pollution

Dirty Farm, Dirty Bay
Graphic Designer, Planet Forward
Agriculture is the primary polluter in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, with sediment runoff endangering plant life and marine ecosystems.
Jeff Kirschner on the Story Behind Litterati
Jeff Kirschner on the Story Behind Litterati
GWU
We all Instagram our food before we eat it - why not Instagram our attempts to clean up the planet?
Video by Julia Blakely and John Perrino
Video by Julia Blakely and John Perrino
Did you know that every gallon of gas you burn creates 20 pounds of CO2? 
Minnesota 2020
The 1972 Clean Water Act requires states to monitor river and lake health by measuring and reporting basic environmental data. That's quite a challenge in the land of 10,000 lakes, so every year the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recruits... Read More
In the world's oceans, there are islands of plastic made from microscopic granuals as well as much larger pieces floating on the surface of water. These islands negatively impact all forms of life, many of which are consumed by humans as sources of... Read More
Unless we change our water consumption and systems of disposal and use, we are drinking from a 'sanitary sewer' which inevitably contributes to DNA changes and sicknesses in people, animals, plants . . . the entire environment. 'Upstream to... Read More
Momentum is building to initiate new uranium mining efforts in northern New Mexico, home to the nation's richest deposits. Assignment Earth traveled to communities around Mount Taylor, N.M., where uranium mining holds a "dark legacy."
The architect of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon must have been an early member of the green movement. Green roofs, an innovative form of environmental architecture, are taking root throughout the United States. The concept involves installing ground... Read More
Industrial pollution and overfishing have devastated fish and lobster species in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai, an ecological disaster and economic catastrophe for traditional fishermen

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