A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty ...

Unregulated trash burning around the globe is pumping far more pollution into the atmosphere than shown by official records. A new study estimates that more than 40 percent of the world's garbage ...

Introduction Soon, representatives of many of the world’s nations will once again convene to negotiate a global treaty aimed ...

Authorities cleared illegal encampments near Dutch Flat, removing fire and pollution risks in collaboration with PG&E.

One of the most overwhelming aspects of modern life, in my (Rebecca) opinion, is knowing about major global-impact issues like climate change and plastic waste pollution and feeling like there isn ...

Trash researcher tallies ocean pollution. More than 5 trillion pieces of trash litter the sea surface. PLASTIC PROBLEM Strands of fish eggs stick to a fragment of plastic bucket that Marcus ...

Serious pollution incidents by water companies have risen 60% in a year, according to the Environment Agency. In total there ...

The new study estimates that in 2016, 20 to 25 million tons of plastic waste ended up in the world’s waterways. That’s 11% of the waste generated globally that year, and that doesn’t even ...

Mountains of garbage, plastics that take thousands of years to disintegrate, oil spills in pristine environments from drilling into the soil or underneath the ocean: When we go to Mars, is it ...