Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, ...

Twice a day, sirens sound at Cambodia's Chip Mong Insee cement kiln, warning limestone will soon be blasted from the karst mountain that overlooks the sprawling industrial site. White smoke billows ...

The world is generating a staggering amount of plastic, and an alarming quantity is finding its way into the planet's ecosystem. Scientists are working on ways to counter that invasion, but the ...

Since the first synthetic plastic was invented in 1907, an explosion in the world’s population and increased consumerism over the last century have led to a massive demand for — and the production of ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan has a plastic problem. In a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost everything, from single bananas to individual pieces of ...

We speak with former EPA regional administrator Judith Enck about her new book, The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late. “Scientists have found ...

Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let’s avoid single-use items When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper ...

You brush twice daily, floss religiously and see your dentist every six months. But what if these acts of oral hygiene are quietly contributing to one of the planet’s most pressing environmental ...