Talks on securing a global treaty to combat plastic pollution have been extended an extra day, with discussions still going ahead after frantic last-minute negotiations as dozens of countries rejected ...

The latest round of negotiations for a global plastics treaty kicked off in Geneva, Switzerland, earlier this week. The talks are driven by international alarm at how much plastic ends up in oceans, ...

GENEVA/WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production ...

Exclusive-Trump Administration Memo Urges Countries to Reject Plastic Production Caps in UN Treaty By Olivia Le Poidevin and Valerie Volcovici GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has sent ...

Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder to find year after year, hermit crabs have had to spend more time in shells ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, a report published Monday in the Lancet medical journal said. The ...

The bill faced opposition from American Beverage Association Vice President Rick Rivas, brother to Assembly Speaker Rob Rivas. California legislators, once again, chose not to move forward with what ...

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects. By Nina Agrawal Nina Agrawal shadowed University ...

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