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Peter Dykstra: 2022's distinguished deaths

Two "dismal scientists," a denier, a world-class spiller and a pioneering hellraiser headline the year’s passages.

What I learned reporting on environmental health in Pittsburgh in 2022

For a lot of people, 2022 felt like the first “normal” year since 2020. It didn’t for me.

Lawmakers push Biden administration to act faster on plastic pollution

A new letter urges President Biden to “set meaningful standards to address the global plastic pollution crisis at home and beyond.”

Pete Myers: The plastic road to hell is paved with good intentions

All too often today’s seductive solutions become tomorrow’s problems.

WATCH: Pete Myers addresses US Senate committee on the dangers of plastic

Environmental Health Science founder and chief scientist was one of four witnesses testifying for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Environment & Public Works.