Florida Trash Fight Spotlights Broader Environmental Justice Battle
Advocates say facilities like trash incinerators too often overburden people of color – a concern coming to the fore as Miami ...
Phoenix taking a mechanical approach to stopping groundwater pollution
The City of Phoenix is always looking for new ways to prevent storm water pollution. Fifteen years ago, the city launched ...
Group says New Jersey toxic waste dumping caused $1B in harm, calls settlement inadequate
A Jersey Shore environmental group says damage from decades of toxic waste dumping at one of America's most notorious ...
Wildcoast's border cleanup stops thousands of pounds of trash from flowing into U.S.
"The majority of the things we catch in those booms are plastic and tires. That trash ends up on the US side," Wildcoast says ...
Floating trash boom deployed in South Bay's Tijuana River to combat pollution
The floating trash boom, installed in the main channel of the river, is meant to capture floating debris during storms and ...
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Trash incinerators are disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people
Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers financial incentives to waste ...
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Trash booms placed at Tijuana River to address cross-border pollution
SAN DIEGO — California state officials have deployed a new trash ... pollution. The system includes a 450-foot-long boom designed to capture up to 14,000 cubic yards of debris. The California ...
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Researchers reveal key factors behind Japan's plastic waste removal rates in rivers
Plastic pollution is a growing problem in Japan, prompting cleanup efforts to recover plastic litter from water bodies. However, research on recovery rates from different river basins remains limited.
New Project, Funding Aim to Tackle Ongoing Border Sewage Pollution Crisis
Twin announcements Tuesday could bring welcome relief to the ongoing pollution crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border in the ...