Good News Notes: “Millions of years ago, evolution turned tiny microbes into multicellular plants, animals, and humans. Now, evolution is turning them into something equally remarkable: environmentalists. So finds a new study from researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology.1 Published this month in the scientific journal mBIO, it found plastic waste is giving rise to a growing…
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Bill would ban sale of single-use plastic water bottles at New York state parks
Good News Notes: “The sale of single-use plastic water bottles would be banned at state parks in New York under proposed legislation announced Friday by two state lawmakers. The bill, which is yet to be formally introduced, would bar the sale of plastic water bottles at any site managed by the state Office of Parks,…