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A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP, received by Reuters January 25, 2012. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface taken on January 4, 2012. The NPP satellite was renamed 'Suomi NPP' on January 24, 2012 to honor the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin. REUTERS/NASA/Handout

Science Apr 22

These charts show how the environment has changed since the first Earth Day

By Andrea Thompson, Scientific American

Science Jun 02

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How one utility powers its entire plant from wastewater

Between flushing the toilet, bathing, and washing dishes, the average person in the United States generates almost 100 gallons of wastewater each day. But one utility in the suburbs of Chicago is using the waste it extracts from that sewage…

By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo

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This San Francisco art exhibit takes another look at trash

In San Francisco, art enthusiasts recently gathered for an exhibition of unusual pieces, in which every material used came from the nearby city dump. The works represented the culmination of an artist residency at Recology, San Francisco’s waste and recycling…

By Cat Wise

Science Jan 04

A rat ventures into a trash can that had food inside at 15th Street and Vermont Ave. Rats are quite agile and fast. August is the big month for rats in the District. Where ever there's any kind of exposed trash, especially in alleys and parks, they will be on the hunt for food that's easy pickings. Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Cities could be teeming with more rats, thanks to the shutdown’s festering trash

Rats could get access to an all-you-can-eat buffet of garbage during the government shutdown as uncollected trash piles up.

By Jamie Leventhal

Nation Jun 16

Why are tons of fresh produce dumped in landfills every day?

As part of a collaborative report with the PBS News Hour, NPR's Allison Aubrey looks at efforts to cut food waste.

By Allison Aubrey, NPR

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Report Finds Fraud, Waste by War Contractors Costs Billions

After a three-year investigation, a congressionally mandated commission found this week that between $31 billion and $60 billion has been misspent in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Margaret Warner discusses the findings with one of the commissioners, Dov Zakheim.

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advises U.S. Nuclear Reactor Safety Upgrade

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission presented a new set of industry safety recommendations for the U.S. on Tuesday. Gwen Ifill reports on the safety changes sparked by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Japanese coast and triggered a nuclear crisis.

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Jan 31

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Millions of Iraq Reconstruction Aid Wasted, Inspector Says

Rising sectarian violence has hindered Iraq reconstruction efforts, and millions of dollars were wasted, investigators said Wednesday. Stuart Bowen, the special investigator general for Iraq reconstruction, discusses the findings of his audit.

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