Plastics
Q&A: The EPA Dropped a Civil Rights Probe in Louisiana After the State’s AG Countered With a Reverse Discrimination Suit
Interview by Steve Curwood, "Living on Earth"
Q&A: Ami Zota on the Hidden Dangers in Beauty Products—and Why Women of Color Are Particularly at Risk
By Victoria St. Martin
In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is Called a ‘Recipe for Disaster’
By James Bruggers
Experts Study Using Waste Plastic in Roads and More, but Find the Practice Isn’t Ready for Prime Time
By James Bruggers
Q&A: The Truth About Those Plastic Recycling Labels
As an Obscure United Nations Gathering Deliberates the Fate of Deep-Sea Mining, the Tuna Industry Calls for a Halt
By Georgina Gustin
Q&A: What to Do About Pollution From a Vast New Shell Plastics Plant in Pennsylvania
Federal Money Begins Flowing to Lake Erie for Projects With an Eye on Future Climate Impacts
By Kathiann M. Kowalski
The ‘Sisyphus of Trash’ Struggles to Clean Relentless Waves of Plastic From a New York Island’s Beaches
By Devin Speak
Secretive State Climate Talks Stir Discontent With Pennsylvania Governor
By Kiley Bense
Inside Indiana’s ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Plant: Dangerous Vapors, Oil Spills and Life-Threatening Fires
By James Bruggers
EPA Spurns Trump-Era Effort to Drop Clean-Air Protections For Plastic Waste Recycling
By James Bruggers
On the Eve of Plastics Treaty Talks, a Youth Advocate From Ghana Speaks Out: ‘We Need Urgent Action’
By James Bruggers
UN Agency Provides Path to 80 Percent Reduction in Plastic Waste. Recycling Alone Won’t Cut It
By James Bruggers
Who Said Recycling Was Green? It Makes Microplastics By the Ton
By James Bruggers
Environmentalists Want the FTC Green Guides to Slam the Door on the ‘Chemical’ Recycling of Plastic Waste
By James Bruggers