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  • Beating plastic pollution, individually and socially

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    By Ryan Johnson An ongoing expedition through Padma river, set to end in the Himalayas, aims to study and reduce contamination of oceans by single-use plastic The world is drowning in plastic pollution, warned a recent UN report. One million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute, while up to five trillion single-use plastic bags […]

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  • 5 Ways the EU Has Helped the Environment

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    By Christopher Thompson Much of the media furore surrounding the UK’s impending exit from the EU (or perhaps just the uncertainty it has generated) has concentrated on the potentially negative economic consequences of the transition. However, fewer column inches have been devoted to the equally disastrous impact on the environment that Brexit could bring. As […]

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  • Victoria Beckham launching eco-friendly skin care line

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    By Ryan Johnson Victoria Beckham’s skin care line that’s set to launch in September will be eco-friendly, the former member of the Spice Girls and fashion entrepreneur said. Beckham told Fashion Network the collection will be “very sustainable” with packaging made from post-consumer materials, and that prices for the products will be kept “a little […]

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  • For baleen whales, plastic pollution has become a bigger threat than oil

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    By Christopher Thompson New research led by Hampden-Sydney College has revealed that microplastic pollution has become a bigger threat to baleen whales than oil spills or drilling. The whales have a hair-like tissue made of keratin in their massive jaws that they use to filter water and extract food, such as plankton and krill. According […]

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  • 19 best places to travel for the summer of 2019

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    By Ryan Johnson If you’re still deciding where to take your summer vacation, 2019 brings major anniversaries, new flight routes, buzzy museum openings and more. In no particular order, check out our picks for where to travel this summer: 1. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia The Salar de Uyuni, or Uyuni Salt Flat, is a vast […]

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  • Bringing the power of plastic recycling to the people

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    By Christopher Thompson In a world awash with plastic trash, the complexity and cost of recycling plastic on an industrial scale remain a challenge, but one innovative enterprise wants to put the power to recycle in the hands of communities. Precious Plastic has developed a scalable DIY recycling model that re-conceives plastic waste as a […]

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  • 8 Ways to Make Money Online Without Quitting your Day Job

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    By Ryan Johnson Getting on the path to financial freedom doesn’t have to involve taking an all-or-nothing risk. Want to make money online? Want to rake in millions almost effortlessly? Sure, most silver-tongued marketers might lead you to believe that the good life is just a few keystrokes away. They tell you that your path […]

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  • Is Streaming Music Dangerous to the Environment? One Researcher Is Sounding the Alarm

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    By Christopher Thompson New study suggests streaming music leads to at least 200 to 350 million kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions Around 2013, University of Oslo professor Kyle Devine was reading a lot about junk. He’dgrown fascinated with a subset of media studies that grappled with the growing problem of e-waste — old cellphones, computers, […]

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  • April gain in US truck tonnage likely lower than reported

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    After months of dismal surface freight demand, for-hire truck tonnage surged in April, climbing 7.4 percent from March and rising 7.7 percent year over year, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) announced Tuesday. But was the freight business really that good? “I do not think the fundamentals underlying truck tonnage are as strong as April’s figure […]

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  • These tiny microbes are munching away at plastic waste in the ocean

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    By Ryan Johnson Plastic makes up nearly 70% of all ocean litter, putting countless aquatic species at risk. But there is a tiny bit of hope—a teeny, tiny one to be precise: Scientists have discovered that microscopic marine microbes are eating away at the plastic, causing trash to slowly break down. To conduct the study, […]

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