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The documentary "Out of Plain Sight" will make its West Coast premiere during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The documentary follows the investigation into thousands of barrels of DDT ...

A GLOBAL nonprofit organization is set to deploy plastic waste interceptors to capture ocean-bound plastic waste in Manila.

Ocean Conservancy on Wednesday released a report that proposes a four-point solution to cutting ocean plastic waste by 45 percent by 2025 with the ultimate goal of eradicating the issue by 2035.

Gianni Valenti is the president of French NGO Gaia First, which is an organization working to end plastic pollution in coastal communities around the world. He’s also a dad. And it was his daughter ...

The free, Chromium-based, AppEsteem-certified web browser has partnered with 4ocean to help clean up ocean plastic and trash as you surf the web.

TRASH IS COMING FROM. IT’S VERY CONCERNING. I MEAN, IT’S IT’S IT’S NOT HEALTHY. NEEDLES AMONG THE SMALL PLASTIC TRASH WASHING UP ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE. I’M NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THEY’RE COMING FROM, ...

Barrels dumped off Southern California decades ago have been found leaking alkaline waste, not just DDT, leaving behind eerie white halos and transforming parts of the seafloor into toxic vents. The ...