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As the world swims in plastic, some offer an answer: Ban the toxic two
Alden Wicker
2 Jan 2024
In 2023, Mongabay’s reporting fellows covered Earth amid crisis — and hope
Karen Coates
27 Dec 2023
Chemical recycling of plastic not so fantastic, report finds
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
24 Nov 2023
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran & petrochemical industry stall plastics treaty: Critics
Charles Pekow
22 Nov 2023
Jamaica battles relentless plastic pollution in quest to restore mangroves
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
21 Nov 2023
Circular economy poised to go beyond outdated oil, gas and coal, experts say
Sean Mowbray
16 Nov 2023
Beyond Climate: Fossil fuels rapidly eroding Earth’s ‘safe operating space’
Sean Mowbray
15 Nov 2023
Beyond climate: Oil, gas and coal are destabilizing all 9 planetary boundaries
Sean Mowbray
14 Nov 2023
As companies buy ‘plastic credits,’ are they reducing waste or greenwashing?
Charles Pekow
19 Oct 2023
Microplastics pose risk to ocean plankton, climate, other key Earth systems
Claire Asher
9 Oct 2023
Up in the air: Study finds microplastics in high-altitude cloud water
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
5 Oct 2023
Zimbabwe sees recycling boom as waste picking becomes lucrative business
Tatenda Chitagu
21 Aug 2023
For International Youth Day, three youth conservation success stories
Latoya Abulu, Laurel Sutherland
12 Aug 2023
Takin’ out the trash: How do transnational waste traffickers operate?
Guia Baggi, Laura Carrer, Rahma Behi, Virginia Kirst
3 Aug 2023
Plastic ‘Frankenrocks’ pose new pollution threat to coastal environment
Basten Gokkon
2 Aug 2023
Funding circularity: Investing in Asia’s circular economy business models
Abhishyant Kidangoor
1 Aug 2023
The endless struggle to clean up Rio de Janeiro’s highly polluted Guanabara Bay
Andrew Johnson
1 Aug 2023
‘We must never assume that a healthy planet is automatic’ says WCS’s new CEO Monica Medina
Rhett Ayers Butler
25 Jul 2023
Clean me a river: Southeast Asia chokes on Mekong plastic pollution
Juliette Portala
18 Jul 2023
Nepal’s rhinos are eating plastic waste, study finds
Abhaya Raj Joshi
30 Jun 2023
Tangled in marine debris, skate egg cases dry up and die on Peruvian beaches
Michelle Carrere
30 Jun 2023
Annual Adam’s Peak pilgrimage leaves Sri Lanka biodiversity site littered
Malaka Rodrigo
28 Jun 2023
In Bangladesh, microplastic threat to frogs is also concern for rice farming
Farhana Parvin
21 Jun 2023
UN Paris meeting presses ahead with binding plastics treaty — U.S. resists
Charles Pekow
9 Jun 2023
Even in recycling, microplastics remain a persistent polluter, study shows
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
5 May 2023
U.N. parties are worlds apart on plastics treaty solutions
Charles Pekow
27 Apr 2023
‘Plasticosis’: the new disease killing seabirds and likely many other species
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
9 Mar 2023
Scientists confirm plastic is a new threat to the Andean condor in Peru
Yvette Sierra Praeli
27 Feb 2023
Plastic works its way up the food chain to hit fishing cats, study shows
Sean Mowbray
25 Jan 2023
Innovators develop seaweed-based alternatives to plastic food wrappers
Jewel S. Cabrera
17 Jan 2023
Deliberate dumping of plastic trash in the Pacific: How widespread is it? (commentary)
Saam Shams
12 Jan 2023
Plastic pellet pollution can end through coordinated efforts, report shows
Jewel S. Cabrera
21 Dec 2022
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