In Swedish cities, many residents live in neighborhoods where the air is more polluted, noise levels are higher and green ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

Discover how urban environments create distinct asthma phenotypes and which city triggers are causing the most breathing ...

Under the directive of the Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change the departments including the Department of Environment (DoE), Department of Forest and Department of Marine Fisheries ...

Researchers studying a coral disease that has devastated reefs across the Caribbean say they’ve come up with a promising ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...

BENGALURU: The quality of water in 2,020 lakes in and around Bengaluru coming under different zones of Karnataka State ...

The Chairman of the society, Badmus Jamiu, made the call on Thursday in a statement to commemorate the 2025 World Environment Day. This year’s celebration is themed, “Putting an End to Plastic ...

Plastic pollution is when plastic waste ends up in the environment, and it can damage our oceans, rivers, lakes and beaches. The main problem with plastic is that most of it isn't biodegradable.

So far, 115 nations have taken that approach, but in different ways. In France, bags less than 50 microns thick are banned. In Tunisia, bags are banned if they are less than 40 microns thick.

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have ...