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These remote-control devices raise the profile about the growing problem of plastics in the lakes that provide one-fifth of the world's freshwater.

Under our sprawling oak trees lie crushed soda cans, pieces of paper, wrappers and empty potato chip bags. Although numerous trash and recycling bins are spread throughout campus, theyre often

They’re the second-largest source of ocean microplastics. Nobody’s responsible for cleaning them up.

Baton Rouge has a trash problem.

"On one level, its about a girl who is captured by goblins, and a brave miner boy and his magical great-great-grandmother rescue her.  "On another level, its about a girl who is rescued by her faith, her courage and her belief." Ms Triggs said some cast members played two roles. She said: "One of the themes of the story is that the humans and goblins think theyre really different but theyre actually quite similar, so Ive symbolised that by having some humans play goblin roles as well." Goblin...

An sexagenarian Black librarian claims she was assaulted and beaten by police officers and deputies during a traffic stop on a North Carolina highway in

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Scientists put GPS in trash to find out how far it travels Sign In LEA SKENE, The Advocate FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Dr. Jenna Jambeck of the University of Georgias college of engineering holds a pollution tracker as she speaks at Shamrock Marine, Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. The press conference detailed information on pollution trackers that will be implemented in the river understand the state of plastic pollution along the Mississippi River. (Hilary Scheinuk/Th...

DeSmog The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 is taking on the Black community brought environmental justice issues to the forefront during 2020. Calls for dealing with climate change and environmental justice were elevated by president-elect Biden, who spoke about endangered communities in the last presidential debate and on his campaign website, calling for environmental justice and “rooting out the systemic racism in our laws, policies, institutions, and hearts.” That toll is ap...