The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to ...

More than 390 million plastic straws are used every day in the United States, most for 30 minutes or less, according to ...

US President Donald Trump has reversed restrictions on plastic straws, indicating a broader setback in combating plastic ...

Usual approaches to addresing the climate crisis are not working, and as the world changes many are struggling to find a ...

From failing crops and erratic rainfall to war-driven food shortages, the intersection of these crises threatens global food security and economic ... The consequences of this crisis extend far beyond ...

Beef contributes the most global ... environmental impact (GHG emissions and energy, land, and water use) than is the current average U.S. diet.” The American Medical Association adopted a policy in ...

(Photo: AP/ Dar Yasin) Experts have cautioned that such levels of tourism, while an enormous boost to the economy, are leading to a severe environmental crisis. Some suggested limits on visitor ...

Pamela McElwee, a professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences ...

The latest in Guanabara Bay off Rio de Janeiro has brought back under the spotlight a decades-long environmental crisis in the area stemming from the abandonment of ships. The clash involving the ...