Six Eastern European member states will together oppose binding EU-level renewables and energy efficiency targets for 2030, and push for proposed air quality and waste goals to be watered down.

Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores, driven to action by pollution in streets and waterways. A national coalition of plastic bag manufacturers immediately said it would seek a voter referendum to repeal the law, which is scheduled to take effect in July 2015.

Policymakers have a new tool to understand why some environmental policies do not deliver as expected. Researchers presented the methodology, the final outcome of the EU-funded “APRAISE - Assessment of Policy Interrelationships and Impacts on Sustainability in Europe” project, in Brussels on Wednesday.

The foundation stone of the project was laid on Monday on the territory of the capital city’s waste-to-energy plant.

New study reveales that roughly 41 percent of the world’s trash is burned, mostly in open air contributing to climate change and affecting human health. Emissions from pollutants and their harms are underestimated as unregulated burning are rarely reported.

A smart machine can convert plastics into oil without any pre-treatments

What to do with packaging and paper products that don’t currently have value in recycling markets