The rally, organized by a coalition of local and regional advocacy groups, happens Wednesday as President Trump speaks at a fracking industry gathering.
Iceland will host an international symposium on plastics in the Arctic and sub-Arctic this April to share best practices and feed back into the work of the Arctic Council.
Scientists say the process could help shift the focus of the plastics industry to recycling and drastically reduce the amount of pollution that ends up in the world's oceans.
Global bottled water giants are ramping up trials of easily recyclable aluminum cans to replace plastic that pollutes the world's seas. Sound like a slam-dunk for the environment? Not entirely.
The battle to reduce Europe's plastic waste could become a quarter of a billion dollars more expensive every year as the cost of recycled plastic soars.
Polystyrene, a common ocean pollutant, decomposes in sunlight much faster than thought, a new study finds. It lasts centuries, perhaps only decades. Not thousands of years.
Critics say ethane expansion on the banks of the Ohio River, just outside Pittsburgh, will not only prolong fracking but could also trigger a public health disaster.
In the past few years, microplastics— small pieces of plastic up to 5 millimeters in size—have been getting a lot of attention, but not all studies are created equal.
For the second year in a row, Nestlé and Tim Hortons were the top companies behind branded plastic bottles, coffee cups and lids and other plastic waste collected in shoreline cleanups.
A man is creating straws made of pasta to help combat plastic pollution - showing that we're not all pasta the point of caring about the environment. (Sorry).
Island students are working to wipe out some of their schools' single-use plastics, as well as prevent further plastics from ending up in landfills, forests or oceans.
Consumer goods giant Unilever vowed to halve the amount of new plastic it uses over the next five years, by shifting to more recyclable and alternative materials and refillable options to meet consumer demand for less waste.
Scientists from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia are scrutinizing the marine food chain from top to bottom. Otters, oysters, rockfish and young salmon are all being analyzed for microplastics.
