Charleston Waterkeeper and others have found almost 30,000 plastic pellets littered on beaches and marshes, while a bill to ...

One person is dead after an outside fire in West Baltimore, the fire department said. Thursday afternoon, the Baltimore City Fire Department responded to a fire in a wooded area and homeless ...

After years of campaigning, Thailand has finally banned the import of plastic waste to prevent toxic pollution.

“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not perpetuating a cycle,” said Kevin Budris, deputy director of Just Zero, a ...

Urban wildfires like LA’s make harmful chemicals from burning plastics and electronics that can make indoor air dangerous for months.

That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

Drivers who passed Epsom Central School on any of the last few Fridays may have noticed a roaring fire burning as students ...

Ski shop workers at an REI in New York City went on strike after the company took away their respirators. Scenes from the REI picket line. New York City—Deep in the basement of REI’s flagship SoHo ...

The Kern County Fire Department responded to a warehouse fire that started in the area of East Brundage Lane near Mount Vernon Avenue around noon Wednesday. KCFD spokesman Jonathan Drucker said Kern ...

“Historically, flame retardant use to meet flammability standards has resulted in documented health risks without ...

DORAL, Fla. — Two years ago, Miami-Dade County awoke to a garbage nightmare. Both of the county landfills were nearly full, ...

Two days later, on Saturday, January 10, he and his family returned, and we traveled together as he began photographing the ...