Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Pine Bend sanitary landfill, the largest open landfill in Minnesota. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) June 5th marks World ...

I was a junior in high school when the first World Environment Day (WED) was celebrated in 1972. Marked annually on June 5, it was established by the United Nations General Assembly and over the past ...

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production ...

This Thursday marks World Environment Day, an annual awareness day born out of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It’s the largest global platform for environmental outreach, and this ...

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...

Global plastic pollution has escalated into a terrifying crisis. The uncontrolled use of plastic is striking at three ...

Bengaluru, May 30 -- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Bengaluru Campus, an Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, celebrated World Environment Day 2025 on the 30th of May 2025 ...

There have been many successful legal actions in the Global North and Global South in recent years on plastics, from citizen lawsuits to class actions, usually targeting governments or producers. More ...