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![About 150 tons of pellets were spilled into the sea from a vessel when Typhoon Vicente in 2012, and some of the pellets drifted into fish farms.]()
![About 150 tons of pellets were spilled into the sea from a vessel when Typhoon Vicente in 2012, and some of the pellets drifted into fish farms.]()
Nurdles? The worst toxic waste you’ve probably never heard of.
Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous.
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Here’s why your doctor might start asking you about air pollution
Of course, there’s only so much you can do to change the air you breathe.
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![A Black mother and her child stand together at the kitchen sink in Flint, Michigan]()
![A Black mother and her child stand together at the kitchen sink in Flint, Michigan]()
Flint water crisis victims reach $626 million settlement
The record breaking settlement is still just “a Band-Aid on a bullet wound,” residents say.
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California proposes 3,200-foot buffer zone between oil wells and homes, schools
The new ruling, a key environmental protection, will impact 30 percent of oil wells in the state.
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Michigan officials are finally doing something about a city’s toxic drinking water
The state now plans to remove all of Benton Harbor's lead pipes within 18 months.
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Public health experts issue grim prognosis on climate impacts
The Lancet’s annual report warns climate change is compounding heatwaves, food insecurity, mental health problems.
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It’s not just you: Everyone is Googling ‘climate anxiety’
Searches for the phrase have soared 565 percent over the past year.
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How climate change gave rise to a monster mosquito season
Thanks to climate-fueled extreme weather, mosquitoes are everywhere this year.
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![Collage: rusted water pipes and volunteers unloading packs of bottled water]()
![Collage: rusted water pipes and volunteers unloading packs of bottled water]()
How are Michigan residents still drinking water with toxic levels of lead years after Flint?
Environmental racism, corroded old pipes, and flawed regulation are at play.
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![An older man wearing a plaid shoe-sleeved plaid shirt, sunglasses and a cap holds sawmill dust in his left hand. Behind him, a blue sky and a young forest let you see a mountain range rising in the horizon.]()
![An older man wearing a plaid shoe-sleeved plaid shirt, sunglasses and a cap holds sawmill dust in his left hand. Behind him, a blue sky and a young forest let you see a mountain range rising in the horizon.]()
Nonprofit finds hope against wildfires with unexpected ally: charcoal
To capture carbon and jumpstart forest thinning, Methow Valley couple – and Washington taxpayers – bet on biochar.
