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Researchers found roughly 240,000 detectable plastic fragments in a typical liter of bottled water. Most of them were nanoplastics — particles less than 1 micrometer in size.

Levels of methane have increased particularly quickly since 2020. Livestock account for about 32% of human-caused methane emissions, the U.N. Environment Program says.

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

Nineteen-year-old Dashad “Sage” Smith went missing from Charlottesville in 2012. On Thursday, the 13th anniversary of her disappearance, police revealed they’d found a person of interest in the case in Los Angeles. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports.

Returns of toys and gadgets add up to more than $260 billion every year. Optoro, a startup in Maryland, tries to reduce the cost to retailers, and the cost to the environment.

Now that the holiday gift-giving season is over, parents may be looking for ways to recycle or donate their children's old toys. Here's what you need to know about recycling responsibly.

Plastic is everywhere, but we ditched it for a week. Here are some tips from our experiment that you can use to cut back your own plastic use.

Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, the artist-architect-activist prefers to talk about her artistic process rather than her life

Scientists are concerned about the risk of chemicals washing around in the flood water in Texas.

Food insecurity was already high in Detroit before the pandemic; now it's increased. Ederique Goudia and Raphael Wright are among those trying to help.