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The Downfall of the Plastic Bag: A Global Picture
By Janet Larsen and Savina Venkova Worldwide, a trillion single-use plastic bags are used each year, nearly 2 million each minute. Usage varies widely among countries, from over 400 a year for many East Europeans, to just four a year for people in Denmark and Finland. Plastic bags, made of depletable natural gas or petroleum […]
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Republicans in Congress are trying to gut local fracking regulations
House Republicans are preparing a bill they say will strengthen the authority of the EPA. Spoiler alert: It won't.
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Study: Blacks, Latinos, Low-Income Live Closest to Dangerous Chemical Plants
A new study released today finds that the Americans who live near hazardous chemical industrial facilities are disproportionately African American or Latino, are more likely to live in poverty, and have lower incomes and education levels than the national average. These trends accelerate rapidly as one gets closer to the “fenceline” areas nearest dangerous chemical plants. […]
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EPA takes on three villains at once: Pollution, climate change, and racism
Decades ago, the federal government recognized that people of color were getting unequal protection under environmental laws. That may finally change.
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Greenpeace activists arrested — again — for trying to block Russia’s Arctic oil activities
The same protestors who were jailed in Russia last year got themselves arrested once more, this time for trying to block an oil delivery to a Dutch port.
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Make Me Care: What’s so great about tiny houses, anyway?
Make Me Care is a new vlog from Grist in which we try to get our writers to explain why their topic du jour is worth paying attention to.
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Ask Umbra: What’s the best way to get my local veggies?
A reader wonders about those produce-in-a-box services. Umbra delivers the goods.
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Why we talk about the Kochs
Are we all too focused on Charles and David Koch? Not by a long shot.
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Is oil money turning the NRA against hunters?
Two new reports examine how America's "No. 1 hunter's organization" takes oil money and lobbies for anti-conservationist policies most hunters oppose.
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Oil train derails in Virginia, explodes, pollutes river
Meanwhile, the U.S. government still hasn't forced the railroad industry to get rid of the most dangerous, puncture-prone railcars.
