Cleaning Up Potomac River Sewer Spill Could Take Months February 26, 2026 By Zahra Hirji After a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River outside Washington, DC attracted the ire of President Donald Trump, federal...
FEMA to Help With Sewage Spill Into Potomac River February 23, 2026 President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city address a sewage system leak that...
Chlorofluorocarbon Replacements Cause Vast ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution: Research February 5, 2026 By Lucy Hart and Ryan Hossaini When the phaseout of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) was first agreed in 1987, the world narrowly avoided an environmental catastrophe. However,...
The World’s Plastic Glut Is Set to Get Much Worse by 2040, Study Finds December 4, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies, humans...
No End in Sight to Plastic Pollution Crisis as Treaty Negotiations in Geneva Fail August 18, 2025 By Jennifer McDermott Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday [Aug. 15],...
Deadly Landslide in Indonesia’s Nickel Hub Signals Supply Risk April 14, 2025 By Alfred Cang, Annie Lee and Eddie Spence A deadly landslide at a top nickel-producing hub in Indonesia has heightened scrutiny of a method used to extract the...
Leaked Files Raise Fears About Shell Oil Production Fleet, Years After Devastating Spill April 4, 2025 By Ed Davey Off the coast of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil production ships, called the Bonga, was taking oil from...
Transportation Firm Faces Fines, Remediation Costs for Connecticut Oil Tanker Spill March 20, 2025 Soundview Transportation faces a series of penalties and payments totaling $350,000 over a November 2022 oil tanker accident in Norfolk,...
Small Plastic Pellets Wash Up on UK Shores After Ship Explosions March 18, 2025 By Alex Longley Small plastic pellets washed up on the east coast of the UK, a week after two ships collided in the...
Four Sailors Involved in Major Singapore Oil Spill Plead Guilty, Straits Times Reports March 14, 2025 By Nicholas Lua Four Dutch crew members involved in a ship collision in Singapore have pleaded guilty for their role in the city-state’s...