Norwegian study shows microplastics in wastewater are shielding pathogens from being destroyed by treatment
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‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
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New filtration material could remove long-lasting chemicals from water
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US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $76 million closing legacy oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania
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Ocean plastics: How much do rich countries contribute by shipping their waste overseas?
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Ecuador river is granted the right to not be polluted in historic court case
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Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital
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Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil well, continuing a troubling trend
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Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes
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Dozens of Texas water systems exceed new federal PFAS limits
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California sets nation-leading limit for carcinogenic chromium-6 in drinking water
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Joe Biden administration sets first-ever limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in US drinking water
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Iowa fertilizer spill kills nearly all fish across sixty mile stretch of rivers
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Norway is to allow mining waste to be dumped in its fjords after the government won a court case against environmental organisations trying to block the plan
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Companies knew the dangers of PFAS 'forever chemicals'—and kept them secret
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Scientists have found a ‘sleeping giant’ of environmental problems: Earth is getting saltier
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There's a big problem with your car's tires
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Road hazard: Evidence mounts on toxic pollution from tires
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Rafting the most polluted river in Australia
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How a Japanese-run wastewater treatment plant in Mexico shamelessly polluted until the site was shut down
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The indigenous groups fighting against the quest for 'white gold' in South America
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Fukushima contaminated water set to be released into the ocean
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Judge rules in favor of Oklahoma against big chicken producers in poultry-pollution lawsuit
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Global mass of buoyant marine plastics dominated by large long-lived debris
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Chemical companies’ PFAS payouts are huge – but the problem is even bigger
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Paris olympics swimming events to be held in cleaned up river Seine, public swimming to become legal
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How “Big Ag” pollutes America’s water, and makes money doing it
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Study says drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals
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Patagonia helps Samsung redesign washing machines to help reduce microfiber pollution
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Highly radioactive spill near Columbia River in E. Washington worse than expected
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Are cures for some of the world’s deadliest diseases hiding in our sewers?
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Oxford University-led study detects twenty-six types of PFAS compounds in ice around Svalbard, threatening downstream ecosystems
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Paris has pledged to make the Seine swimmable by the 2024 Summer Olympics, investing in a $1.6 billion stormwater holding tank to curb sewage pollution
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Poland: ‘Huge’ amounts of chemical waste dumped into river
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Kayaking the sickest urban river in Australia
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Nurdles: The massive, unregulated source of plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of
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Bilge dumping: The worst pollution you've never heard of
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International seafood company Grieg Seafood leaked nearly 4,000 gallons of chlorine into a northern Norway fjord, killing approximately 96,000 fish
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Large amounts of mercury discovered in Greenland's glaciers – the heavy metal raises concerns for the health of indigenous communities
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Study seeks origins of ghost nets that haunt Hawaii’s shores
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Collapse possible at Manatee County (FL) wastewater reservoir
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Hackers try to contaminate Florida town's water supply through computer breach
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Forever chemicals are widespread in US drinking water
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Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others criminally charged in Flint Water Crisis
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Michigan reaches preliminary settlement to pay $600 million to Flint Water Crisis victims
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Greta Thunberg scolds Danes for dumping wastewater – thirty-five billion liters of unfiltered sewer water have been pumped into the Oresund Strait since 2014
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Microplastic pollution in oceans vastly underestimated - study: Particles may outnumber zooplankton, which underpin marine life and regulate climate
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A well-known attorney helped land a $2 billion settlement for Gulf Coast seafood-industry workers. But who was he really representing?
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Venice's canal water looks clearer as coronavirus keeps visitors away
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Helsinki has donated €50,000 towards Baltic Sea protection, for use in the new Baltic Sea Challenge campaign to help prevent plastic waste
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