Plastics don’t just pose a threat to the marine environment and people’s health; they jeopardize basic human rights. This is the framing that a growing number of legal experts, policymakers, and ...

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The creek is under the jurisdiction of the city of Pismo Beach, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board and ...

As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global threat to human health. “To those meeting in Geneva: Please take up the ...

New research shows that wildfires are a major contributor to ozone pollution, and can significantly exceed the impacts of human-generated emissions.

For decades Ohio made policies to favor fossil fuels over renewable sources like wind and solar. That's caused impacts to ...

A stark report reveals climate inaction is a global health catastrophe, with rising temperatures and extreme weather claiming ...

Air pollution is widely recognized as a public health hazard, but its role in workplace safety is often underestimated. A new ...

Algal bloom triggered by sewage discharges could be causing in dolphins the same form of brain degeneration seen in humans ...

Bangladesh recorded 225,000 deaths linked to anthropogenic (caused by human activities) air pollution (PM2.5) in 2022, a 28 ...