In the end, there’s no ethical justification for selective hype by journals or for the lack of skepticism among journalists ...

Plastic pollution is a severe problem around the globe as it continues to harm our environment and daily lives. But what are our city and state doing to help fix this global issue? Globally, the world ...

As the planet drowns in plastic waste, companies are devising bizarre alternatives, including stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines and bamboo utensils, to save us all. Plastic waste often does ...

I hate the way the plastic gets tangled and crooked when you’re trying to situate it on the window, and the way that sometimes you’ve bought the wrong size so you’re basically up a creek, and the way ...

Plastic waste carried by flash floods has built up along the Dead Sea’s shrinking shore, creating natural rings that reveal decades of growing pollution.

Plastic is literally everywhere: It shows up in the ocean, in our communities, even in the human body. And because plastics can break down into microplastics — and even nanoplastics — it easily ...

That’s how Bradley Aiken of Portland, OR began his response to our call for reader questions about where their food comes from. “My weekly visits to the local farmers’ markets still find an ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

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Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...

Plastic bag waste, such as this photographed at the Burbank Recycle Center in August 2013, was supposed to be a thing of the past in California. (Raul Roa / Burbank Leader) It was a decade ago when ...

Sir: For more than half a century, June 5th has marked World Environment Day (WED). This initiative by the United Nations, in collaboration with key stakeholders, aims at spotlighting critical ...