In a world where the climate is increasingly hot and volatile, farmers are having trouble keeping their crops cool. A startup ...

Countries are meeting in South Korea this week to hash out the final details of a global treaty aimed at eliminating plastic ...

Study outlines a four-fold policy to cut global plastic waste by 91% and reduce emissions, aiming for a sustainable 2050.

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, ...

A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution -- by 91% and plastic-related ...

For instance, as vectors of 'hidden pollutants', such as heavy metals present in them or, now, as a source of greenhouse gases. And, in all cases, throughout the entire lifetime of the plastic." ...

Hoop houses are greenhouses made by covering a plastic or metal hoop structure with one layer (or sometimes two) of clear plastic. They are low-tech and low-cost compared with glass greenhouses.