CLEVELAND, Ohio – In 2014, Sherri Mason ventured out onto Lake Erie aboard the U.S. EPA’s Lake Guardian research vessel and came back with remarkable evidence of plastic floating in the water. She ...

PLASTIC has been ceaselessly suffocating the planet rather than showing signs of downturn. What began as a convenience for its versatility has evolved into a global crisis, threatening human health, ...

After three years of talks, and despite growing warnings about the dangers of plastics pollution, nations are at an impasse again over what to do about it. By Hiroko Tabuchi Negotiations over the ...