The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution ...

Chemicals brought in to help protect our ozone layer have had the unintended consequences of spreading vast quantities of a ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped ...

Plastic pollution is causing severe problems worldwide. However, negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva last August did ...

Ocean pollution is quietly draining energy from seabirds’ cells, as mercury and forever chemicals disrupt mitochondria even ...

A new study says pollution of all types is killing 9 million people a year. About three-quarters of that is air pollution. The release of the study's findings on Tuesday reveals that overall pollution ...

GENEVA (AP) -- Negotiators working on a treaty to address global plastic pollution discussed a new draft of the text Wednesday that wouldn't limit plastic production or address chemicals used in ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...

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