Company creates plastic from sugar to help solve microplastics problem
At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that wonβt leave microplastics in the environment.

At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that wonβt leave microplastics in the environment.





A key zone of the Pacific Ocean is already at record warmth. See how rising sea temperatures could impact global weather.


A $2 billion lawsuit for defense base contamination against the U.S. chemical manufacturer is heard in court for the first time.

Republicans on Thursday voted down a proposed amendment to the Farm Bill that would have protected consumer rights to sue pesticide manufacturers over alleged harm after the U.S. Supreme Court recently narrowed those rights.

A late entrant in the race to unseat Senator Susan Collins, the Democratic Senate hopeful blends a progressive streak with roots in the timber industry.


Just 14 percent of England's rivers, lakes, and coastal waters are in good ecological health.


Paraquat is banned in over 70 countries. Some farmers and their families in Hebron, New York believe the pesticide is causing Parkinsonβs disease and are demanding that New York ban it.


A zero-waste shop set up by a district council provides plastic-free products at affordable prices in a country that gets through 164 million sachets a day.



The New Lede managing editor Brian Bienkowski spoke with Keith Schneider, a senior editor and chief correspondent at Circle of Blue, about how severe water contamination from crop and livestock production and rising high rates of cancer have become key election year issues in Iowa.

A proposed expansion of an Elk Valley Resourcesβ coal mine in southeast British Columbia is moving through the environmental assessment process despite concerns over pollution.
