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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Along the Vermilion River in Illinois, it is seeping into unlined pits containing coal ash — a hazardous waste — and carrying heavy metals into drinking-water aquifers. Pavement is degrading faster.

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The search for the source of plastic pollution

Grist

explains Heather Trim, executive director of Zero Waste Washington, an organization that helped develop the protocol. Heather Trim of Zero Waste Washington marks the perimeter of the beach where marine trash will be collected and categorized using the Escaped Trash Assessment Protocol (ETAP) at Golden Gardens Park in Seattle.

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