Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine animals thrivin...

A viral video falsely depicted a marine trainer, Jessica Radcliffe, being fatally attacked by an orca during a live show, causing widesprea...

Air pollution remains a major health risk. In the U.S., California has the most polluted cities, while Hawaii and Washington have the clean...

President Trump has signed an executive order to ban the use of paper straws by federal agencies, reversing a Biden administration policy a...

President Trump signed an executive order to reverse federal restrictions on plastic straws, citing their effectiveness over paper straws. ...

The consequences of coral bleaching are far-reaching, affecting not only the health of oceans but also the livelihoods of people, food secu...

The world is experiencing record-breaking high temperatures due to several factors. One is the El Nino, which warms the surface ocean and r...

Such events will accelerate in coming decades even if the fossil fuel pollution driving climate change is rapidly brought to heel, the 195-...

The UNDP programme, which began in 2018, has so far collected 83,000 metric tonne of plastic waste. India generates about 3.4 million tonne...

Overall, the US contributed around 42 million metric tons (MMT) in plastic waste in 2016 -- more than twice as much as China and more than ...

This is the biggest annual drop in carbon emissions since World War II.

Of the 9 billion tonnes of plastic produced in the world since its debut in 19590, nearly 7 billion tonnes have been discarded.

When UN member countries come together in New York for the Oceans Conference in June, addressing marine litter will be a priority.

Pollution is one of the biggest global killers, affecting over 100 million people.Here are some facts about the hazard:

Nancy Sutley, Chair of White House Council on Environmental Quality, has held the post since 2009.