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September 2018

By Martha Edwards

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Conservation Library 

(recommended reading)

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Plastic:

 

Pope Francis Urges Action Against Endless Fields of Plastic in the World’s Oceans

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BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC PACKAGING – IT’S TIME TO ALSO USE IT FOR FOOD

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Road makers turn to recycled plastic for tougher surfaces

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Massive boom deployed to corral Pacific Ocean’s plastic trash

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Sweden and UN Environment and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia
( COBSEA) announce $5 million project to beat plastic pollution in Southeast
Asia

 

“Grandmother inspiring people to reuse plastic bags to help the homeless.”

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Just a few Pieces of plastic can kill a sea turtle

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Hope for Solving Ocean Plastic Problem Lies in Awareness and Economics
Pew project will leverage partnerships to influence policy and business decisions around the world

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Senate examining plastic waste in oceans

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From seaweed to sugarcane, companies race to find the next great plastic replacement

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Strongest plastics ban in the nation takes 1st step forward in New Jersey

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Bottles that compost in 27 days

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Renewable Energy:

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In California, By 2045, 100% Energy Will Be Clean. What About The Rest Of The World?

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Cynthia Nixon Promises to Convert Cayuga Power Plant Into a Renewable Energy Facility, Vows Plant Will ‘Never’ Run on Fracked Gas

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Renewable energy sources: All-in-one light-driven water splitting

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New Documents Show the Trump Administration Cut Climate Change Impacts from its Energy Plan Shocker.

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After an Uncertain Start, U.S. Offshore Wind Is Powering Up

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Bill McKibben to Jerry Brown: We Must Keep the Oil in the Soil, Limiting Emissions Is Not Enough

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Counting DUCs (drilled but uncompleted): Sometimes, it makes economic sense just to leave it in the ground

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Life: animal and plant:
 

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Hatch Year male) banded at Rushton today. Photo by Blake Gol

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Radioactive fracking chemicals dumped in the Allegheny River a decade ago are still showing up in mussels: Study

 

Ailing killer whale declared dead, but feds to keep looking

 

Just a few Pieces of plastic can kill a sea turtle

 

US agency says cauliflower coral may need federal protection

 

Millions of birds die in collisions each year, but lights could change that

 

Palmer: Attacks on Endangered Species Act miss the point

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Judge Restores Grizzly Bears' Protections As Endangered Species

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Scientists Voice Opposition to Changes in US Endangered Species Act

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Fossil Fuels:

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Activists Ask The DEP To Reject Permits To Build Falcon Ethane Pipeline In Southwestern PA

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3rd Circ. Partially Grants NJ Permits In Pipeline Fight

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Trump Administration Wants to Make It Easier to Release Methane into Air

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A pipeline failure, an HDD failure: Sunoco’s weaknesses exposed

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Even the EPA acknowledges its new methane rule may be costly

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Pipeline that Exploded in Pennsylvania Part of Push to Build Fracking-Reliant Petrochemical Network

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NATURAL GAS 12 Sep 2018 | 21:14 UTC
Pa. lawmakers call for Mariner East work halt after blast on other ETP pipe

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Soil Compost:

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1st Anniversary For Mamaroneck, Larchmont Recycling, Composting

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Air Hurricanes:

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2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season Fast Facts

“Last Look: Can you control a hurricane?” video 01:29 min

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Climate:

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Fall Warming Trends Across the U.S

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Yale Environment 360 Published at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies .
 

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