority, which creates the rules on deep-sea mining, got rid of the independent body responsible for reporting on the negotiations this week.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | April 5th 2022

World leaders agree to treaty to solve plastic waste crisis

The UN environment assembly resolution is being hailed as the biggest climate deal since the 2015 Paris accord.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | March 8th 2022

‘Oil spills of our time’: Experts sound alarm about plastic

Sri Lankan beaches buried in pellets are only the "tip of the iceberg" of environmental harm after analysis of nurdles from burning ship.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | February 15th 2022

Nurdles: The tiny toxic plastic waste choking our oceans

Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | December 2nd 2021

Using a Nobel-winning stock market theory to save the reefs

Portfolio selection rules on evaluating risk used to pick 50 reefs as ‘arks’ best able to survive climate crisis and revive coral elsewhere.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | November 30th 2021

Pope’s adviser says COVID-19 has highlighted ‘existential’ climate risk

The focus must be on justice for those fleeing the impact of extreme weather events, says a new scientific aide to the Vatican.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | January 19th 2021

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