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Aug 11, 2018

How much Susquehanna River debris could have passed through Conowingo Dam floodgates?

After record July rainfall filled Chesapeake Bay waterways with trash and debris, Comptroller Peter Franchot said Maryland was "literally drowning in Pennsylvania’s trash." It's impossible to quantify how much of the detritus actually came down the Susquehanna River, but it was likely a lot.

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Opinion: Climate change is a political crisis, not a reproductive one

Asking millennials to forego children in the name of climate change only lets the fossil fuel industry off the hook.

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www.theguardian.com

World’s consumption of materials hits record 100bn tonnes a year

The amount of material consumed by humanity has passed 100bn tonnes every year, a report has revealed, but the proportion being recycled is falling.

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Farming's growing problem

Fertilizers are contaminating and warming the planet. Regulators haven’t acted on decades-old warnings.

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'Their timeline is aggressive:' Hilco plans to clean up polluted Philly refinery site, city says

Hilco Redevelopment Partners, whose $240 million bid won an auction to acquire the bankrupt Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery site, aims to move quickly to clean up the 1,300-acre South Philadelphia property and redevelop it.

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The problem with China's single-use plastic ban

Just swapping single-use plastic for compostable alternatives won’t do much if none of them end up in the compost.

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www.fastcompany.com

Elizabeth Segran: Governments should regulate the fashion industry

France now has an “unofficial fashion minister” tackling the massive pollution produced by the fashion sector. Other governments should follow suit.

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www.circleofblue.org

U.S. food trade increasingly leans on unsustainable groundwater

It takes water to grow crops, and an increasing portion of the country's irrigation water is unsustainably mined from groundwater sources that are being depleted.

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The battle over pipelines, population and property rights in Texas’ Hill Country

"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

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Trump’s other war is going well

No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.

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Climate change, inversions, and the rise of “super pollution” air events

Why the air was unsafe to breathe and reeked of "hospital waste" in a Pennsylvania community this Christmas

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For 2020: Not a resolution, but a plea

How much Susquehanna River debris could have passed through Conowingo Dam floodgates?

Opinion: Climate change is a political crisis, not a reproductive one

World’s consumption of materials hits record 100bn tonnes a year

Farming's growing problem

'Their timeline is aggressive:' Hilco plans to clean up polluted Philly refinery site, city says

The problem with China's single-use plastic ban

Elizabeth Segran: Governments should regulate the fashion industry

U.S. food trade increasingly leans on unsustainable groundwater

The I-told-you-so heard ‘round the world

The climate beat, where you constantly pray that you're wrong—but rarely are.

The battle over pipelines, population and property rights in Texas’ Hill Country

"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

Trump’s other war is going well

No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.

Climate change, inversions, and the rise of “super pollution” air events

Why the air was unsafe to breathe and reeked of "hospital waste" in a Pennsylvania community this Christmas

Together, we make mud

Environmental politics at the start of a new decade

For 2020: Not a resolution, but a plea

As we head into the new year how about a little more honesty and a little more reality? And a lot more passion when needed.

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How much Susquehanna River debris could have passed through Conowingo Dam floodgates?

The climate beat, where you constantly pray that you're wrong—but rarely are.

"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.

Why the air was unsafe to breathe and reeked of "hospital waste" in a Pennsylvania community this Christmas

Environmental politics at the start of a new decade

As we head into the new year how about a little more honesty and a little more reality? And a lot more passion when needed.

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