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Tips for a More Sustainable Thanksgiving

Capaccio

When you buy local, you are helping to lower carbon emissions by minimizing the distance that your food has to travel. This means fewer trucks on the road, less air pollution, and a lower need for fossil fuel. Reduce Food Waste . Hit up your local farmer’s market, neighborhood farm or community store.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Abatement : The process of reducing the quantity, intensity, or saturation of a pollutant or other harmful substance by way of treatment. Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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Guest Essay: Saving Our World From Becoming Planet Plastic, One Road At A Time

PA Environment Daily

From Mount Everest to the deepest oceans, vast amounts of plastic waste contaminate the entire planet. And none of these commonly used plastics are biodegradable. We inhale or ingest tiny, invisible plastic fibers floating in the air around us, fibers shed by our own clothes, carpets, and upholstery, etc. first began. “We