They both release and attract toxic chemicals, and appear everywhere from human placentas to chasms thirty-six thousand feet beneath the sea. Will we ever be rid of them?

An EPA document shows that a new Chevron fuel ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron...

Glitter is making its way into lakes, rivers and oceans and is hurting marine life. These issues are leading scientists to call a complete ban on the shiny particles -saying it is causing a natural...

Every generation, it seems, grapples with its own iteration of “worst current environmental catastrophe.”

By acting as a reluctant regulator, the E.P.A. has left people at the site of the derailment desperate for answers.

Plastic has been creeping into our food, our air, our water, and our bodies for decades now.

Beyond Plastics joins PEER and GreenLatinos in urging the reversal of a Trump administration action that prevents our National Parks from banning the sale of single-use plastic water bottles in their...

Plastic wrappers and parcels that start off in Americans’ recycling bins end up at illegal dumpsites and industrial furnaces — and inside the lungs of people in Muzaffarnagar.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is accusing the snack and soda giant of polluting the Buffalo River with plastic from its products.

State agencies will be banned from purchasing single-use plastic bottles, Governor Maura Healey announced Monday.

Only 5 to 6% of plastic waste produced in the U.S. is actually recycled. A new report accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign to "mislead" the public about the viability of recycling.

A landmark suit filed in California is putting some of the biggest producers of plastic on trial.

More than 1 million bottles of water are sold every minute around the world and the sector shows no sign of slowing down — global sales of bottled water are expected to nearly double by 2030.

Beyond Plastics and our allies met with EPA Assistant Administrator Freedhoff in DC late July to urge the agency to ban vinyl chloride, a toxic chemical used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic....

Bird bacteria, donated poop and artificial colons: scientists piece together troubling evidence that tiny plastic bits disrupt our digestion and microbiome.

Rep. Mike Quigley and other members of Congress are calling on the Department of the Interior to reassess its timeline to cut back on the use of plastic beverage containers, straws, cups, cutlery and...

The key players shaping New York’s energy future.