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This year's Carnival resulted in 1.4 tons of beads, beer cans, and other trash along the city’s parade routes — the highest total on record.
The decision could have far-reaching consequences — including for the fossil fuel industry, which may find itself exposed to a flood of new litigation.
Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.
Mixing vegetables into processed meat can lower emissions — without compromising taste.
Nitrogen dioxide levels near e-commerce warehouses are 20 percent higher than in other neighborhoods. It can even be measured from space.
Climate change's latest mystery came from Greenland's melting ice sheet.
Families near battery recycling plants face “dangerous" levels of lead in their blood and in soil, testing shows.
A global supply chain built for speed is leaving behind waste, toxins, and a trail of environmental wreckage.
Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the disease, putting 5 million at risk.
