The SOUL project, co-funded by Horizon Europe, aims to create 11 biodegradable solutions for agriculture, enhancing ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, which outlines opportunities to protect communities from the impacts of plastic production and ...

The world is drowning in plastic. Each year, an estimated 11 million metric tonnes of plastic waste enters our oceans — a figure expected to triple by 2040. Rivers act as plastic conveyor belts, ...

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

(Washington, D.C. – June 3, 2026) A Trump EPA proposal to delay protections against air pollution from cars, SUVs, and passenger trucks would cause hundreds of early deaths and cost Americans billions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Francesca Dominici is director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. The World Health Organization 2024 report recently urged ...

Today, the Council adopted the regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament. The new regulation aims to ...

WILDFIRES WILL CONTINUE TO DAMAGE THE AIR WE BREATHE. AS THE LOS ANGELES AREA CONTINUES TO BATTLE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES. THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TELLING RESIDENTS TO WEAR MASKS. HIGH WINDS MAY ...

In the stratosphere, ozone acts as a protective layer. But in the troposphere, at ground level, this colorless gas is incredibly harmful to human health and the environment in ways scientists are ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Winter Salt Week is an annual initiative started in Wisconsin in 2021. It's aimed at spreading awareness about the growing issue of salt pollution in our waterways and promoting more ...

A1. Conduct evaluations to ensure that fossil fuel extraction, as well as petrochemical and plastic production facilities, comply with regulatory requirements; A2. Continue to make progress reviewing ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on November 21 published the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (the Strategy). Through the Strategy, EPA aims to address plastic pollution and ...