Facing multiple lawsuits, Dow requests an “unprecedented” permit amendment to authorize its discharge of polyethylene pellets ...

Environmental regulators call the discharge a “continuing” violation and want to know how much of the truck’s 26,000-pound ...

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Volunteer groups have offered to help clean up the microplastics spill, but EGLE said the river's sediment is unsafe for ...

Thousands of pounds of plastic pellets spilled alongside the Kalamazoo River, but researchers say the incident reflects a ...

Tiny plastic pellets may soon be classified as hazardous cargo, as frequent spills are polluting oceans and harming wildlife.

A semitruck overturned on a west Michigan highway and spilled plastic "nurdles" into the Kalamazoo River, state environmental ...

Texas AG Paxton sues Dow, Union Carbide, Braskem over Seadrift wastewater violations and plastic pellet discharges, seeking ...

Your first impression of Diane Wilson and her brigade of volunteer environmental activists might be that they're aging hippies, still fighting the establishment. But here's the truth: They're battling ...

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Less than two weeks after Exxon Mobil became the first major oil company to agree to report plastic pellet pollution to investors, another major petrochemical company has followed suit under pressure ...