The global use of face masks surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but many have since been discarded as waste, contributing ...

Masks were critical in fighting Covid-19, but billions of them are now causing an environmental crisis. Studies show ...

For over 80 years, researchers have documented how powerful industries can exert influence over the very institutions meant ...

Environmentalists demand action as Sumter’s wastewater plant contaminates the Pocotaligo River with toxic forever chemicals, threatening public health.

Fossil fuel companies are working hard to push chemical recycling because plastic is one of Big Oil’s last lifelines.

The former managers of chemical company Miteni received prison sentences after being found guilty of water pollution in ...

A months-long WREG investigation examined the deadly problems families across the Mid-South are most likely to face. From gun violence and drugs to learning who is at the highest risk for cancer, the ...

Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement ...

For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals. Most people ...

In addition to the DEQ penalty, Stella-Jones and the Oregon Department of Justice agreed to a settlement in late August 2025 ...