Plastics
Lawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability
By James Bruggers
Is Fungus Fabric Really Taking Off? Vegan Leather Could Help Reduce Waste, But May Be Struggling to Scale
By Kiley Price
Q&A: Is Pittsburgh Becoming ‘the Plastic City’?
By Kiley Bense
Behind the Scenes: How a Plastics Plant Has Plagued a Pennsylvania County
By Kiley Price
Headed Toward the Finish Line, Plastics Treaty Delegates ‘Work is Far From Over’
By James Bruggers
A Plastics Plant Promised Pennsylvania Prosperity, but to Some Residents It’s Become a ‘Shockingly Bad’ Neighbor
By Kiley Bense
As Plastic Treaty Delegates Head to Canada, A Plea From the Arctic: Don’t Forget Vulnerable Indigenous Peoples
By James Bruggers
Biden Administration Pressed to Act on Federal Contractor Climate Disclosure
By Marianne Lavelle
Kraft Heinz Faces Shareholder Vote On Its ‘Deceptive’ Recycling Labels
By James Bruggers
PFAS Is an Almost Impossible Problem to Tackle—and It’s Probably in Your Food
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Accidents Involving Toxic Vinyl Chloride Are Commonplace, a New Report Finds
By Kiley Bense
Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine
By Liza Gross
Louisiana’s Toxic Air Is Linked to Low-Weight and Pre-Term Births
Jessica Kutz, The 19th
Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks Despite Pollution Violations
By Dylan Baddour
DC’s Tire-Dumping Epidemic
Kayla Benjamin, The Washington Informer via Report for America
Q&A: The Latest in the Battle Over Plastic Bag Bans
By Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth
