hate
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“SantaCon’s conniving leader gives New Yorkers another reason to hate the yearly bar crawl.”
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
Category: creative non-fiction
H5N1/bird flu
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“Researchers say the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in California elephant seals has spread to other marine mammals, including a sea otter and sea lion.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
groundwater pollution
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“Contaminants found in groundwater cover a broad range of physical, inorganic chemical, organic chemical, bacteriological, and radioactive parameters. Principally, many of the same pollutants that play a role in surface water pollution may also be found in polluted groundwater, although their respective importance may differ.” – wikipedia
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Read MoreGreenhouse Gas Emission
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“Greenhouse gases trap heat and make the planet warmer. Human activities are responsible for almost all of the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last 150 years.1 The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities in the United States is from burning fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation.” – U.S. EPA
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“Green infrastructure is considered a subset of “Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure”, which is defined in standards such as SuRe, the Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure.” – wikipedia
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“In the 16th century, Shakespeare coined the phrase ‘the green-ey’d monster,’ and since then green has symbolized jealousy or envy.” – vocabulary.com
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