The Slow Flower Movement Aims to Create a More Sustainable Flower Industry By Rachel Kester May 9, 2024 As many blooms are grown with excessive pesticides, local flower farmers chart a new path In this story: holidays, sustainability, wildflowers, plastic, toxics
This Earth Month, the End of Plastic Pollution Is on the Table By Nikki Kolb April 23, 2024 Delegates at INC-4 will try to develop an international legally binding treaty on plastic pollution In this story: plastic, international climate policy
The Quest for Compostable Plastic By Boyce Upholt March 10, 2024 Researchers are rethinking synthetic plastic from the ground up In this story: plastic
A Solution to Waste That Isn't a Bunch of Garbage By Paul Rauber May 2, 2024 Ed Humes's book "Total Garbage" tackles the waste crisis with big solutions In this story: books, plastic
On Its 15th Anniversary, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing By Marlowe Starling September 23, 2023 This year’s sponsors included some of the most notorious polluters In this story: climate change, corporate accountability, oil, fracked gas, plastic
The World Needs a Global Plastics Treaty Championing Urgent Action. Will We Get One? By Nikki Kolb June 22, 2023 Here’s what you need to know about the UN treaty on plastics In this story: plastic, international climate policy
Even in Antarctica, Krill Are Eating Plastic By Niko Zlotnik June 5, 2023 Where is it coming from? And how is it affecting Antarctic animals? In this story: plastic, science, oceans, fish
Goldman Prize Winner Diane Wilson Protected San Antonio Bay By Grace van Deelen April 24, 2023 Often alone in her efforts, this unexpected activist won big against a major plastics manufacturer In this story: activism, plastic, toxics
More Cars on the Road, Clean or Not, Means More Microplastics By Kate Raphael January 23, 2023 Scientists are puzzling over how to tackle the problem as the transition to electric vehicles gets underway In this story: plastic, electric vehicles, vehicle standards, climate change, toxics
These Are the New Titans of Plastic By Kristina Marusic September 15, 2022 Pennsylvania is just the latest sacrifice zone for the plastics industry In this story: plastic, climate change, environmental justice