In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

Plastic waste is increasingly causing problems for fishers. Fishnets bring up bottles, propellers get tangled in bags, water ...

Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency in a ruling on Tuesday involving a wastewater ...

Pacific nations, including Fiji, must ratify the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement This will increase ...

San Francisco sued the EPA after the agency found the city in violation of the terms of a 2019 permit required to discharge pollution from its wastewater system into the Pacific Ocean. City ...

The decision is the latest in which conservative justices have reined in pollution control efforts ... for maintaining the quality of the water, the Pacific Ocean in this case, into which ...

The city argued that the requirements were poorly defined and impossible to follow because they relied on general terms rather than specific limits for how much pollution is too much. The ...

EPA revolves around restrictions on the release of pollution into large bodies ... forcing the city to release untreated water into the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay.

The ruling allows San Francisco to continue releasing treated wastewater under its existing permit, which the city argued already adhered to federal and state pollution guidelines. “When a ...