SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Environmental group San Diego Coastkeeper has announced an agreement with BNSF Railway for development of ...

Nearly two years after litigation began, a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over plastic nurdles spilling from trains ...

Trillions of small plastic pellets known as nurdles have been escaping from petrochemical plants into waterways and oceans for decades. Only lately has serious action been taken to figure out what can ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Local community leaders are working to raise awareness of plastic pellet pollution, a problem that remains prevalent in the Charleston area. Advocates from the Public ...

A bill to ban plastic pellet spills in Colorado cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday and now heads to the State ...

Dr. Brian Erkkila the Director of Regulatory Science at Swedish Match, a subsidiary of Phillip Morris International, spoke with CBS6 as soon as he left the Gove Albany residents push for better ...

COLUMBIA — South Carolina senators are considering legislation to crack down on companies that pollute the state's waters with tiny plastic pellets. A Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee voted 3-2 ...

EU cracks down on plastic pellet pollution despite industry exemptions New EU regulations could cut plastic pellet pollution by 74%, but exemptions for smaller companies and reliance on self-reporting ...

This Crain’s Forum on the emerging threat of microplastics pollution in the Great Lakes is a joint project of the newsrooms of Crain’s Chicago Business and Crain's Detroit Business. McDonald's Corp.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston lands on a lot of lists, but this time, it’s not for the beautiful beaches. According to researchers, Charleston now ranks number two for the worst plastic pellet ...

A company that transports plastic pellets agreed to pay $1 million to settle a pollution lawsuit, almost two years after clusters of the tiny rice-sized nuggets were spotted on Charleston-area beaches ...