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Make Earth Day Great Again
I know that Earth Day is April 22nd because companies won’t stop emailing me about it. What began as a call to action for environmental protections is now just a marketing opportunity.
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‘It’s Not Political to Tell the Truth’: Scientists Arrested Over Climate Protests
Soil scientist Rose Abramoff has long tried to be “apolitical,” she says, in her efforts to educate people about climate change: She’s supported efforts at non-profits and fact-checked materials for organisations, for example, alongside writing her own reports on the climate crisis. But not anymore.
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The Nightmare Valero Site Claiming Fossil Fuels Are ‘Essential for Life’
I was sitting on the couch one evening over the holidays, watching a college bowl game as one is wont to do. Football is usually my tune-out time where I can forget the world is on fire and the fossil fuel industry is hellbent on stoking the flames.
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The Dream of Scooping Plastic From the Ocean Is Still Alive — and Problematic
This week, one of the world’s most-watched plastic clean-up projects will announce victory. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit that has set out to solve the huge problem of plastics in the ocean, will hold a press event Wednesday where it will review the success of its latest system. The group has already said the contraption…