The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a mass of plastic pollution accumulating in the Pacific between California and Hawaii, is now twice the size
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Will history repeat itself (and be a good thing?)
In the 1920s, tetraethyl lead was added to gasoline to prevent engine knock and to increase compression ratios. Combustion engines were becoming commonplace, and in
No Plastic in Nature: A Frightening New Study
image courtesy of WWF, 2019 The 2019 World Wildlife Federation study “No Plastic in Nature: Assessing plastic ingestion from nature to people” has uncovered some
Stop Junk Mail
Junk mail is a huge cause of unnecessary waste worldwide. The U.S. uses 2 acres of timber per minute to support its junk mail habit,
Day 1: Christmas Trees
Over the years, many have argued that plastic/artificial Christmas trees are more “environmentally friendly” because they preserve the life of a real tree. That’s simply
Cyber Monday
it’s Cyber Monday, in case you didn’t notice all the ads for sales popping up all over the internet. Impulse shopping is the
