Feds move to eliminate plastic bags, containers in national parks Kayakers on Rainy Lake in Voyageurs National Park. The U.S. Interior Department has announced plans to eliminate single-use ...

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Wednesday issued an order moving all agency properties to eliminate plastic containers within a decade. The order impacts all national parks, lakeshores ...

Plastic everywhere, even Rocky Mountain National Park. In an effort to reduce some of the plastic use in the state, lawmakers passed a measure last year that requires stores in the state to charge ...

Each year on average, the National Park Service and its park concessioners manage about 80 million pounds of waste, equivalent to the weight of about 182 Statues of Liberty. Plastic waste — such as ...

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — The decision by New York State to ban single-use plastic bags from retail stores makes it a ...