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Aug 02

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How would Trump’s fuel standard rules affect Americans?

The Trump administration called on Thursday for rolling back the Obama-era fuel standards to make cars get better gas mileage and emit less pollution. Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, who plans to join the legal…

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Jul 18

Popular National Parks experience as much ozone pollution as major cities

By Daniel Ackerman, Scientific American

A new study shows ozone levels in National Parks are similar to the levels in the largest U.S. cities. But most of this ozone may originate outside of the parks.

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Jul 15

California cap-and-trade is working — for other states

By Amel Ahmed, KQED

A new report indicates California's much-heralded carbon trading program may actually be harming the neighborhoods it was designed to protect.

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Jul 04

The U.S. natural gas industry is leaking way more methane than previously thought

By Anthony J. Marchese, Dan Zimmerle, The Conversation

A new study suggests that methane emissions from oil and gas operations are much higher than current EPA estimates.

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May 28

European Union proposes ban on plastic straws, stirs and cotton buds

By Raf Casert, Associated Press

The European Commission said its proposal would seek to cut marine litter in half for the 10 most prominent items and avoid environmental damage estimated at over $250 billion over the next dozen years.

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Apr 09

Mr. Trash Wheel cleans up Baltimore Harbor with a dash of humor

By Fedor Kossakovski

Invented by a Baltimore local, Mr. Trash Wheel has collected more than 1.5 million pounds of garbage since May 2014.

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Mar 22

Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs more than 43,000 cars and is much larger than we thought

By Nsikan Akpan

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs 87,000 tons -- 16 times more than previous estimates -- and contains more than 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic, according to a new analysis.

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Feb 18

From drugged oysters to birds full of plastic, oceans are feeling the burden of pollution

By Danielle Venton, KQED

Scientists are finding a growing presence of pharmaceuticals, small pieces of plastic and household chemicals in the bodies of Pacific razor clams, Pacific oysters and remote seabirds.

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Dec 13

Babies born closer to fracking sites are more likely to be underweight

By Nsikan Akpan

Low birth weight, defined as being born under 5.5 pounds, has previously been linked with an increased risk of childhood mortality and poorer educational outcomes.

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PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 21, 2017

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On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 21, one of the U.S. soldiers killed in Niger is laid to rest, and Spain moves to dissolve the secessionist government in Catalonia. Also, a look at the number of global deaths caused by…

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