Tag: Pollution
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A Look Inside How Hawaii's Plastic Bag Ban Came About
Hawaii becomes the first state in the union to enact a ban on plastic bags at checkout counters. Sierra Club looks into how it finally came into being.
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Pollution-Hunting Robot Fish Head to Sea for Test Swim
They've gone from the lab to the ocean, and these robotic fish are stretching their fins to see how they do in gathering information on pollution.
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Potomac River Named as America’s Most Endangered River of 2012
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and while some great progress has been made, there are still many rivers which are endangered, including one flowing through our nation's capital.
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Armies of Microsubmarines Could Clean Up Oil Spills
Microsubmarines have been developed that can absorb and transport oil droplets in water. In the future, these tiny machines could be deployed in large quantities to clean up oil spills.
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Ma Jun Takes on Technology, Apparel Industries and Chinese Government to Fight Factory Pollution
Though they have no regulatory authority, Jun and IPE have managed to get more than 500 companies to publicly disclose plans to reduce pollution, including some of the world's biggest brands—Wal-Mart, Nike, GE, Coca Cola, H&M, Sony, and Unilever.
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9 Concepts for Cleaning up Space Junk
Litter isn't just a problem for terra firma, it's a very real problem in space as well. The effort to clean up space junk might take a variety of different methods, and here's a look at some of those concepts being considered.
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Is This Yours? Search Midway Atoll's Lost & Found For Your Lost Plastic Stuff
Midway is like a giant lost and found for plastic items -- so look through and see if any of these items are yours!
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Personal Pollution Monitor Calculates Actual Contaminant Exposure in Real-Time
New technology will help scientists determine what people's actual pollution exposure is by measuring activity levels and predicting breathing rates.
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Nanosponge Absorbs 100x Its Weight in Oil, Is Guided With Magnets
A new technology for developing "nanosponges" may mean an easier way to absorb oil.
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Old Paint is Killing Rare Birds: Cleaning Up Toxic Lead on Midway Atoll
Decades of lead-based paint chipping off old buildings on Midway are taking a deadly toll on threatened seabirds, but efforts by USFWS will hopefully help.
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On Midway, More Plastic Washes Up With Every Wave. Literally. (Video + Pics)
How do you clean up a beach when every wave hitting the shore brings yet more plastic bits. This video shows the impossibility of the task.
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Coming to Grips with Plastic Pollution, One Bird at a Time
Getting a handle on the scale of our plastic pollution problem is tough, but seeing it wrapped in the bones of a bird helps.
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Help Earth Day Reach a 'Billion Acts of Green' by Pledging Yours Today
This Earth Day a billion people around the world are pledging one act of green to mobilize people around the world on behalf of the planet.
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Sun, Sea, Sand, And... Small Appliances? New Marine Trash Report Reveals Sorry State of World's Beaches
Nearly 1 million pieces of food packaging, more than 250,000 items of clothing, and enough light bulbs to replace every light on the Eiffel Tower -- that's just some of the 9 million pounds of trash volunteers collected recently from coastlines.
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Students Clean Up Lake, Discover Sunken Treasure
On a recent outing to clean a polluted lake in downtown Oakland, one group sixth-graders were rewarded with something more than just sense of civic pride.
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Polar Bear Study Proves International PCB Ban Working
Although still too high, the levels of the synthetic chemical PCB in polar bear blood have dropped significantly. Cubs remain at a disadvantage.
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Be a Good Little Bunny and Watch Out for Excessive Easter Egg Packaging
Love the egg, hate the boxes: Easter egg packaging is better but still too much.
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Re-usable Take-Out Boxes Take Hold in Portland
Laura Weiss agonized over the waste she knew Portland's food carts were generating. She devised a solution, by bike, with re-usable containers and a subscription service.
