6 september 2019

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A steel factory with cables and a large piece of metal hanging from the ceiling.
A blue water source with trees along the edge and polluted orange water on the other side of the trees.
West Chester bag ban sends message to Pa lawmakers

West Chester bag ban sends message to Pa lawmakers

Middle schoolers pushed for the ban, despite a state law prohibiting local plastic bans until next year.
How fires in the Amazon could hurt migratory birds
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How fires in the Amazon could hurt migratory birds

Migratory birds, some from our region, will be headed south soon. What will they face in a burning Amazon?
Pa lawmakers propose a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions
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Pa lawmakers propose a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions

The bill would slash carbon emissions at least 90 percent by 2040. But it could take years before it has a chance of passing.
‘This is no longer about the science. This is somebody's ideology.’
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‘This is no longer about the science. This is somebody's ideology.’

A top climate scientist resigned from the USDA. Lewis Ziska says the agency buried his research for political reasons.
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