In the time it takes you to read this sentence — say, four seconds — the world produces nearly 60 metric tons of plastic, almost entirely out of fossil fuels. That’s about 53,000 metric tons an hour, ...

Plastic is one of the world's biggest pollutants. But a new scientific discovery could transform the industry and its environmental footprint by capturing carbon dioxide from the air and using that to ...

Masses of plastic containers floating in the ocean are among the most sickening tales of environmental depredations. This isn’t just an aesthetic concern; all that discarded plastic too often ends up ...