pollution

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There are questions about pollution and the environment and plants that I whiz right through.

From Literature

Planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production had the biggest health impact, followed by air pollution and toxic chemicals.

From Barron's

However, new research from Northwestern University shows that burning wood inside homes plays a much larger role in winter air pollution across the United States than many people realize.

From Science Daily

And while a new treaty to protect international waters entered into force this month, the ocean faces threats from plastic pollution and rising temperatures to acidification.

From Barron's

“The urgency is especially real in my district where communities have endured years of sewage pollution.”

From Los Angeles Times