Researchers at the University of Cambridge announced Monday that they had developed the first-ever solar-powered system that could convert two types of waste into two different chemicals at the same time, in this case, carbon dioxide and plastics.
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The Protests Against the Expansion of German Coal Production
Grist Mar 5, 2023Police dispersed hundreds of protestors rallying to save a tiny village from demolition.
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Why Climate Activists Use Confrontational Tactics
Grist Mar 5, 2023
Throwing soup on a van Gogh. Blocking roads. Deflating SUV tires. Here’s why climate protests are getting so confrontational.
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Wishcycling: Rethinking Waste Cycles
GreenBiz Mar 4, 2023Wishcycling is putting something in the recycling bin and hoping it will be recycled, even if there is little evidence to confirm this assumption. Hope is central to wishcycling. People…
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The Solution to Plastic Waste? Stop Making New Plastic.
Grist Mar 4, 2023A panel of experts last week made a simple, common-sense recommendation for dealing with the U.S.’s plastic pollution problem: Stop making so much plastic. “Not producing waste in the first…
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A Pipeline Company Paid Minnesota to Police Line 3 Protests
Grist Mar 4, 2023From riot gear to PR to Dairy Queen, public records show every expense Enbridge reimbursed after the Line 3 protests.
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The Violence Facing Water Defenders in Honduras
Al Jazeera Mar 4, 2023President Xiomara Castro’s government must do more to protect those fighting for environmental rights, critics say.
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The Ways to Reduce Alaskan Coastal Erosion
Grist Mar 3, 2023We know Alaska’s coast is eroding fast — what are the different ways we might save it and the Alaska Native cultures on that land?
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Neurotoxins in the Environment are Damaging Human Brain Health – and More Frequent Fires and Floods May Make the Problem Worse
The Conversation Mar 3, 2023In the summer of 2021, a toxic, smoky haze stemming from Western wildfires wafted across large parts of the United States, while hurricanes wrought extensive flooding in the southern and…
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Extreme Heat Linked to Increased Deaths in US Prisons
Grist Mar 3, 2023A new study is the first epidemiological evidence of the link between the climate crisis and prison mortality in the United States.
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Which State You Live in Matters for How Well Environmental Laws Protect Your Health
The Conversation Mar 2, 2023An environmental health lawyer explains why some states have weaker rules than others, and how you can make your concerns heard.
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What is Spillover? Bird Flu Outbreak Underscores Need for Early Detection to Prevent the Next Pandemic
The Conversation Mar 2, 2023A biologist who studies how viruses spread from animals to people explains the process of spillover and the risks posed by the new bird flu that has spread across the globe.
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