Pollution

Researchers Detect Microplastics in Dolphin Breath

Researchers Detect Microplastics in Dolphin Breath

For the first time, researchers have found microplastics in dolphin breath, raising concerns over the amount of microplastics the animals are drawing when they come up for air. The team collected samples of air released by five bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay, Florida and six dolphins in Barataria Bay, Louisiana in May and June of […]

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    California Passes First U.S. Clothing Recycling Law

    California Passes First U.S. Clothing Recycling Law

    California is tackling the problem of textile and fashion waste with the country’s first law that requires clothing companies to implement a recycling system for the garments they sell. Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed SB 707, the Responsible Textile Recovery Act. The new law requires a clothing, apparel and textile extended producer responsibility (EPR) program, […]

    Researchers Develop a More Sustainable Method of Recycling Metal From E-Waste

    Researchers Develop a More Sustainable Method of Recycling Metal From E-Waste

    A team of researchers has developed a more sustainable and affordable way to recycle metal found in electronic waste. Researchers used electrothermal chlorination, or flash Joule heating (FJH), and carbochlorination to save several metals from e-waste by heating a material with an electric current. They published their findings in the journal Nature Chemical Engineering. The […]

    California to Ban All Plastic Bags in Grocery Stores by 2026

    California to Ban All Plastic Bags in Grocery Stores by 2026

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 1053 banning all plastic bags at grocery stores in the state beginning in 2026. In 2014, California passed a ban on plastic shopping bags, but a loophole allowed shoppers to still be able to purchase bags made of thicker plastic for a dime apiece. A decade later, […]

    California Sues ExxonMobil Over Its Global Plastic Waste Pollution and Deceptive Recycling Campaign

    California Sues ExxonMobil Over Its Global Plastic Waste Pollution and Deceptive Recycling Campaign

    California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against oil major ExxonMobil for its alleged engagement in “a decades-long campaign of deception,” which led to and exacerbated the worldwide plastics pollution crisis, a press release from the California Department of Justice said. The complaint, filed in San Francisco County […]

    ‘Fossil Fuel Companies Are Hijacking Our Universities’: 6 Top Schools Received Over $100 Million in Funds From Polluting Industries Since 2003

    ‘Fossil Fuel Companies Are Hijacking Our Universities’: 6 Top Schools Received Over $100 Million in Funds From Polluting Industries Since 2003

    Elite universities in the United States — which conduct important climate research — are raking in millions from fossil fuel interests, potentially creating conflicts of interest. This is according to a collection of new reports compiled by student organizers and released by the student-led Campus Climate Network, as The Guardian reported. “Universities globally are often […]

    Ozone Layer on Track for Full Recovery, WMO Report Says

    Ozone Layer on Track for Full Recovery, WMO Report Says

    Earth’s ozone layer — damaged in the 1970s and 1980s by ozone-depleting substances — is continuing to recover well, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’s newest Ozone and UV Bulletin, released to coincide with World Ozone Day. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres noted that the planet’s ozone layer over Antarctica was on track for […]