A cynic's field guide to Earth Day. Weekend Reader for Sunday, April 22.

My inbox is choked with vapid story pitches that proclaim "Every Day Is Earth Day." This happens once every 365 days. It doesn't really help.

                
        Girl Scouts to press EPA on coal ash
    
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        Earth Day founder calls for an end to plastic pollution
    
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        BP oil spill: Sick cleanup workers haven't had day in court
    
            www.usatoday.com
            
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        Eight years after Deepwater Horizon, is another disaster waiting to happen?
    
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        Finished kitchen cabinets are emitting toxic PCBs
    
        The environmental toll of plastics
    
        The world is sending tons of illegal, electronic waste to Nigeria: Report

Editorials

        War on plastic goes global
    
            www.santafenewmexican.com
            
        SF Chronicle recommendations on Props. 68, 69, 70, 71, 72
    
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        The shipping industry emits as much carbon as all of Germany. That's unacceptable
    
            www.latimes.com
            
        Scott Pruitt has become ridiculous
    
            www.nytimes.com
            
        Australia has wasted a decade to act on climate change
    
            www.smh.com.au
            
        Flint water is safe but trust lacking
    
            www.detroitnews.com
            
Opinions

        Living on Earth: Beyond the Headlines
    
            www.loe.org
            
        Earth Day and the hockey stick: A singular message
    
            blogs.scientificamerican.com
            
        Earth Day 2018: I’m a TV weatherman. Here's what happened when I discussed climate change on air.
    
            www.vox.com
            
        Michael E. Mann: Earth Day and the hockey stick: a singular message
    
            blogs.scientificamerican.com
            
        Why Lyft is going carbon-neutral, and Uber isn’t
    
            www.theatlantic.com
            
        William Chen: We can make large dams more friendly to the environment
    
            blogs.scientificamerican.com
            
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        Earth Day 2018—How to get involved
    
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        Finished kitchen cabinets are emitting toxic PCBs
    
Researchers tested indoor air at 16 homes and found three types of PCBs are widespread and finished cabinets are the source of the toxics, according to a study released today.

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        Earth Day 2018: 7 things we’ve learned since the last Earth Day
    
Our understanding of Earth — and how we’re changing it — just keeps expanding.

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        Pittsburgh scores all F’s on the American Lung Association’s air quality report card
    
    Why is the air getting worse instead of better?

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        The world is sending tons of illegal, electronic waste to Nigeria: Report
    
     New report finds more than 66,000 tons of used electronics was sent to Nigeria in 2015 and 2016; about a quarter was illegal e-waste. The waste is full of toxics.  

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        EPA threatens Pennsylvania with sanctions for failing to reduce soot pollution in Allegheny County
    
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