Why Exxon Is Pro-Paris, Plastic Health Toll, Giraffes in Trouble and more.

Major fossil fuel corporations including ExxonMobil are clearly stating they would prefer the U.S. remain in the Paris Climate Agreement, despite President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to take the country back out. We discuss oil majors’ long-term plans for an energy transition. Also, hormone-disrupting chemicals in plastics take a yearly economic toll in the hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.S. alone, according to a 2024 study. And PFAS, phthalates, BPA and flame retardants in plastics are barely regulated despite the risks. Plus: facing habitat loss, poaching and climate disruption, giraffes have declined more than 40 percent in the last thirty years, so US wildlife officials have proposed adding them to the Endangered Species List.  -- The Living on Earth newsletter now features new in-depth analysis and commentary! Sign up at loe.org/newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices