Texas AG Paxton sues Dow, Union Carbide, Braskem over Seadrift wastewater violations and plastic pellet discharges, seeking ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill aimed at preventing plastic pellets from spilling into local waterways. The plastic pellets, known as nurdles, are the raw ...

Millions of plastic pellets spilled into the Mississippi River last month. Afterward, activists and researchers say, government agencies dragged their feet, with no one wanting to claim responsibility ...

Tiny plastic pellets may soon be classified as hazardous cargo, as frequent spills are polluting oceans and harming wildlife.

Charleston has the highest measured concentration of spilled plastic pellets anywhere outside the Gulf of Mexico, where they're produced, according to a Texas academic who spearheaded a study into the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An employee holds plastic pellets in a production area of a company. The European Union has hashed out new regulations aimed at ...

Editor’s note: This is the second entry in a series examining the causes, impacts and solutions to plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the first, third and fourth entries here. BENTON HARBOR, ...

Days after a train pileup put east Harris County residents on lockdown Friday night, white residue still covers local backyards and sticks to the twisted metal crevices of ruptured rail cars. The ...

Scientists have warned of the growing threat of plastic pollution across the globe, but back room negotiations this week on a European law to tackle plastic pellet loss hint at the difficulty of ...

Thousands of tiny white plastic pellets from a container aboard a cargo ship being unloaded at at the Napoleon Avenue Wharf in New Orleans ended up littering the east bank batture near the Chalmette ...