"Pollution" Blogs & Blog Posts

Most "fleece" is just extruded plastic filament and its use in clothing is, according to clothing company Patagonia, a serious source of pollution. Washing them results in microplastic soup, which then heads into the sewers and hence to the seas. Du...

A group of spring breakers yukking it up at Florida's Boca Bash turned the event into Boca Trash when they used the ocean as their own personal dumpster. Over the weekend, around eight merrymakers on a boat in Boca Raton ventured into the choppy sea,...

Before the EPA, the US environment was not federally protected. Photos show cities including Baltimore, Denver, and Los Angeles before regulations limited the damage.

Industrial farming, golf courses, and some industries all contribute an incredible amount of nutrient runoff that enters our waterways. This influx of unexpected nutrients can cause algae blooms and otherwise damage the local ecosystem. To combat thi...

Food wrappers and plastic bottles at the shores of the Buffalo River and watershed are contaminating the city's drinking water, the lawsuit alleges.

Shein took less than a decade to emerge from relative obscurity to become the dominant player in fast fashion and a favorite online shopping destination for Gen Z.

River-cleaning robots using 5G technology keep garbage out of the Singapore River without polluting as much as gas-powered boats.