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Birders visit the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia in February. Credit: Kiley Bense/Inside Climate News

Microplastics Lurk in Freshwater Environments Across Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense

The Waste Energy plant would process plastics sourced from throughout the East Coast using pyrolysis, which breaks down materials at very high temperatures in the oxygen-free furnace. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel Fuel?

By Lisa Sorg

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) speaks during a news conference for the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act on Feb. 11, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

Voters Head to the Polls in a World Full of Plastic Pollution. What’s at Stake This Year?

By James Bruggers

A collection of plastic pellets known as nurdles that washed up on a beach in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Andrew Wunderley/Charleston Waterkeeper

Lawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability

By James Bruggers

Ohio EPA and EPA contractors collect soil and air samples from the train derailment site on March 9, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: Michael Swensen/Getty Images

EPA Begins a Review Process That Could Bring an End to Toxic, Flammable Vinyl Chloride

By Kiley Bense

The ExxonMobil Baytown Complex in Baytown, Texas, at dusk. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News

The Missing Equations at ExxonMobil’s Advanced Recycling Operation

By James Bruggers

Jan Dell, founder of The Last Beach Cleanup and a chemical engineer, examines the contents of a large container of bagged plastics at a Houston Recycling Collaboration all-plastics recycling depository in the Houston community of Kingwood in September. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News

Dumped, Not Recycled? Electronic Tracking Raises Questions About Houston’s Drive to Repurpose a Full Range of Plastics

By James Bruggers

Worker Kamol Srilaloong manually separates plastic bottles at the Wongpanit Suvarnabhumi recycle collection center on Sept. 1, 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Biden Administration’s Global Plastics Plan Dubbed ‘Low Ambition’ and ‘Underwhelming’

By James Bruggers

A tractor moves a pile of recyclables at the San Francisco Recycling Center April 22, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Passed a Landmark Law About Plastic Pollution. Why Are Some Environmentalists Still Concerned?

By James Bruggers

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