Tagged With Pollution

Inside Louisiana's horrifying 'Cancer Alley,' an 85-mile stretch of pollution and environmental racism

James Pasley

7 places being ruined by cruise ships

Talia Lakritz

35 vintage photos reveal what Los Angeles looked like before the US regulated pollution

James Pasley

Carbon dioxide in homes, offices, and classrooms could cut our capacity for complex, strategic thinking by 50% within 80 years, scientists warn

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

California is becoming unlivable, according to science

Aria Bendix

Meet the 2 Americans who were chosen from a pool of 140,000 people to spend 10 days on a mini-sabbatical in Antarctica with Airbnb this winter

Melissa Wiley

Photos show choking smog in New Delhi, where the air's so bad that flights had to be diverted and one politician said it's like a 'gas chamber'

James Pasley

The 25-year-old trying to rid the world's oceans of plastic just created a floating garbage truck that collects trash from rivers

Aria Bendix

Birth-control pills could add 10 million doses of hormones to our wastewater every day. Some of that estrogen may wind up in our taps.

Aria Bendix

The fashion industry emits more carbon than international flights and maritime shipping combined. Here are the biggest ways it impacts the planet.

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

9 things that aren't helping the environment as much as you think they are, from recycling to carbon offsets

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

The US does not have 'the world's cleanest and safest air,' as Trump has claimed. These are the 8 states with the worst air pollution.

Aylin Woodward

Smog, selfies, and city living are fuelling demand for cosmetics, L’Oréal boss says

Theron Mohamed

Fukushima is running out of space to store contaminated water. Japan's environment minister said the 'only option' is to dump it in the ocean.

Aria Bendix

Indonesia is spending $33 billion to move its capital from a sinking city to an island where forests have been burning

Aria Bendix

Tiny pellets called 'nurdles' are leeching into the ocean. A new Shell plant could produce 80 trillion of them a year.

Aria Bendix

35 vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what American cities looked like before pollution was regulated

James Pasley

Littered cigarette butts are the most widespread man-made pollutant and they harm plant growth, according to study

Ellen Cranley

The algae epidemic suffocating the Caribbean has hit a scary milestone — the world's largest seaweed bloom now stretches from Africa to Mexico

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Vintage EPA photos reveal what US waterways looked like before pollution was regulated

Aylin Woodward