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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

Grist

The report builds on decades of previous research from the National Academies — a federally chartered research organization — that highlights the growing risk of oil pollution in the world’s oceans. Plastics, which are made from fossil fuels, were not considered in the report although they are a major contributor to ocean pollution.)

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From golf to gardens: Houston’s new botanical garden opens

AGreenLiving

Related: Failed Palm Springs golf course is being repurposed Building a garden By the time Nancy Thomas, past president of the Garden Club of America, and the late Kay Crooker formed the nonprofit Houston Botanic Garden in 2002, they’d already been talking about it for years.

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