Plastics

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Diane Wilson Takes on Another Plastics Plant in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Peeling Back the Curtain on Big Plastic’s False Solutions 

By Liza Gross

Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds 

By Dylan Baddour

California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule

By Liza Gross

Deadly in Small Doses: New Research Shows the Lethal Effects of Ingested Plastic on Marine Animals

By Teresa Tomassoni

Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant

By Dylan Baddour

Communities Around the World Find Plastic Pellets in Their Local Waterways

By Lauren Dalban

Pennsylvania Plastics Pollution Settlement Could Set a National Precedent for Control of Pellets

By Jon Hurdle

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

By Dylan Baddour

Great Lakes Microplastics Research Could Inform National and Global Policy

By Sarah Mattalian

Pennsylvania Lured Shell to the State With a $1.65 Billion Tax Break. Now the Company Wants to Sell Its Plant

By Kiley Bense

From Landfills and Recycling Programs to Desks in Offices, Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Poison Workers

By Liza Gross

Plastic Pollution Talks in Geneva End Without Treaty

By Bob Berwyn

Nations Meet in Geneva in a Final Push to End Plastic Pollution

By Liza Gross

Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say

By Liza Gross

The Unexpected Beauty and Deep Meaning of Plastic-Waste Art

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

N.C. Has Allowed a Likely Carcinogen Into Three Rivers Serving 900,000 People

By Lisa Sorg