The first alarm bells rang in the late 1990s, when sailor Charles Moore stumbled upon the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a ...

Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe discusses the court's move to hear a GOP challenge to a campaign spending limit and more.

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing ...

The study adds weight to less formal analyses of plastic bag bans conducted by advocacy organizations and could inform negotiations later this summer over the United Nations’ global plastics ...

Off the coast of Sicily, Sea Shepherd and its volunteers are hunting down illegal fish traps and working with Italian authorities to crack down on this environmental crime.

In 2010, eight million tons of plastic trash ended up in the ocean from coastal countries—far more than the total that has been measured floating on the surface in the ocean's "garbage patches." ...

Plastic bag bans, however, may end up doing more harm than good. Rather than relying on government-imposed regulations, it is time to take action that is effective and targeted.

Plastic bag bans may not be the best way to keep plastics out of the ocean, argues Todd Myers. Jay Karr Island Packet We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly, and we ...

It’s Been Five Years Since New York Banned Single-Use Plastic Bags. They’re Still Floating Around. The muse of American Beauty, Katy Perry and bathroom trash cans everywhere just won’t go away.

But to these whales, plastic junk floating in the ocean may also “sound” just like a delicious squid.

Removing the plastic now helps to stop it from degrading and shedding additional microplastics into the ocean, which can enter the food chain and eventually end up in the human body.