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Negotiators from 175 countries are meeting from Tuesday in Canada to nail down a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution with many sticking points to be resolved five months after the last round of talks in Kenya.

The Pacific Ocean has two large gyres filled with trash, and it's coming from us.

ATHENS — From April 15-17, state delegates, organization representatives, academics and philanthropists met at the 9th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Athens to discuss the protection of the world’s oceans and pledge actions to safeguard their future. As the OOC took place, news broke about the world’s coral reefs undergoing a mass bleaching event, which […]

Microplastics threaten human health. Exposure to them, especially when consumed, involve an array of toxic effects, including reproductive problems, delays in immune responses and oxidative stress, according to a 2023 study published in Environment and Health Journal. 

The more we look for microplastics, the more we find them—including in our food.

An East Deer man is hoping to make a difference in the township, even if it comes down to picking up one piece of litter at a time. Adam Klingensmith is organizing what’s believed to be the township’s first cleanup day April 21. “We’re going to be picking up any

Florida passed a bill, HB321, to ban intentional balloon releases and charge intentional balloon releases as littering infractions.

These are the holiday hotspots overwhelmed with rubbish.

If Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo accepts the recommendation, Gisclair would join the council overseeing Bering Sea fisheries.

Tribal and environmental advocates calling for a crackdown on salmon and halibut bycatch are set to gain a new ally on the federal council that manages Alaska’s lucrative Bering Sea fisheries. Washington Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee last week nominated Becca Robbins Gisclair, an attorney and conservation advocate, to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. If […] The post Nominee to Bering Sea fisheries council would tip balance toward tribes, away from trawlers appeared first ...