There’s something seriously wrong when the weight of all of our “stuff” is greater than that of all life on the planet. But ...

The recent executive order banning paper straws in the United States marks a pivotal shift in sustainability policy. While well-intentioned, the push for alternatives like Paper Pulp and new chemistry ...

They searched for a readily available material that had a high supply of hydrocarbons and found what they needed. Researchers ...

Diane Wilson had heard rumors for months that Exxon might be coming to Point Comfort, Texas, which sits on the Gulf Coast ...

Methane is one of the climate-damaging gases emitted by industry, but a British firm has found a way to give it a major makeover.

Lucky for me, the city of Minneapolis offers a free disaster preparedness training course called Ready Camp, which I hope can ...

Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.

Scientists have developed copper "nano-flowers" that mimic photosynthesis, offering a new way to transform carbon dioxide ...

The tiny bits of plastic pollution that make their way from the environment into our bodies accumulate at much higher ...

Most plastic products, by contrast ... several have passed laws precluding certain processes — particularly those that turn waste into fuel, like most so-called “chemical recycling” — from counting ...

A startup in Mexico is trying to tackle a Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and ...