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Sierra Club’s NYC Sustainability Series: “Water Issues Big and Small”
On May 10, the Sierra Club’s New York City Group hosted three speakers who covered a range of water-related environmental topics for the latest in its Sustainability Series,…
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Urban Farms: Can They Feed a City?
Over half of the world’s population lives in cities, and with urban farms on the rise, researchers have begun examining how compatible modern cities are with large-scale food production. Could cities one…
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Solar-powered water harvester could help in arid climates
As reported by Science magazine, a new spongelike, solar-powered device can collect water vapor from the air even in regions of low humidity, and can produce 2.8 liters of water a day for…
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Wax Moth Caterpillar Could Help the Plastic Crisis
Quite by chance, researchers recently discovered that the greater wax moth caterpillar – known as a pest in Europe that eats beeswax from honeycombs – is able to biodegrade polyethylene, the…
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Maryland Fracking Ban is Huge Win for People Power
It’s official: Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has signed into law a statewide fracking ban. The bill was passed with bipartisan support in the state legislature, and Maryland is now…
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Pipeline Leak Caused Deadly Colorado House Explosion
Investigators recently announced that a deadly April 17 explosion in Firestone, Colorado was caused by an abandoned leaking pipeline that was still connected to a natural gas well owned by…
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‘Shocking’ Levels of PCB Chemicals in UK Killer Whale Lulu
The BBC is reporting that a killer whale, called Lulu, was found dead on the Isle of Tiree in Scotland last year after becoming entangled in fishing lines. But tests…
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Block Island Now Powered by Nation’s First Offshore Wind Farm
Lorraine Chow of Ecowatch is reporting that Block Island, the smallest town in the country’s smallest state, is now powered by Rhode Island’s Deepwater Wind, the
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