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US cities are recycling trees and poop to make compost

Wood and biosolids from water treatment plants can be used to improve the soil—and keep remaining trees healthy.
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Ten jobs for getting to work on a zero emissions future

A climate-fixing economy will mean new livelihoods like these in BC and across Cascadia.
Maine Rep. grills EPA boss on Trump’s funding cuts, failure to regulate forever chemicals

Maine Rep. grills EPA boss on Trump’s funding cuts, failure to regulate forever chemicals

Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree criticized the Trump administration's approach to harmful contaminants known as PFAS.

Potentially toxic algae already being seen in Florida river. And it could get worse

Potentially toxic algae already being seen in Florida river. And it could get worse

Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, a potentially toxic algae is showing itself earlier than usual in the vast St. Johns River that stretches through 12 Florida counties.

You flushed the toilet. They made some bricks.
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You flushed the toilet. They made some bricks.

Converting biosolids into building materials could keep a lot of leftovers of the waste process out of landfills, and provide other environmental benefits, too.
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