Imagine being told you cannot go outside for the rest of the day, or the week. For children with asthma and other diseases, that is probably what the doctor should order. According to the World Health ...

Explore the urgent issue of ocean plastic pollution and its impact on marine life and human health. Find out how to help.

An ongoing groundwater crisis in the Lower Umatilla Basin has long been linked to the local agricultural industry. Well into the third decade of this crisis, the industry says it should be part of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When pollution plagues the Salt Lake Valley’s air, everyone in Flor Isabel’s family feels it in a magnified way. By day, it’s a concert of coughing and wheezing. By night, the tune turns into snores ...

A recent article in Financial Times had some bad news for the fight against climate change – the goals set by the Paris Climate Accord seem increasingly unachievable. The good news is that there are ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Keeping pollution out of Michigan’s waterways has been a struggle for cities statewide. For instance, the city of Lansing is nearing the completion of a decades-long project ...

This year’s World Migratory Bird Day is dedicated to highlighting the problem of pollution with the theme, ‘Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution.’ Waste and pollution are harmful to ...

Last month, Democratic New York City Council Member James Gennaro introduced a bill that would change the way countless New Yorkers do their laundry — by banning laundry detergent pods. More ...

Jakarta, Indonesia’s bustling capital, is a city known for its vibrant culture and economic opportunities. However, above the energy and dynamism lies the smog. Indonesia’s capital recently topped the ...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington, ran an ad campaign on NPR this spring promoting recycling, but not everyone got the message. The anti-plastics group Beyond Plastics asked NPR ...