Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

What a third runway means for noise, pollution and the environment - There would be an additional 4.4m tonnes of CO2 a year ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

The Environmental Protection Agency put more than 160 workers who tackle pollution in overburdened communities on leave, targeting the Office of Environmental Justice.

Unlike other environmental issues like climate change and deforestation, the problem of light pollution could be curbed overnight — by turning off the lights. In 2020, the small town of Crestone ...

During his vetting before parliament in Accra, he stated that while plastic pollution remains a significant environmental challenge, immediate prohibition without viable and affordable ...

UNEP’s body of work demonstrates that the problem of plastic pollution doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The environmental, social, economic and health risks of plastics need to be assessed alongside other ...

That put the expanded environmental justice office on equal footing with the E.P.A.’s national offices of air, water and chemical pollution, which together make up the agency’s central mission ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago.

Feb. 3, 2025 — Long-term exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and ozone (O3) air pollution is associated with more hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in ... Feb. 6, 2025 ...

For over a year, the Forever Lobbying Project investigated an ongoing orchestrated lobbying and disinformation campaign by the PFAS industry and its allies, with the aims of watering down an EU ...