ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Pollution in the Mississippi River is a problem that we have been battling for decades. But there is a new effort to clean things up. That’s where we find FOX 2’s Patrick Clark.

A new effort will gauge just how much plastic pollution is flowing into the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative launched Wednesday by the Mississippi River Cities and ...

Plastic is the top trash left behind in the Mississippi River corridor, according to a new report from the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI) and the United Nations (UN) Environment ...

Hundreds of city leaders from along the Mississippi River met this weekend in St. Paul to address plastic pollution and discuss new strategies for cleanup. “Just having that coalition of mayors and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - The Eads Bridge crosses the Mississippi River from Illinois to Missouri as the sun sets beyond the Gateway Arch, Tuesday, ...

Outrage over last month’s sprawling Mississippi River nurdle spill in New Orleans and the lax government response to it has inspired a bill in Congress to prevent similar incidents. Sen. Tom Udall, ...

A new report is sounding the alarm after volunteers found more than 1,200 plastic pellets polluting beaches in Pascagoula, Gautier and Ocean Springs. The lentil-sized pellets are the raw material used ...

Mayors from across the Mississippi River Valley are taking action against plastic pollution, launching a first-of-its-kind initiative to protect the river. This week, leaders from 10 states met in St.

A project aimed at reducing plastic pollution along the Mississippi River is deploying new technology in an ancient form: This is not your average message in a bottle. Scientists are placing GPS ...

The Mississippi River watershed might be the largest source of marine plastic debris in the United States, draining almost half the country into the Gulf of Mexico. Globally, about 8 million tons of ...