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A Year After the Toxic Train Derailment, Is East Palestine Safe?

Fri, 01/19/2024 - 09:41

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Buildings, vinyl chloride, Ohio train derailment, kyla, indoor air quality, norfolk southern railway, Environment

Bottled Water Contains 100 Times More Plastic Particles Than Previously Thought

Fri, 01/12/2024 - 09:59

Gizmodo : Environment

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Bottled Water, plastic, nanoparticle, beizhan yan, wei min, grist, polyethylene terephthalate

A Mountain of Used Clothes Appeared in Chile’s Desert. Then It Went Up in Flames

Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:49

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used good, bastian barria, textile recycling, alto hospicio, clothing, atacama desert, patricio ferreira

The Ominous Link Between Rare Disease Outbreaks in 2023

Tue, 12/26/2023 - 11:51

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naegleria, Environment, naegleria fowleri, grist, thermophiles, water, infectious diseases

California Could Solve Its Water Woes by Flooding Its Best Farmland

Thu, 12/21/2023 - 12:01

Gizmodo : Environment

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disaster accident, river partners, Environment, central valley land subsidence, san joaquin valley, helen dahlke, bowles farming company

There's a Billion-Dollar Industry Between You and FEMA’s Flood Insurance

Tue, 12/12/2023 - 15:28

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Flood Insurance, insurance, disaster accident, Bob Menendez, lauren pachman, grist, national flood insurance act

What Would Happen If Everyone Suddenly Stopped Eating Meat?

Fri, 12/01/2023 - 13:50

Gizmodo : Environment

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meat, Environment, climate change and agriculture, Cattle, veganism, grist, raychel santo

Most People Globally Support ‘Whatever It Takes’ to Limit Climate Change

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 09:08

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potential energy, Environment, climate change policy, climate change and society, climate communication, fossil fuel phase out, grist

Why ‘Climate Havens’ Could Be Closer to Home Than You’d Think

Tue, 11/21/2023 - 09:05

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Environment, julie arbit, effects of climate change, beth gibbons, climate migrant, jesse keenan, vivek shandas

Why Can’t We Just Quit Cows?

Fri, 11/03/2023 - 09:20

Gizmodo : Environment

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Environment, the international institute for applied systems, climate change and agriculture, veganism, grist, Iron, Carbon Footprint

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