AFSCME District Council 33, which represents more than 9,000 city workers, went on strike at midnight June 30, impacting city ...

AFSCME District Council 33 went on strike at midnight June 30. The strike ended with promises of pay raises for the city's ...

Sanitation workers in Philadelphia could go on strike as soon as Tuesday, stopping regular residential trash pickup in the ...

In the era before pollution regulations, American cities were plagued by unchecked industrial growth that severely impacted the environment. With no federal mandates to protect air and water, ...

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer Caroline Power captured the picture, which shows a large area of trash off the ...

It’s easy to find striking images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ... Instead, the debris is spread across the surface of the water and from the surface all the way to the ocean floor.” ...

The trash trap is V-shaped, so the water naturally pushes trash toward the middle while the edges of the "V" touch the river banks, blocking any trash from moving past it.