The Washington-based Ocean Conservancy has released a new report, "United States of Plastics," that analyzes state-level efforts to combat plastic pollution on a five-star scale. According to the ...

Ocean Conservancy calls for volunteers worldwide to join the 39th annual International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC), the world’s largest beach and waterway cleanup effort, on Saturday, September 21, 2024.

WASHINGTON — When it comes to laws addressing plastic pollution, the vast majority of states need improvement to reduce, reuse and recycle, according to the new United States of Plastic Report from ...

A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the ...

Plastic pollution is a big problem for our oceans and although in recent years, people have started cutting down on plastic ...

Five large patches of trash swirling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans serve as a crushing reminder that the ocean bears the brunt of the plastic pollution crisis, with more than 11 million ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Led by Ocean Conservancy researchers, the paper is the most comprehensive study yet to quantify the extent to which a range of plastic ...

The Ocean Conservancy is pushing states to step up actions against plastic pollution while the Trump administration works to reverse remaining progressive policies. The environmental advocacy group ...

The UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) meeting in Geneva concluded on Friday with no results. Now, Ocean Alliance Conservation Members step in with a way forward on eliminating plastic ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide and ...

The bar is low, according to a new study, less than three sugar cubes worth could kill birds like Atlantic puffins, for ...