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Jacob Aere

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As seen in: KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA), Flipboard, KPBS Midday Edition, NewsBreak, The Coast News, KPBS Roundtable
Multimedia reporter @npr + @pbs member station @kpbs | 🇨🇦 Vancouver born ➡️ San Diego raised 🏝 | ⚾️ aficionado
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County proposes 6 additional food distribution sites in response to federal changes

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By Jacob Aere Verified
| KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA) Verified
In front of the County Administration Center in downtown San Diego Thursday, Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe was joined by the leaders of two San Diego food banks. They said federal policy has created a food crisis. “When you add the combined effects of a partial government shutdown and a new federal fiscal budget, our food distributions have been averaging 230,000 households a month and climbing,” said Feeding San Diego CEO Bob Kamensky.
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Nurdle count shows scope of small plastic bead pollution in San Diego County and beyond

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By Jacob Aere Verified
| KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA) Verified
The 2026 International Plastic Pellet Count shows the tiny plastic beads are polluting waterways all over the world. The report released Tuesday said over 1 million so-called "nurdles" were found, with over 15,000 across California. “We do the count as a way to show this really is a problem," Jenn Engstrom said. "They’re clear so they can really easily blend into the sand along beaches so you often don't know they’re there.” Engstrom directs the CALPIRG Education Fund, which took part in the count.
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Nurdle count shows scope of small plastic bead pollution in San Diego County and beyond

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By Jacob Aere Verified, Matthew Bowler Verified
| Flipboard
Microplastics 1 hour ago What happens to microplastics when swallowed? In earthworms, they do not leave the digestive tract canplastics.com • 1h Photo Credit: Adobe Stock/New Africa Globally, humanity now produces a staggering 450 million tonnes of plastic every year.
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