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England offers proof positive that bag charges work -

The country introduced a 5 pence fee (about 7 cents) on plastic bags back in October. Since then, plastic bag usage has dropped 85 percent (!), with shoppers taking home six billion fewer baggies. EcoWatch

Six million Americans may be drinking water containing toxic compounds -

A new study identified public water supplies across the country that are laced with perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). These chemicals, used for over 60 years in products like Teflon pans and food packaging, have been linked to cancer, birth defects, and other illnesses. ThinkProgress

The world is close to missing the 1.5-degree target -

In December negotiators of the Paris Agreement decided to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. But over the past year, global temperatures exceeded 1 degree Celsius of warming during every month except one. Scientists now say that holding warming below 1.5 degrees will be incredibly difficult. The Guardian

Ice melt in Greenland could release Cold War-era toxic waste -

In the 1960s, the U.S. Military left diesel fuel and radioactive coolant at its Camp Century nuclear research site—114 feet beneath Greenland’s ice sheet. In a new study, researchers warn that climate change could send these nasties into nearby ecosystems. Reuters

We’ve already used up an entire year’s-worth of the earth’s resources -

As of August 8, humanity’s demand for natural resources exceeds what the planet can regenerate in a year. This so-called “overshoot day” is five days earlier than last year’s. Science Alert

Rivers in Quebec may be becoming too loud for belugas -

In recent years, more and more dead belugas—many of them newborn calves—are showing up in the Saguenay and St. Lawrence rivers, and researchers are looking into an uptick in riverboat traffic and its accompanying noise (described as jackhammer-like), as the possible culprit. CBCNews