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17,000+ pounds of trash have been captured in our creeks via Litter Gitter.

Floating fences in India. Whimsical water- and solar-driven conveyor belts with googly eyes in Baltimore. Rechargeable aquatic drones and a bubble barrier in The Netherlands. These are some of the sophisticated and at times low-tech inventions being deployed to capture plastic trash in&#x2...

These devices are fledgling attempts to dent an estimated 8.8 million tons of plastic that gets into the ocean every year.

Floating fences in India. Whimsical water- and solar-driven conveyor belts with googly eyes in Baltimore. Rechargeable aquatic drones and a bubble barrier in The Netherlands.

These devices are fledgling attempts to dent an estimated 8.8 million tons of plastic that gets into the ocean every year.

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Texas falling short of the pandemic record for COVID-19 hospitalizations, while daily...

Texas falls short, again, of the pandemic record for COVID-19 hospitalizations, while daily deaths are expected to continue rising for several more days.

Nashville roots/Americana artist Kiely Connell is preparing to release her new LP, Calumet Queen, out everywhere November 12th. Today, Connell released the album's second single "The Blues That Really Burn," which Americana UK called "Full of grit...combines breezy indie-folk with heavy swamp rock & roadhouse country twang." "The Blues That Really Burn" is out now.  

Cindy. she chooses moderna. >> you told me you have multiple sclerosis and your doctor told you you are okay to get the vaccine. >> my husbands been after me to do it and i know it needed to be done so i am really glad to have gotten it. im glad that they are here doing this, today. because otherwise, id still be kind of dragging my feet. >> reporter: 40 minutes passes by, with no more vaccine customers. but two people then show up. don bates, on the left. brittany williams, on the right. >> the...