From garbage gyres that choke aquatic life to microplastics that accumulate in the human body, plastic pollution in the ocean is a huge problem. People are starting to pay attention to ocean plastic. Another type of ocean pollution still doesn’t get much notice – fiberglass. On the coasts as well as along lakes and rivers, abandoned and derelict vessels (ADVs) […]
With more than 57,000 sites where groundwater is contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), an estimated 200 million Americans are exposed to these toxic chemicals simply from drinking their tap water. We need a more effective approach to cleaning up these “forever chemicals” that have been used for decades in firefighting foam, the manufacturing of non-stick pans, fast-food wrappers, […]
Watershed. It’s a common enough word, but are you familiar with yours? No matter where you live, your home is in a watershed. And the health of that watershed affects you, your community, and the rest of the planet. Our choices and actions can impact the land a world away. We write on paper that was made from trees cut […]