Welcome to Sustainability with Sarah! I’m the climate change and environmental reporter for The Greenville News, covering issues and solutions across the Upstate. In this weekly column, I will answer ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably picked up on a growing anxiety around plastic pollution. What does all this plastic pollution mean for the health of people and the planet? And ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you receive a phone call asking you to verify your identity to receive a new plastic Medicare card, hang up. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a consumer alert, ...

If you’re taking stock of your kitchen tools, a cursory scan around the room will probably reveal a common trend: black plastic. “Black plastic is in virtually every kitchen in America,” said Judith ...

Go to your kitchen, grab your black spatula and throw it in the trash. Immediately. That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic utensil ...

We warned you last month to “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula.” In a recent study conducted about consumer products, researchers concluded kitchen utensils had some of the highest levels of flame ...