Explore the quantum shift in Chicago’s economy as it transforms the former U.S. Steel South Works site into a sustainable future.

Benjamin Von Wong, a Canadian artist and activist, is heaping piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the U.N. office. Delegates to the treaty talks pass by the sculpture daily in a ...

Political disagreements are stalling talks at the UN global plastic treaty negotiations, but tangible outcomes are vital for ...

The draft of the treaty that negotiators began working on last week mentioned human rights at least twice. But the text didn’t go far enough, according to legal experts, and now, at the second part of ...

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A study of plastic bottles washed up on the Pacific coast of Latin America has identified a double problem—a mass of local ...

A truly clean country is not just free of litter or blessed with fresh air; it must have sustainable core systems. The “Clean ...

Coastal communities and beaches in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama had the highest levels of ...

Delegates to the treaty talks pass by the sculpture daily, drowning in plastic, as a reminder of their responsibility to ...

Emily Donovan wants to “make the polluters pay” for what they’ve done to her North Carolina community, and others around the ...

The lifeblood of the Sunshine State — water and water quality — should always be at the forefront of decision making and a priority in local communities, environmental experts say. This year, the ...

Water is the invisible ingredient in everything we eat. Global water reserves are under relentless pressure—and nowhere more ...