Campaigners are pushing for a ban on wet-wipes in the UK. A few large retailers, such as Tesco's or Boots, have put a stop to sale of all wipes that contain plastic. But Britons don't seem able to stop flushing them - even at low tide.
The petrostates of the Gulf are modernising their economies, growing more tolerant and liberalising their social contracts as they prepare for a world run on fewer hydrocarbons—but who will be left behind? A Chinese maker of electric vehicles prepares to steal a march on Tesla. And a look at Britain’s newest islands reveals they are made of wet wipes.
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