Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell ...

Kenya has officially enacted legislation banning the manufacturing, importation, and use of plastic bags, marking a ...

“People wound up buying more plastic ... City Council imposed a 5-cent fee for single-use bag purchases for five months in 2015, before manufacturer lawsuits came rolling in and the city ...

The Dallas City Council had imposed a 5-cent fee for single-use bags for five months in 2015 before repealing the fee when the city faced lawsuits from plastic bag manufacturers. When free bags ...

Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering impacts include some that run contrary to the goals of the policies.