Environment The Fight Against Plastic Pollution Takes to the Skies Alaska Airlines has become the first airline to renounce the use of plastic straws in an effort to raise awareness about the use of single-use plastics that pollute the world's oceans. Matthew O. Berger
Environment Viewfinder: United Nations Issues Global Challenge to Reduce Ocean Pollution for World Environment Day Groups of volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, Peru, during World Environment Day on June 5th, 2018. Pacific Standard Staff
Environment A Pacific Standard Reading List for World Environment Day Without action, there will be more plastic than fish in the world's ocean by mid-century. Kate Wheeling