Stories Tagged as
Pollution
Can plastic-eating bacteria help cut down on pollution?
Oct 26, 2020
British and American researchers have developed a “super-enzyme” to reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of recycling of plastic waste.
Artist turns thousands of plastic bags into Times Square public art project
Oct 26, 2020
The pop-up "store" is filled with handcrafted items made from single-use plastic bags.
China makes audacious promise of aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060
by
Jennifer Pak
Sep 25, 2020
How will the world's most populous country and its worst polluter get there?
Eliminating the concept of waste from the economy
by
David Brancaccio
and Daniel Shin
Aug 19, 2020
For architect William McDonough, an economy of the future is a "circular economy."
Cities are piloting e-bike programs in a bid to reduce delivery truck traffic
by
Andie Corban
and Kai Ryssdal
Nov 21, 2019
Montreal and Oslo are aiming to alleviate truck traffic and pollution.
The two-decade legal battle with DuPont over a toxic chemical
by
Molly Wood
and Sean McHenry
Oct 15, 2019
In 2017, DuPont settled more than 3,500 personal injury lawsuits for roughly $670 million. The story is being turned into a movie.
Cities pledge to lower climate change emissions
by
Ben Bradford
Oct 10, 2019
And they’ll look to do it without major budget impacts, because there’s no dedicated “city climate change fund.”
For public good, not for profit.
Beijing declares dramatic success in fighting air pollution
by
Jennifer Pak
May 8, 2019
China says it has succeeded in cutting the city's pollution over 5 years.
The single-use plastic pollution problem
Apr 22, 2019
This Earth Day, let’s do the numbers on single-plastic use.
EPA poised to roll back what waterways are protected
by
Ben Bradford
Dec 11, 2018
The Trump administration is set to release a plan that would redefine which bodies of water are protected by the 1972 Clean Water Act.