Smokers around the world buy roughly 6.5 trillion cigarettes each year. That’s 18 billion every day. While most of a cigarette’s innards and paper wrapping disintegrate when smoked, not ...

The agency also claims that eliminating climate pollution from power plants would have little effect on people's health. The proposed rule reads, "The EPA is further proposing to make a finding that ...

The plastic pollution crisis has been widely blamed on a handful of Asian countries, but new research shows just how much the U.S. contributes. By Laura Parker. October 30, 2020 ...

Study finds how air pollution triggers biological changes that lead to premature births A new study found that women exposed to PM2.5 air pollution could be at a higher risk of premature deliveries.

Liverpool, N.Y. — The 33rd Annual AIDS 5K Walk/Run planned Sunday at Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool was cancelled due to unhealthy air quality from Canadian wildfire smoke.

SPRINGFIELD – The swim portion of the Ironman 70.3 triathlon was canceled Sunday morning and substituted with a bike time trial that started at 6:40 a.m. Heavy rains on Saturday caused combined ...

Plastic in oceans is among the biggest threats to marine life in India, a global survey involving marine scientists has said. A total of 58 ocean experts from 19 countries participated in the survey.

The bill, which passed the Legislature with bipartisan support last week, closes a loophole under the current law approved in 2020.It allowed businesses to offer multiple-use plastic bags at checkout.

Since the publication of the last American Heart Association scientific statement on air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 2010, unequivocal evidence of the causal role of fine particulate ...

Six UK water companies were banned Friday from paying bonuses to senior executives, which the government said would be inappropriate given their failure to clean up their massive sewage discharges.

Plastic pollution and the challenges of combating climate change Plastic pollution represents a critical and often underestimated challenge in the global effort to address climate change. Plastics are ...

World Environment Day 2025 urges global action against air, plastic, and river pollution with powerful messages promoting a greener, cleaner future.