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A Seabird Chick With 778 Pieces of Plastic in Its Body Shows How Bad Marine Pollution Has Gotten

By Kiley Price

Diane Wilson pictured by her skiff outside her Calhoun County home in December 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Veteran Environmentalist Sues Rural School Board Over Exxon Tax Break Decision

By Dylan Baddour

Neuroscience professor Gina Turrigiano talks with researchers at her Brandeis University lab, where researchers are studying the origins of autism and other neurological disorders, on Feb. 12 in Waltham, Mass. Credit: Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Unraveling the Link Between Plastics and Autism

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Diane Wilson holds a bottle with PVC plastic powder, a type of microplastic, collected in the Matagorda Bay system in December 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Microplastics from Texas Bays Are Washed Out to Sea, New Study Says

By Dylan Baddour

Shell said April 25 that it would start using its “elevated flare this afternoon” at its Pennsylvania plastics plant and expected the work to continue through the weekend. This image was taken during that period. Credit: Hilary Starcher-O’Toole

Nighttime Flaring at Shell Plastics Plant Lit Up Beaver County ‘Like Dawn’

By Kiley Bense

The plastics plant in Gregory, Texas, operated by ExxonMobil and the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation started operations in 2022. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Plans Advance for Huge New Exxon Plastics Plant in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

A still from “Single-Use Planet” shows the plastic pollution invading the tropical waters of Bali, Indonesia.

From Louisiana to Pennsylvania, Tracing Plastics Pollution Back to Its Source

By Kiley Bense

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

A view of the cogeneration plant operated by the University of North Carolina, located a half-mile from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

To Reduce its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic

By Lisa Sorg

Guests listen as Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso speaks during the opening of the fifth session of the U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea on Nov. 25. Credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images

As Efforts on a Global Treaty Stall, Cities and States Are on the Front Lines of the Battle Over Plastic Pollution

By James Bruggers

As Countries Reel From a Dizzying Climate Summit, All Eyes Turn to Plastic Negotiations

By Kiley Price

Plastic waste piles up along the bank of the San Gabriel River just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean in Seal Beach, California, on Dec. 13, 2022. Credit: Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Alleging Decades of Lies, California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution Crisis

By James Bruggers

A view of the U.S. Steel plant in Gary, Indiana. Credit: Vincent D. Johnson/Inside Climate News

Biden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel. One Critic Asks: ‘Have They Lost Their Minds?’

By James Bruggers

Wright Waste Management in July. Credit: CBS News

Houston’s Plastic Waste, Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling, Piles up at a Business Failed Three Times by Fire Marshal

By James Bruggers

Is Fungus Fabric Really Taking Off? Vegan Leather Could Help Reduce Waste, But May Be Struggling to Scale

By Kiley Price

The Shell ethane cracker plant in Beaver County was fined $10 million for air quality violations in May 2023. Credit: Mark Dixon/CC BY 2.0 Deed

Behind the Scenes: How a Plastics Plant Has Plagued a Pennsylvania County

By Kiley Price

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

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