Malaysia will send back some 3,300 tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground for rich nations …
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Hunger strikers in New York chalked up a win this week — forcing Governor Andrew Cuomo to reject a gas pipeline off the coast of Long Island.
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The Cocos Keeling Islands are about 1,300 miles off the northwest coast of Australia, a good place to measure plastic waste because almost no one lives there. It gave Lavers a good notion of just how much was bobbing around the ocean. She was flabbergasted.
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In 2016 … the EPA found that the air pollutant ethylene oxide, or EtO, was more dangerous than previously thought. The clear gas was ALREADY known to cause tumors of the brain, lung, breast, uterus, and lymph system as well as neurological effects, respiratory effects, and numbness of the extremities. But the report changed EtO’s classification from probable human carcinogen to officially “carcinogenic to humans” and found that cancer risk from EtO exposure was 30 TIMES WORSE THAN PREVIOUS ESTIMATES..
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Congress is once again debating how to dispose of the country's growing inventory of nuclear waste. And in the meantime, nuclear plants are running out of room to store spent fuel.
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Scientists are ramping up research on the possible health effects of a large group of common but little-understood chemicals used in water-resistant clothing, stain-resistant furniture, nonstick cookware and many other consumer products.
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More than 80% of parents in the U.S. support the teaching of climate change. And that support crosses political divides, according to the results of an exclusive new NPR/Ipsos poll
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You think mankind is cold and dangerous???
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Clare Farrell, one of the co-founders of the environmental action group Extinction Rebellion, and Farhana Yamin, international environmental lawyer who helped draft the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement speak to Democracy Now.
What if we actually pulled off a Green New Deal? What would the future look like? The Intercept presents a film narrated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and illustrated by Molly Crabapple.
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A wall along the southern border of the United States will disturb critical wildlife habitats, block migration routes for animals already stressed by climate change and could possibly lead to extinction for some rare and endangered species, according to environmental experts.
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The Caru River marks the boundary between land in the Brazilian Amazon controlled by Indigenous people and that which is controlled by others. The Indigenous land remains pristine forests, while the land on the opposite bank has been converted to agriculture.
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Today, the strange story of a small group of islands that raise a big question: is it inevitable that even our most sacred natural landscapes will eventually get swallowed up by humans? And just how far are we willing to go to stop that from happening?
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National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry (@Brian_Skerry) has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater, photographing great whites, tiger sharks and many others. His book is called "Shark." Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks to Skerry about how integral the animals are to the ecosystem.
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In a world with limited resources, can we find ways to salvage what's disappearing? Can we innovate our way out of a finite landscape? This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about living with less.
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Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, bottles Michigan’s water for next to nothing and sells it at great profit. And the state has just approved its request to pump even more, despite the failed promise of jobs and 80,000 public comments against Nestle. Meanwhile, just two hours away, Flint still doesn't have clean water.
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The Trump administration has downplayed the science of climate change and sought to silence scientists working for the federal government. Reveal’s Elizabeth Shogren details the pressures one researcher faced as she worked on a project for the National Park Service.
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The EPA has allowed more than 100 new PFAS compounds to be made and imported in large quantities in the U.S. after it became aware of the health risks associated with them
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Robert Bilott, who successfully sued DuPont over PFOA, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of everyone in the U.S. who has PFAS chemicals in their blood.
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