Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Brooks and Capehart
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
    Education
    • Newshour Classroom
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

We're not going anywhere.

Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on!
Donate now
PBS News

Get news alerts from PBS News

Turn on desktop notifications?

pollution

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Live
A young boy walks through piles of garbage strewn across the

World Aug 15

Plastic pollution treaty talks in Geneva end without an agreement

By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

World Aug 13

German plastic recyclers give their views on the world’s increasing plastic pollution while the international community me...
People climb buildings and hand out soap to push for a plastic pollution treaty

Nations are crafting the first global, legally binding treaty on plastics pollution. People are getting creative to put the pressure on to get a deal done at the meeting at the United Nations office in Geneva.

By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

World Aug 12

German plastic recyclers give their views on the world’s increasing plastic pollution while the international community me...
Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down

The biggest issue at the talks is whether the treaty should impose caps on producing new plastic or focus instead on things like better design, recycling and reuse.

By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

World Aug 11

Switzerland Plastic Pollution Treaty
This sculpture at the UN is covered in more trash each day as nations work toward ending plastic pollution

Delegates to the treaty talks pass by the sculpture daily, drowning in plastic, as a reminder of their responsibility to solve the plastic pollution crisis.

By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

Science Mar 11

A man rides A bicycle carrying sacks of recyclables amid morning smog in Lahore
Most of the world’s population breathes dirty air, study shows

Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of global cities meeting WHO air pollution guidelines, a report Tuesday found.

By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press

Sep 04

The world is producing 57 million tons of plastic pollution per year, new study finds

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Researchers say the world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year — enough to fill New York City’s Central Park as high as the Empire State Building — and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest…

Continue reading

Aug 11

Watch 6:09
Human-made debris left behind in outer space is a growing problem down on Earth

By Laura Barrón-López, Claire Mufson, Harry Zahn

From defunct satellites to rocket parts, debris from everything humans have launched into space since the 1950s is orbiting the Earth. That space junk is threatening our technology, both up there and down here. Marcus Holzinger, a professor of aerospace…

Continue watching

Jul 16

The Paris Olympics are two weeks away, experts aren’t sure Seine River will be clean by then

By Tom Nouvian, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

Triathlon and marathon swimming are scheduled to take place in the Seine, where has been illegal to swim for nearly a century due to pollution levels.

Continue reading

May 26

Watch 5:46
Wastewater from Tyson meat processing plants is polluting U.S. waterways, report says

By John Yang, Harry Zahn

Tyson Foods is one of the world’s biggest meat and poultry producers. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, it’s also a major polluter in the United States. A new report from the group says Tyson plants dumped more than…

Continue watching

Apr 05

Amid legal challenges, SEC pauses its climate disclosure rule

By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said it would pause the implementation of its new climate disclosure rule while it defended the regulation in court.

Continue reading

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 17
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

web ad

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You
  • Friends of the News Hour
PBS News

© 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • X
  • TikTok
  • Threads
  • RSS

Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Support for News Hour Provided By

  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You