Carbon dioxide levels keep climbing, even after years of promises to cut emissions. At the same time, plastic waste pours ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Producing plastics from fossil fuels emits a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which contributes to warming the planet.

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

The research is the first to project the environmental impact of biodegradable plastics through their entire lifecycle at a global scale ...

A new global life-cycle analysis finds that if not properly disposed of, biodegradable plastics could increase methane ...

Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s top corporate greenhouse gas emitters, supplies fossil-based plastics to global brands that ...

Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...

Agricultural waste is often seen as a disposal problem, but new research suggests it could be a powerful tool for climate change mitigation. A study published in Agricultural Ecology and Environment ...

Methane-eating microbes could help convert one of the most powerful greenhouse gases into useful ...

The threat posed by plastic production, usage and disposal to human health will skyrocket in the coming years unless the world does something to address this global crisis, researchers warned Tuesday.

"Plastics are the new coal," declares Beyond Plastics. "Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet," reports The Hill. The Natural Resources Defense Council ...