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Concrete is an old material—8,000 years old. The Romans built with concrete from 300 BC to 476 AD.
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Five luminaries explain the concept of ‘environmental justice’ and reveal why, alongside the climate crisis, it is one of the most pressing issues of our time
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A student from England’s University of Sussex has won about $40,000 for the invention of a translucent and biodegradable plastic made entirely from fish leftovers.
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At a time when most of humanity lives in cities, where do cars belong — especially the old, polluting ones that make city air foul for people to breathe?
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An oil spill has been contaminating the northeastern shore for weeks.
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The one thing you never want to hear your dentist say is “oops!” It’s also alarming to hear from a former U.S. senator — 25 years after he passed a temporary oil subsidy for Big Oil.
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The Baker administration may be on the verge of leading the Northeast towards a major advance in climate policy.
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The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations, overriding protests from scientists and physicians who say the new rule would undermine the scientific underpinnings of government policymaking.
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Residents of the town of Puerto Gaitán say their water sources are being used for the cultivation of oil palm plantations and the extraction of crude
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The Trump administration changed a 25-year-old policy to make it easier for coastal communities to take sand from protected ecosystems to improve their beaches.
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The UK instituted the world’s toughest ban on ivory last year which eliminated all sales of ivory and rankled collectors and dealers.
read moreFinding New Ways to Protect Ri...
The decline of one of the world’s most endangered large whale species has pushed individual states and Canada to test new technologies, like ropeless fishing gear.
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India’s capital city of New Delhi has been making headlines this week for its abysmal air quality as the concentration of particulate matter reached above 400 micrograms per cubic meter, 20 times the levels deemed healthy by the World Health Organization and the worst the city has seen since 2016.
read moreScramble for propane marks Mot...
Months after historic floods ravaged the U.S. Midwest, farmers scrambling to harvest their crops face a new headache: finding fuel to dry their soaked grains.
read moreE.P.A. Weakens Rules Governing...
The Trump administration on Monday moved to weaken an Obama-era regulation aimed at limiting the seepage of toxic pollution into water supplies from the ash of coal burning power plants, a change that coal industry leaders say could keep plants open longer and which environmental groups fear will increase the risk of water contamination.
read moreJapanese Fisheries Collapsed D...
Scientists announced today that pesticide use on rice fields led to the collapse of a nearby fishery in Lake Shinji, Japan, according to a new study published in the journal Science.
read moreEven Louisiana’s Wealthier Nei...
Industrial development usually targets poor communities, but Ascension Parish is one of the richest, and most toxic, places in Louisiana. Some residents say the financial benefits of living there outweigh the risks.
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The spill was reported just hours after a key environmental assessment hearing on plans for another controversial pipeline, Keystone XL.
read moreAlaska’s Whale Mystery: Where ...
As the Arctic struggles with climate extremes, the bowhead migration is two months late. If whales don’t arrive soon, “we’re going to go hungry,” one hunter said.
read moreE.P.A. Set to Roll Back Rules ...
The Trump administration is expected to roll back an Obama-era regulation to limit dangerous heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury from coal-fired power plants, according to two people familiar with the plans.
read moreWildfires Are Making Californi...
A new study examines the human health costs of the fires.
read moreWhat western states can learn ...
For several months in 2019, it seemed wildfires wouldn’t rage across the West as they had in recent years. But then came the dry autumn and California’s Santa Ana and Diablo winds, which can drive the spread of wildfires
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Texas coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land. The state is letting them.
read moreFour States, Led by New York, ...
On October 23, New York Attorney General Letitia James, joined by attorneys general from Maryland, New Jersey, and California, sent a letter of support to the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) over a Washington state law that would limit the volatility of oil transported by train through the state.
read moreThe Answer to Climate-Killing ...
Methane is an especially potent greenhouse gas. A modest feed additive could provide a big leverage effect.
read moreWhy ‘acting locally’ is imposs...
Like many Americans, I worry about the state of the planet and try to make a positive impact through decisions in my day-to-day life.
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Starting in the 1970s acid rain turned hundreds of lakes and streams in Adirondack Park in upstate New York so acidic that fish could not survive.
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