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The sulfur emissions had helped cool the planet before they were significantly curtailed in 2020, the study found.

Major Cuts in Shipping Pollution Actually Made Climate Change Worse, Scientists Find

By Frank Landymore

An environmental group has slapped Tesla with a lawsuit this week for spewing pollution and violating the Clean Air Act.

Tesla Factory Accused of Spewing Illegal Amounts of Air Pollution

By Sharon Adarlo

If you're looking for someone to blame the worsening degradation of the climate upon, look no further than these 57 companies.

Scientists Discover the Villains Destroying the Planet

By Noor Al-Sibai

If you want to climb Mount Everest, you gotta take your shit back with you and you can no longer leave it on the mountain.

Rich People Hiking Mount Everest Now Forced to Bring Their Poop Back With Them

By Sharon Adarlo

British archaeologists have found microplastics amidst historic sediment excavated in York that date as early as the 1st and 2nd centuries.

Scientists Alarmed to Discover Microplastics in Ancient Archaeological Dig

By Sharon Adarlo

New research into tiny magnetic particles that float through the air may help scientists unravel the mysterious causes of Alzheimer's disease.

Weird Particle Floating Through Air May Cause Alzheimer’s

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers in China discovered that microplastics could be affecting the formation of the clouds they're found in.

Microplastics Inside Clouds May Be Changing Global Weather, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

Soot kills thousands of people every year. But as the EPA prepares to tighten soot restrictions, corporations are more worried about the GDP.

Corporations Whimper That They Won’t Be Able to Make So Much Money If They Aren’t Allowed to Pollute

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers have now measured atmospheric mercury levels in the past, and their findings makes our current levels all the more concerning.

Humans Are Spiking the Level of Poisonous Mercury in the Atmosphere

By Frank Landymore

Metals from spacecraft that are supposed to safely burn up in the atmosphere are staying there and potentially affecting the ozone.

Satellites and Spacecraft Are Polluting the Atmosphere, Scientists Find

By Frank Landymore

Military bases across the US could be polluting nearby water supplies with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the DoD says.

US Military Bases Appear to Be Polluting Drinking Water, Pentagon Admits

By Frank Landymore

Even a cave that's been closed to the public for three decades can't escape the reach of microplastic particles.

Scientists Find Microplastics in Cave Sealed Off From All Humans

By Frank Landymore

Scientists Perform “Health Check” on Planet Earth, Alarmed by What They Find

Scientists Perform “Health Check” on Planet Earth, Alarmed by What They Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This writer argues that, though flawed, the anti-plastic straw movement marks a rare, meaningful moment for the anti-plastic movement.

The Anti-Straw Movement Was Dumb, Annoying, and… Actually Worked?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Thousands of abandoned telephone cables across the US are leaching lead into soil and water, a report from The Wall Street Journal reveals.

Old Phone Cables Appear to Be Contaminating US Soil and Water With Lead

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

At least 45 percent of all US tap water could be laced with at least one type of PFAS, a group of toxic "forever chemicals" linked to cancer.

Nearly Half of US Tap Water Laced With Toxic “Forever Chemicals,” Scientists Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Rowan Atkinson, the actor best known for playing "Mr. Bean," apparently has a bone to pick with electric vehicles.

Advanced Transport

Mr. Bean Blasted for Hating on Electric Cars

By Noor Al-Sibai

President Joe Biden wants to impose strict emissions regulations on automakers to ensure EVs make up the majority of new car sales by 2030.

Biden to Propose Extreme Car Pollution Limits to Drive Up EV Sales

By Frank Landymore

Scientists are reeling from the discovery of "plastic rocks" on a remote island off the coast of a volcanic Brazilian island.

Alarmed Scientists Discover “Terrifying” Rocks Made of Plastic Trash on Remote Island

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

There's nothing like ocean spray gently caressing your face as you take a beachside stroll — quite literally, because it's actually full of bacteria.

The Refreshing Spray of the Ocean Is Loaded With Sewage Bacteria, Scientists Find

By Noor Al-Sibai

Canadian deep sea mining firm The Metals Company has been accused by its own scientists of meddling with their data and dumping sediment into the ocean.

Scientists Alarmed by Video of Deep Sea Mining Company Spewing Waste Into Ocean

By Frank Landymore

Environment officials in the UK were stunned after an entire river turned snow white in the south of England, the BBC reports.

Residents Alarmed When Entire River Turns White

By Victor Tangermann

An elementary school in St. Louis had a rude awakening when scientists discovered grounds had "unacceptable" levels of radioactive contamination.

Radioactive Waste From Manhattan Project Found at Elementary School

By Frank Landymore

Gender reveal parties have become notorious for their occasionally disastrous consequences. Polluting an entire river? Well, it's up there.

Gender Reveal Party Under Investigation for Polluting Entire River

By Frank Landymore

On Sunday, a massive oil leak was detected in Louisiana in Saint Bernard Parish after suspicious activity. Around 20,000 gallons of oil leaked in the spill.

20,000 Gallons of Oil Just Leaked Into Louisiana Marshlands

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup said their study found commercial fishing responsible for much of the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The Overwhelming Amount of Plastic in the Ocean Isn’t What You Think

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A solar panel can leak heavy metals and cause pollution, but consumer solar demand may mean they get tossed aside less often.

California Complains Its Junkyards Are Filling With Toxic Solar Panels

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A stranded oil tanker off the coast of Yemen could make the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill look like child's play. It stores 1 million gallons of oil.

Stranded Oil Tanker That Could Start Leaking Any Time Now, Experts Warn

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers say superworms, much bigger than a mealworm or wax worm, can eat plastic Styrofoam and survive, and could digest plastic garbage and pollution.

Scientists Discover “Superworms” That Can Survive on Eating Just Styrofoam

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Microplastics have reached some of the most remote parts of Antarctica, one of the last natural strongholds against human development.

Even Antarctica Isn’t Safe From Microplastics, Researchers Confirm

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Swimmer Ben Lecomte swam the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, where fish and animals thrive. Life created an entire unexpected ecosystem.

Hooray! The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Has Become a Thriving Ecosystem, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Humans eat a lot of microplastics every week. Here's our favorite memes about microplastic to lighten the situation a little.

The Most Darkly Hilarious Memes About Our Bodies Being Filled With Horrifying Microplastics

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna published a study that summarizes all the current knowledge about microplastics and human consumption.

You’re Eating a Staggering Amount of Plastic Per Week, According to a New Study

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Airbus' A380 test plane took off from France and completed a three-hour flight ran on Sustainable Aviation Fuel, also called SAF, made from cooking oil.

A Jumbojet Just Flew for Three Hours, Powered by Used Cooking Oil

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists say the Great Barrier Reef is suffering its six mass bleach event because of heat waves caused by climate change.

Scientists say World’s Largest Coral Reef is Bleaching Again

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch may be doing more harm than if we stopped polluting the ocean with plastic in the first place.

Marine Scientists Say Pulling Plastic Out of the Ocean Isn’t Even Worth It

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A giant cargo ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars called the Felicity Ace is now adrift in the Pacific Ocean, burning, without its crew.

Fire Engulfs Cargo Ship Carrying Thousands of Luxury Cars

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Indonesia's government is leaving and moving the country’s capital of Jakarta to the island of Borneo due to sinking, pollution and congestion.

Indonesia Is Switching Capital Cities Because the Old One Is Sinking Into the Ocean

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new study found that chemical pollution driven by plastics has gotten so bad that it might upend global ecosystems that support humanity.

Chemical Pollution Has Crossed a “Planetary Boundary” That Threatens Humanity, Study Says

By Tony Ho Tran

People peed so many party drugs into a local river at the 2019 Glastonbury music festival that the water became dangerous for local, protected eels.

Festival Goers Did So Many Drugs That Their Pee Harmed Local Fish

By Dan Robitzski

New research found high levels of PFAS, a class of plastics used in a wide variety of products, accumulating in new moms' breast milk.

Scientists Find Alarming Chemicals in Mothers’ Breast Milk

By Dan Robitzski

A new car created by award-winning designer Thomas Heatherwick is said to be able to clean the air of pollution while you drive it.

New Car Sucks Up Pollution While It Drives

By Tony Ho Tran

After a fire and explosion wrecked a nearby container ship, the Sri Lankan coastline is coated in plastic and toxic pollution.

Burning Container Ship Covers Beaches With Horrible Toxic “Snow”

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers Find 2,000 Plastic Bags Inside Camel

Science & Energy

Researchers Find 2,000 Plastic Bags Inside Camel

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA modeled how much air pollution humanity would have caused without a pandemic this year to find out how much emissions dropped.

NASA Figured Out How Much Less We Polluted Under Lockdown

By Dan Robitzski

Surfers in Kamchatka, Russia are reporting that the ocean water is leaving them with poisoning-like symptoms, including nausea, weakness, and high fever.

Russian Surfers Say Mysterious Pollution Is Poisoning Them

By Victor Tangermann

With fires causing dangerous levels of airborne particulates, Colorado officials are urging residents to set up "safe rooms" with air purification systems.

Colorado Urges Residents to Hide Inside Air Filtrated “Safe Rooms”

By Jon Christian

Preliminary reseach suggests that areas with higher levels of air pollution are also experiencing a higher death rate among COVID-19 patients.

The Coronavirus Is Deadlier in Places With Bad Pollution

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado State University have found "strong links" between air pollution exposure and "aggressive behavior."

Study: Higher Air Pollution Linked to Increases in Violent Crime

By Victor Tangermann

Microplastic has been found in rainwater samples in the Rocky Mountains, suggesting that plastic pollution has spread much farther than expected.

Rain Clouds Are Dropping Microplastic on the Rocky Mountains

By Dan Robitzski

An engineer found a way to turn juiced cactus leaves into a feasible substitute for plastic, and she wants to make biodegradable cutlery.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Make Fake, Biodegradable Plastic From Cactus Juice

By Dan Robitzski

When Victor Vescovo broke the record for deepest ocean dive, he noticed what he believes was a plastic bag and some candy wrappers in the deep sea.

Diver Reaches Record Ocean Depth — and Finds a Plastic Bag

By Kristin Houser

Plastic pollutants in the ocean can stunt the growth of a certain bacteria responsible for pumping the atmosphere full of oxygen, according to a new study.

Plastic Is Killing the Bacteria That Make 10% of Earth’s Oxygen

By Dan Robitzski

More than 180 nations, not including the United States, have agreed to new rules controlling the movement of plastic waste globally.

United States Refuses to Join Plastic Waste Pact

By Kristin Houser

British startup Arborea will test the ability of its "BioSolar Leaf" technology to pull pollution from the air through a newly announced pilot project.

“BioSolar Leaf” Tech Will Pull Pollution from London Air

By Kristin Houser

By pumping unfiltered coal dust into the atmosphere, a processing plant in the Russian town of Kiselyovsk has caused black snow to fall on the region.

Horrifying “Black Snow” Blankets Russian Towns

By Kristin Houser

A government official in China said on Monday that the country was planning new punishments for local officials who don't meet air pollution goals. Chinese pollution

China Plans “Punishment” for Officials Who Miss Pollution Goals

By Jon Christian

We need to do something to address the problem of air pollution, according to the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO Director: Air Pollution Is the “New Tobacco”

By Kristin Houser

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The EU Just Voted to Completely Ban Single-Use Plastics

By Kristin Houser

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Microplastics Are Already in Our Bodies, According to a New Study

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers discover that methylene blue, an environmental pollutant, is highly efficient at storing and releasing energy.

This Industrial Blue Dye Could Help Us Build Better Batteries

By Kristin Houser

Researchers determine that exposure to air pollution can cause a decline in a person's cognitive ability, with older men affected the most.

Dumber Humans — That’s Just One Effect of a More Polluted Future

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws

By Kristin Houser

Scott Pruitt’s EPA Prevented A Major Water Pollution Study From Being Published

Scott Pruitt’s EPA Prevented A Major Water Pollution Study From Being Published

By Dan Robitzski