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Correspondent on WBUR’s environmental desk. I work at ‘BUR but all tweets are my own. Especially the funny ones.
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Recycling food waste is good for the climate, but could add microplastics to soil, study finds

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By Barbara Moran Verified
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Recycling food waste nationwide would have huge climate benefits, but a new study in the journal Nature Food found it could also pollute soil with microplastics if changes aren't made to food packaging. In the United States, about a third of food produced is never eaten, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Producing, packaging and disposing the wasted food in landfills is a major contributor to climate change, and the EPA has a goal to cut the country’s food waste in half by 2030.
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Recycling food waste is good for the climate, but could add microplastics to soil, study finds

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By Barbara Moran Verified
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Zohran Mamdani 4 hours ago Mamdani’s City Run Grocery Stores And Their Potential Market Impact Forbes - Nathan Goldman • 4h New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s $124.7 billion budget includes one of the city’s most unusual experiments in recent memory: five city‑run grocery stores that will sell staple foods at a 30% discount.
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Proposed federal grant changes are alarming, illegal and 'bad for Boston,' say Mass. researchers and lawmakers

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By Bianca Garcia, Barbara Moran Verified
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Massachusetts researchers, public officials and scientific societies are pushing back against a Trump administration plan to assert more political influence over federal research grants. Scientific research is big business in the region, with hospitals, universities and other institutions employing thousands of federally-funded workers. Many are hoping to develop treatments for illnesses like Alzheimer's, cancers and rare diseases, or study the effects of climate change.
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