This past April 22 was the 55th Earth Day celebrated around the world, with billions of people participating in Earth Day ...

NASA's images reveal Earth's deteriorating condition, a stark contrast to the iconic 'Blue Marble' photo. Decades of ...

Look up at the night sky. Among the sparkling stars and wandering planets, a silent threat grows with each passing day—a ...

The Amazon is one of the most dangerous regions in South America, especially for journalists reporting on topics such as illegal activities like land grabbing, mining and drug trafficking.

The session is part of a years-long effort to create a legally binding international agreement to end plastic pollution, which is one of the planet's most-pressing environmental challenges. "Young ...

Based on data recovered so far, the worst offender is plastic, which makes up roughly 77 percent of all trash reported. Food wrappers were the most predominant form of plastic litter, though soda ...

Costa Rica ranks among Latin America’s most affected countries for plastic bottle pollution on its beaches, according to a new study by Chile’s Universidad Católica del Norte. The report, titled “In ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The EU has agreed binding rules to reduce plastic pellet pollution, aiming to tackle up to 184,000 metric tons of annual leakage into the ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide ...

That’s why this Earth Day, we’re focusing on reducing plastic waste and pollution. Many types of plastic are technically ... But in response to consumer demand, partly thanks to PIRG campaigns, Amazon ...