Ann Parson News Today

Join the Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries on Thursday, March 21, at 6:30 p.m.

New Bedford Volunteer Group Aims to Clean Streets for Earth Day Earth Day is coming up and I want everyone to celebrate it. Personally, I try to treat every day as Earth Day by making a conscious effort to recycle and dispose of trash properly. When I see people litter, my blood pressure spikes, but instead of getting angry, I want to provide solutions, so I’m spreading the word about a local campaign that starts April 10. Operation Clean Sweep aims to clean up the streets of New Bedford, but...

NationofChange Paving roads in plastic can help with pollution problem “Recycled plastic binders are ‘closing the loop’ by using plastic that had been used for something else and giving it new life, keeping the plastic out of our landfills and oceans.” So far, 12 countries have built roads out of plastic instead of asphalt, helping both the global plastic pollution problem and climate change. First appearing in India two decades ago, plastic roads are being tested and built ...

The Proteus Effect; Stem Cells and Their Promise for Medicine, made Library Journal’s annual list of best science books.