The world is in a "plastics crisis" amid concerns plastic production has risen more than 200 times since 1950 and will triple ...

Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go?

New studies from Germany and Hong Kong pinpoint specific sources of light pollution keeping our cities excessively bright at ...

Scientists may have significantly underestimated a dangerous source of pollution in the atmosphere, new research suggests. A satellite study, published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, has ...

In its latest piece of cutting, the agency is withdrawing a decades-old policy that targets the largest sources of hazardous pollution like mercury and lead. Under the new policy, factories and ...

Countries have an opportunity to deliver a meaningful treaty that can effectively end plastic pollution. Rights-respecting ...

Air pollution disproportionately affects communities of color in the U.S.—this has been known for years, if not decades. But a new study out Wednesday in the journal Science Advances shows that ...

What is light pollution? Light pollution is the introduction of artificial light, either directly or indirectly, into the natural environment. Types of light pollution include the following: • Sky ...

On May 19, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final Clean Air Act Outer Continental Shelf air permit to Vineyard Wind 1, ...

A recent mood sampling poll shows that almost 2 in 3 Vietnamese people rate air pollution as their top environmental concern, but more than 2 in 3 respondents are unaware that the burning of fossil ...