Environment The House Votes to Extend a Program to Oversee Debris Clean-Up in Oceans The House voted Wednesday to extend the program that oversees removal and prevention of plastics in the nation's waterways. Emily Moon
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
Environment Trash Islands Are Still Taking Over the Oceans at an Alarming Rate With more than 90 percent of the world's plastic going unrecycled, garbage patches the size of Mexico are cropping up around the world. Can they ever be cleaned up? Rebecca Renner