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Notpla's edible blob is a compostable water bottle

Notpla has found a way to make water bottles that you can eat (or compost) when you’re done. What’s next? Getting rid of plastic ketchup packets.

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Outbreaks like coronavirus start in and spread from the edges of cities

The massive increase of the global urban population over the past few decades has increased exposure to diseases and posed new challenges to the control of outbreaks.

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60 Minutes: How the bushfires in Australia relate to global climate change

Scientists say climate change is behind the unprecedented intensity of the bushfires that have burned a reported 27 million acres in Australia.

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Plastic pollution: 15-foot "plastic monster" outside Publix to shame the store for using plastic bags

Climate change is no longer the monster lurking under your bed — it's in the Publix parking lot.

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Video: As the world grapples with plastic pollution, Pennsylvania's ethane cracker promises more plastic

How does ethane from natural gas get turned into plastic and what could happen to all of that plastic? Our video explains.

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The car industry is having an identity crisis. Just look at its Super Bowl ads

How do you sell cars to America in the twilight of car culture?

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Justice

Second person linked to butterfly sanctuary found dead in Mexico

The body of a tour guide who worked at a famous butterfly reserve in Mexico has been discovered two days after a prominent monarch butterfly activist was found dead.

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Early signs of spring are blooming across Delaware Valley

Who needs a season-predicting groundhog? According to the National Weather Service, January's average temperature was 5.9 degrees warmer than usual - meaning we're already seeing signs of an early spring.

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The new video of one of the scariest places on Earth

For the first time, scientists have a clear view of the line where the giant Thwaites Glacier is leaking water into the ocean.

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Climate

Map shows where Americans will move once climate change forces them out of coastal cities

Scientist used AI to map where nearly 13 million Americans will move once their coastal homes are under six-feet of water, with Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Denver and Las Vegas as the top choices.

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VIDEO: SEJ’s 8th annual journalists' guide to energy & the environment

From Australia to the Arctic to your neighborhood, environment and energy news is already heating up as 2020 kicks off — and the election promises to add fuel to the fire. On January 24, attendees got a head start on the year's top stories at SEJ's 8th annual "Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment" at the National Geographic Society's auditorium in Washington, DC.

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VIDEO: This co-op is happy as an oyster

A long-standing, sustainable shellfish farming cooperative in the Gulf of California is about so much more than seafood.

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Scott Morrison’s plan to make Australia ‘resilient’ to climate change

The Prime Minister insists he's taking action on climate change, outlining his plan to make the country “more resilient" to hotter conditions.

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Notpla's edible blob is a compostable water bottle

Outbreaks like coronavirus start in and spread from the edges of cities

60 Minutes: How the bushfires in Australia relate to global climate change

Plastic pollution: 15-foot "plastic monster" outside Publix to shame the store for using plastic bags

Video: As the world grapples with plastic pollution, Pennsylvania's ethane cracker promises more plastic

The car industry is having an identity crisis. Just look at its Super Bowl ads

Second person linked to butterfly sanctuary found dead in Mexico

Early signs of spring are blooming across Delaware Valley

The new video of one of the scariest places on Earth

Map shows where Americans will move once climate change forces them out of coastal cities

VIDEO: SEJ’s 8th annual journalists' guide to energy & the environment

VIDEO: This co-op is happy as an oyster

Scott Morrison’s plan to make Australia ‘resilient’ to climate change

Autism and phthalates: Exposure in womb linked to autistic traits in boys

New study bolsters evidence that certain chemicals may alter social development—but also reinforces the protective effect of folic acid during pregnancy

FDA under scrutiny: Policymakers, advocates push for stronger science, regulation of the chemical BPA

"The mindless clinging to outdated science is detrimental to public health and to the development of good science"

30 years of being (almost always) right

Environmental journalists have a long history of being proven right on key issues. Their trade group turned 30 this week.

Op-ed: Asbestos, ubiquitous and avoidable, is a deadly threat to our kids

The failure to ban asbestos has resulted in widespread and potentially deadly chronic risks that reach down to our youngest citizens and their teachers.

Agents of Change: Amplifying neglected voices in environmental health

EHN is teaming up with The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health to bring you the voices of next generation environmental health leaders

Source of pride and pollution: Balancing energy needs and community health

Coal, oil and gas have given communities across the U.S. both steady paychecks and devastating pollution. It's time to make health a priority in meeting our energy demands.

New study bolsters evidence that certain chemicals may alter social development—but also reinforces the protective effect of folic acid during pregnancy

"The mindless clinging to outdated science is detrimental to public health and to the development of good science"

Environmental journalists have a long history of being proven right on key issues. Their trade group turned 30 this week.

The failure to ban asbestos has resulted in widespread and potentially deadly chronic risks that reach down to our youngest citizens and their teachers.

EHN is teaming up with The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health to bring you the voices of next generation environmental health leaders

Coal, oil and gas have given communities across the U.S. both steady paychecks and devastating pollution. It's time to make health a priority in meeting our energy demands.

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