Plastic

The health risks from tiny airborne particulate matter may soon face stricter federal regulation. But improving air quality remains a complex challenge.

We also have good news and bad news about dams and coal, plus how science and renewable energy can support Ukraine.

Don’t miss these environmental news stories about innovative laws, rising renewables and a “climate king.”

A massive new plastics plant will soon start operating in Pennsylvania, even as support grows for international limits on plastic production.

The connection between war and environmental destruction is on full display in Putin’s invasion. Plus, other news you won’t want to miss.

The United Nations has an opportunity to address plastic pollution on an international level. Will it finally act?

It’s time to overhaul the chemical industry — for the sake of fenceline communities and the rest of the planet.

From plastic pollution to extreme weather and the extinction crisis, the year ahead promises tough fights, enormous challenges and critical opportunities.

Conservationists, activists, scientists and other experts offered their insight into the year’s most pressing issues.

With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.