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Europe’s streets go dark to save energy
Press play to listen to this article Pushed by a looming energy crisis, cities across Europe are switching off the…
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European food companies break their plastics promises | DW | 09.08.2022
The French food giant Danone made an ambitious promise back in 2008: Within one year, 50% of the plastics used in…
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Pipeline developer pleads no contest in pollution cases
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The developer of a major pipeline system that connects the Marcellus Shale gas field in western…
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Appeals case deadlines will take initial court fight over PCBs landfill into early 2023
Before PCBs are again hauled from the Housatonic River, a legal fight may get a little mopping up of its…
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California not counting methane leaks from idle wells
California claims to know how much climate-warming gas is going into the air from within its borders. It’s the law:…
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Germany: Stockpiling wood in fear of gas shortage | DW | 26.07.2022
The lumber mill quiets only once Christian Rösgen has turned off his phone. The owner of this mill in a small…
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Chemicals from plastic bag pollution could unbalance ecology of lakes
The productivity of bacteria in lakes in Scandinavia has been boosted by leachate from plastic bags, but that isn’t necessarily…
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EPA head to visit Puerto Rico on environmental justice tour
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Norma Quiñones spent four years without running water after Hurricane Maria destroyed the well…
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How Do You Know a Cargo Ship Is Polluting? It Makes Clouds
If you have a habit of perusing satellite imagery of the world’s oceans—and who doesn’t, really?—you might get lucky and…
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Lessons from Yokkaichi pollution case passed on 50 years after ruling
Yokkaichi, Mie Pref. – As Sunday marked 50 years since a major court decision ordering damages for air pollution in…
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How 16 artists explore the good and the bad of Utah’s air
The activist and the government expert, both well versed on the subject of Utah’s frequently bad air, were fascinated by…
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Report details “shocking” state of Australia’s iconic natural environment
Sydney — Australia’s unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday,…
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Researchers harness algae to ‘grow’ construction cement
DENVER (AP) — The massive worldwide pouring of concrete as developers densify cities could be transformed, eliminating heat-trapping pollution into…
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SC Governor seeks to protect port from landmark’s pollution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The nation’s ninth-busiest port is at risk of pollution by more than 100,000 gallons (378,500 liters)…
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Anger simmers for Dutch farmers who oppose pollution cuts
MAASLAND, Netherlands (AP) — Bales of hay lie burning along Dutch highways. Supermarket shelves stand empty because distribution centers are…
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Wild species relied on by billions at risk, report warns
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Every day billions of people depend on wild flora and fauna to obtain food, medicine…
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Stericycle shutters its North Salt Lake plant after 33 years of incinerating medical waste
After 33 years of burning Utah’s medical waste on the edge of growing Davis County subdivisions, Stericycle’s North Salt Lake…
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A copper smelting plant is coming to Augusta. A local group is warning of the negative environmental impact.
Construction of a new copper-smelting and metals recycling plant not far from North Augusta is supposed to begin later this…
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Breakdowns, safety hazards at Baltimore’s Patapsco wastewater plant
A state inspector noted “housekeeping problems” at Baltimore’s Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant. Here, trash and debris had fallen off a…
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Hazardous waste site to open in this Fresno neighborhood. Is it a ‘necessary evil?’
The County of Fresno’s Regional Environmental Compliance Center, to be operated by Stericycle and located on a 2.67 acre parcel…
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Washington state proposal targets Boeing plant’s pollution
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Boeing will spend millions of dollars and decades cleaning up pollutants that have seeped into the…
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