Energy and Environment: Plastic within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is ‘increasing exponentially,’ scientists find

Last year dashed hopes for a climate change turnaround; New documents show nearly $68,000 in recent premium flights, hotel stays for EPA's Pruitt

With Chris Mooney

Plastic within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 'increasing exponentially,' scientists find The stretch of ocean now contains 79,000 tons of plastic debris, in the form of 1.8 trillion pieces, a research survey has found. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more » Last year dashed hopes for a climate change turnaround Coal burning, and carbon emissions, are on the rise again. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   New documents show nearly $68,000 in recent premium flights, hotel stays for EPA's Pruitt The Environmental Protection Agency turned over travel vouchers to Congress on Tuesday detailing costly trips by Administrator Scott Pruitt from August through last month. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Travel costs for EPA chief's security detail topped $30,000 on Italy trip The added costs, new documents show, push the European trip's cost to nearly $120,000. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Tougher climate policies could save a stunning 150 million lives, researchers find Millions of people who breathe polluted air around the world will die of heart attacks and respiratory illnesses that are preventable. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Arctic's carbon bomb might be even more potent than we thought The warming Arctic could unleash larger-than-expected quantities of methane, a study asserts. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Even under pro-coal President Trump, U.S. solar is doing pretty well The industry added more than 10 billion watts of capacity in 2017 and is expected to hit 15 billion annually by 2023. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the To Your Health newsletter Health news and research, in your inbox weekly. Sign Up  »

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