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WHYY By Water samples on the banks of Valley Creek. (Hannah Pittel) Updated 11:50 a.m. Thursday Plastic permeates Pennsylvania’s waterways, according to a study released Wednesday by PennEnvironment’s Research & Policy Center. The environmental organization conducted a survey to study the presence of microplastics — pieces of plastic debris less than 5 millimeters long, often too tiny to be caught by water-filtration systems — in the state’s rivers, creeks, and streams. Turns out, microplastics are everywhere. Researchers took 315 samples from 53 bodies of water throughout the commo...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Big snow or bust? Forecasters see up to a foot, 45 mph winds for Philly late Sunday into Tuesday — with caveats [The Philadelphia Inquirer] Jan. 30—Whether the result will be a “classic” nor’easter with the biggest snow in at least three winters or a classic virtual misfire by the computer models, you probably wouldn’t want to be a floor in your local supermarket this weekend. With evermore confidence, meteorologists are saying that an unusually long-duration winter storm is forecast to begin affecting the region Sunday afternoon and generate up to a f...