Peter Dykstra: Saviors of the Hudson

On April 1, 1969, a garrulous sportswriter released a book about his true passion. A month later, a smiling folksinger launched a refurbished boat – his true passion.

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Salton Sea: Ideas abound to fix the California lake. Will any work?

New state leaders vow to think big while building long-delayed pilot wetland projects. Others say let the sea be.

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Plastic pollution: Flip-flop tide engulfs 'paradise' island

Up to a million shoes are among the tide of plastic debris washed up on an Australian island say scientists.

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Now ocean plastics could be killing oxygen-making bacteria

The toxins that leach into seawater severely affect bacteria that provide perhaps 20 percent of Earth's oxygen. That's where things get complicated.

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We've been warned about algae

When we all went three scary days without drinkable water in Toledo back in 2014, most people probably thought that crisis was alarming enough to prompt a ...

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How our toothbrushes are littering paradise

A new survey of remote islands off the coast of Australia found mountains of plastic weighing as much as a blue whale.

www.nytimes.com

Can we stop (literally) trashing Pittsburgh, please?

Pittsburgh's garbage, activists say, is more than just unsightly.

www.nextpittsburgh.com

This photographer shows us the pollution we can’t see for ourselves

Flying 300 meters above land, J. Henry Fair uncovers everyday environmental catastrophes you probably didn’t know existed.

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Octopuses may go blind as climate change sucks oxygen out of the ocean

Some species of squids, crabs and octopuses may be losing their vision in Earth's oxygen-starved oceans.

www.livescience.com

Great Barrier grief

People living near the Great Barrier Reef are deeply worried about its future, and scientists say it's time for the government to listen.

www.hakaimagazine.com

A reckoning for Muskrat Falls

At an inquiry into mismanagement of the hydro dam — called 'the biggest economic mistake in Newfoundland and Labrador's history' — citizens are finally able to demand answers.

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With radical Arctic change comes spawning cod in new northern waters

Major parts of Arctic waters are now several degrees warmer than just few decades ago and fish stocks are moving north.

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‘We need more people’ for PFAS blood testing, say Michigan health officials

State scientists are trying to compare national averages for PFAS in blood and urine against those who drank groundwater contaminated by Wolverine World Wide tannery waste, which was tainted with 3M Scotchgard chemicals.

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Mercury from melting glaciers threatens the Tibetan Plateau

As the plateau’s glaciers melt, mercury contamination from fossil fuel emissions is being released into the region’s surface water.

glacierhub.org

Caution in the creeks

Heavy metals, from aluminum to selenium, as well as chemical contaminants are showing up downstream from the Camp Fire burn zone.

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Bandhwari poison is spreading, fear residents

After residents of Bandhwari first raised an alarm over groundwater pollution more than two years ago, the concern has now spread to the surrounding villages.

www.hindustantimes.com

New York’s Williams Pipeline is denied (but not dead)

New York denied the pipeline a permit it needed to begin construction. But the company plans to reapply.

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Where the EPA went wrong on water quality

Why would the state object to an EPA decision that admits the state was right in the first place?

www.heraldnet.com

Midwest flooding exposes another oil pipeline risk - on Keystone XL’s route

Rushing rivers have exposed once-buried pipelines before, leading to oil spills. With climate change exacerbating flood risks, Keystone XL critics see dangers ahead.

insideclimatenews.org

America’s avocado supply is set to tighten

Wildfires, heavy rain and seasonal irregularities have battered California's crop.

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Heartbreaking pics show stunning tropical islands in Australia suffocated by 238 tonnes of discarded single-use plastic

The paradise tropical islands of Australia are being suffocated by an astonishing 414 million pieces of plastic – including 373,000 toothbrushes.

www.thesun.co.uk

Trial set for Italian underground lab chiefs accused of endangering water supplies

The Gran Sasso National Laboratory, an underground physics lab in central Italy and one of the largest of its kind, is in trouble.

www.sciencemag.org

How climate change is fueling a migration crisis in Bangladesh

As Bangladesh recovers from another cyclone, an internal migration crisis is deepening in this country, one of the most vulnerable in the world to the effects of climate change.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Belle Vernon sewage plant to stop accepting contaminated landfill runoff

Belle Vernon Municipal Authority ends treatment contract with landfill because of problems caused by shale gas drilling waste runoff.

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Jill Johnston: Tooth fairy study reveals children near lead smelters are exposed to dangerous lead in the womb

The Truth Fairy project provides further evidence that environmental injustice can be transmitted from mother to child via lead pollution.

theconversation.com

House lawmakers debate how far to go in regulating toxic PFAS

House Republicans cautioned against introducing sweeping mandates to environmental statutes while research on the toxic compounds is incomplete.

www.detroitnews.com

Microplastics are highly diverse and those differences matter

The small pieces of plastics that pollute our oceans are more diverse than we make them out to be. Recognizing their variety may help us find solutions.

www.hakaimagazine.com

Pouring it on: how climate change intensifies heavy rain events

www.climatecentral.org

Reef restored: how Belize saved its beloved coral reefs

Coral reefs worldwide are under tremendous threat.

www.csmonitor.com

Water pollution proposal faces mounting opposition from Pa. Legislature

State lawmakers are lining up against a fee package designed to properly staff the agency that oversees water pollution.

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Elizabeth Warren: Our military can help lead the fight in combating climate change

Climate change is already impacting the way the Pentagon operates — its training, equipment, supply chains, construction, maintenance, and deployments.

medium.com

A roof grows in the city to demonstrate sustainable innovation in architecture

It is possible to build better by adopting innovative materials and engineering techniques for more sustainable structures.

interestingengineering.com

Last turbine installed at Scotland's biggest offshore wind farm

Beatrice, the largest offshore wind project in Scotland and fourth in the world, should be operational later this year.

www.bbc.com

Peru's military tries to curb illegal gold mining in Amazon

For a decade, a gold rush accelerated in Peru's Tambopata province, then Peru tried something different and installed permanent military bases in the region

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The next ‘South China Sea’ is covered in ice

The State Department will soon have a permanent presence in Greenland for the first time since the 1950s.

www.theatlantic.com

B.C.’s ‘archaic’ mining laws urgently need update: 30 groups

Reforms required to address 'ticking time bomb' of abandoned mines and protect taxpayers from millions in liabilities, authors of new report say.

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