Pollution

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.

The Environmental Protection Agency can help protect millions of people who live near industrial facilities — but only if it works now to strengthen an important federal chemical policy.

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.

A new podcast puts BIPOC storytelling front and center in working for solutions to the plastic crisis.

Whether you’re into literary fiction, thrillers, sci-fi or comics, these new novels help us explore the complex geographies of climate change, pollution and the extinction crisis.

Long Island residents and their allies seek environmental justice after decades of pollution.

Erica Cirino’s new book, Thicker Than Water, examines the plastic pollution crisis — and its solutions — from oilfield to landfill.

This month saw some great successes for wildlife and the climate — all made possible by decades of action and perseverance.