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Plastic Recycling Hoax Revealed

Oct 31, 2022 08:30AM

20 states have passed bills to exempt chemical recycling facilities from waste management requirements, despite evidence that most facilities actually incinerate the plastic they receive.

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Concrete Made with Rubber Refuse

Oct 31, 2022 08:30AM

Scientists have produced good-quality concrete in which all of the aggregate has been replaced with tire particles.

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Urban Crops Can Have Higher Yields Than Conventional Farming

Oct 31, 2022 08:30AM

A new study shows that urban gardens and hydroponics can thrive and may exceed the yields of rural farms.

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One-Sixth of U.S. Tree Species Could Go Extinct

Oct 31, 2022 08:30AM

Facing threats from invasive pests, climate change and habitat loss, up to 135 tree species—about one-sixth of those found in the continental U.S.—could be lost forever.

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Cool Pavement Program

Oct 31, 2022 08:30AM

Applied on top of existing asphalt pavement, cool pavement road treatment reflects heat, which is especially needed in heat island areas.

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Save the Sequoias

Sep 30, 2022 08:30AM

With almost 20 percent of sequoias destroyed by wildfire in the last two years, the U.S. Forest Service is speeding efforts to protect the giant ancient trees.

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Global Network of Artists Addresses Climate Change

Sep 30, 2022 08:30AM

The World Weather Network is an international coalition of 28 arts organizations that believe artists and writers should be a larger part of the dialogue surrounding climate change.

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Decontaminating Water with Plant Waste Protein

Sep 30, 2022 08:30AM

Scientists have created a membrane using sunflower and peanut oilseed meal that shows potential as a cheap, sustainable and scalable method to decontaminate heavy metals from water.

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Monarch Butterfly Now Officially Endangered

Sep 30, 2022 08:30AM

The latest update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species includes the migratory monarch butterfly.

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Wild buffalo
International Plan to Rewild Large Mammals

Sep 30, 2022 08:30AM

Large mammals are important ecosystem engineers, shaping natural processes and sequestering carbon, and scientists are planning to reintroduce these animals to the wild.

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Peace Day Addresses Global Racism

Aug 31, 2022 08:30AM

The 2022 theme of the United Nations-sanctioned International Day of Peace, or World Peace Day, is “End racism. Build peace.”

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Seattle Providing Electric Vehicle Chargers on Utility Poles

Aug 31, 2022 08:30AM

Seattle City Light is installing electric vehicle chargers on utility poles as part of a transition to zero-emission electric transportation options.

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