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July flooding pulled nutrients, waste into Vermont's waters — and climate change is making it worse

At the peak of the flooding in July, more than 4 billion gallons of water flowed into Lake Champlain every hour carrying fuel oil, mercury, diesel, and phosphorus from upstream communities.
Microplastics are in our bodies. How much do they harm us?

Microplastics are in our bodies. How much do they harm us?

The science is unsettled, but researchers say there is cause for concern.

London’s River Thames, now home to sharks, seals and seahorses, is no longer ‘biologically dead’

London’s River Thames, now home to sharks, seals and seahorses, is no longer ‘biologically dead’

The British capital's Zoological Society said cleanup efforts have brought down levels of chemicals like phosphorus, making the river “home to myriad wildlife as diverse as London itself.”
Penn State center: Road dumping of oil and gas wastewater to control dust is environmentally unsound

Penn State center: Road dumping of oil and gas wastewater to control dust is environmentally unsound

Experts from the Penn State Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies call the road dumping of oil and gas wastewater an "environmentally unsound practice" that can cause water pollution and even damage roads.

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This inverted building saves energy because it's 300 feet underground

This inverted building saves energy because it's 300 feet underground

This proposal for a new Chicago development would build down instead of up.
Ontario loons are declining

Concerns about the Great Lakes increase, while Ontario loons decrease

Ontario loons are declining, with fewer chicks being born, according to a new study that took four decades and hundreds of researchers.
Alberta’s inactive well problem
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How federal funding can address the root causes of Alberta’s inactive well problem

Some 20,000 applications from oil and gas companies rolled in for $1 billion in taxpayer money to clean up privately owned wells sitting idle across Alberta.

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