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The Search for Pharmceutical Waste In Northeast Ponds
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Researchers are studying rivers and ponds across the Northeast for traces of pharmaceuticals not just from dumping, but from human waste. As part of collaboration with northeast public radio stations Nancy Cohen from WNPR reports.VPR News
Carbon Credits For Forest Land Considered
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Rachel Ward of WXXI in Rochester reports on the growing interest in offering carbon credits to polluters in exchange for preserving forest land.VPR News
Farms Struggle To Dispose Of Plastic
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We tend to think of farm fields as bucolic, natural landscapes. But farms increasingly rely on plastic to store hay and silage, to build temporary greenhouses and to pot plants.VPR News
Collectors Finding Less Sea Glass
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One of the biggest environmental conundrums today is what to do with all of our trash: how to use less, recycle more, and get rid of it without burdening the ecosystem. But there are some people who actually covet old trash – in particular, glass that’s ended up in the sea.VPR News
Officials Move To Regulate Outdoor Burning
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As of this fall, all states in the Northeast are regulating open burning – not only to prevent wildfires, but to keep toxic smoke from polluting the region’s air.VPR News
Study examines waterflow effect on dams
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A new study on the river is investigating whether water could flow more naturally without hampering dams.VPR News
Some skeptical of biomass benefit
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There are a growing number of proposals to build wood-burning biomass power plants in the Northeast. Some environmentalists say wood can be a renewable, low-carbon fuel. But others aren’t convinced.VPR News
Cape Wind in Mass. has lessons for Northeast
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It’s not easy to get a wind turbine approved in the Northeast that’s proposed for a ridgeline or another vista. But perhaps the biggest wind power battle in the region has been over a stretch of open ocean, near Cape Cod in Massachusetts.VPR News
