This Simple Video Game Shows You How to Sort Your Trash
How many of us are guilty of throwing compostable chopsticks in the garbage? Or food-soiled aluminum containers in the…
Human Medicine Use Loading Up River Creatures With Dozens of Different Drugs
Medicines do an excellent job of increasing the quality of life for humans around the world, but the drugs don’t stay…
Over 90 Percent of Table Salts May Contain Microplastics, Study Finds
New reports of microplastics turning up in just about everything from our bottled water to our beer pop up often to…
Inside Florida's Algae-Fueled Nightmare
The shape of things to come in U.S. politics could be decided, in no small part, by foul-smelling, fish-killing slime.
Florida’s Toxic Red Tide Algae Makes ‘Extremely Rare’ Jump to the Atlantic Coast
The red tide algae bloom that’s plagued Florida’s Gulf Coast for months has now jumped east to the Atlantic. Florida…
Mass Die-Off of Orcas Feared Due to Chemicals Banned in the '70s
A group of industrial chemicals humans started banning decades ago could cause many of the world’s orca whale…
The EPA Is Failing to Keep Students Safe From Asbestos: Report
The Environmental Protection Agency has been slacking when it comes to monitoring asbestos in schools. It did such a…
Huge, Maybe Ineffective Pollution Scooper Launches Towards Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Dutch nonprofit Ocean Cleanup deployed a 2,000-foot-long, $20 million unmanned boom designed to gather some of the…
National Prison Strike Spotlights Toxic Conditions in Jails
On August 21, people incarcerated in states across the U.S. stopped working, went on hunger strikes, and started…
Wow, Spain Sure Has a Lot of Pigs
There are now enough pigs in Spain that technically everyone could have one, and there’d be pigs to spare. Per the…
Why Florida's Largest Lake Is Filled With Toxic Algae, Again
In what has become a deeply unwelcome summertime tradition, Floridians are once again finding their waterways befouled…
Meet the New EPA Chief, Same As the Old EPA Chief (But Maybe Less Obviously Corrupt)
Andrew Wheeler, former aide to climate change denier Sen. James Inhofe, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee…
Hell Yeah, No More Plastic Straws in Seattle
Here’s another reason to love Seattle if you don’t already: The gray city just became the first major one in the U.S.…
Earth Has Many More Rivers and Streams Than We Thought, New Satellite Study Finds
Rivers and streams cover much more of the planet than geologists previously estimated, according to a new study…
Scott Pruitt Was So Sloppy Telling Oil Execs and Cronies He Could Get Them Hired, It's Embarrassing
Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s scandal-mired EPA chief and a man so committed to destroying his own agency that he’s…
China's Plastic Waste Ban Will Create a Huge Issue For the World
For years, China has been the world’s plastic waste dump. Single use water bottles, yogurt cups, hummus containers, and…
A Paper Straw Factory Is Opening Up in Britain Before a Planned UK Single-Use Plastics Ban
The first paper straw factory in the “last several decades” in Britain is planning to launch in Wales as fast-food…
Canadian Oil Pipeline Could Drive Famous Puget Sound Whales to Extinction
Orcas are one of the Pacific Northwest’s most iconic creatures. But despite their beloved status, the local resident…
Topsoil Service Con-Man Who Terrorized Australia With Asbestos Is Getting Locked Up
These days, the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s got no shame cozying up to polluters. Head to…
Why Is an Ozone-Destroying Chemical Coming Back, and How Do We Stop It?
The ozone hole, which we’ve previously described as the “quintessential ‘80s problem” became alarmingly relevant again…