Tag: Enviornment
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Help save the planet while living on campus
By Anna Davidson The majority of young college students live in a dorm, which means that there is not much space. While you can’t grow your own food or raise your own livestock, there are small steps that you can take towards living a sustainable lifestyle. I am going to share with you my tips […]
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Combatting plastic pollution in Tampa Bay
By Rachael Ramchand In Florida, serious water quality issues have been occurring for quite some time. In the Tampa Bay Area, water goat devices are used to capture garbage that flows out of storm water discharge areas, preventing debris from polluting and causing damage to the ecosystem. These devices strain the water, collecting hundreds of pounds […]
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5 Things That Are Harmful for the Environment
By Cassidy Gaudes Over the last few years, a handful of restaurants and places around the world have begun to change their policies on plastic items. Places in the UK now charge for plastic bags, and countries including the U.S., New Zealand, and England have banned microbeads. Some restaurants have moved to paper straws and […]
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Volkswagen’s Cheating Will Cost Us All
By Marisa Nobs The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this September that Volkswagen, the world’s largest automaker by volume, has been using software to cheat on diesel emissions standards for many years. Appallingly, this is the same company that has partaken in a “clean diesel” theme since 2008. The impact of this immoral and […]