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What’s Wrong with My Swamp Milkweed?

April 29, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

Have you wondered what is causing milkweed leaves in your garden to look diseased?  The discoloration on the milkweed in the photo looks like a disease, but is actually caused by ground level ozone (GLO). GLO is a combination of pollutants emitted by cars, power plants, industrial boilers, chemical plants, and refineries. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity Tagged With: biodiversity, environment, environmental pollution, ground level ozone, Swamp milkweed

From Trashing Black Lives to Treasuring Each Other: A Journey from Incineration Toward Zero Waste

March 19, 2022 by Sari Leave a Comment

The second of two recent papers written by local students in support of Transition Town Media’s Zero Waste efforts, this post was submitted to us by Hasan Alquaid, a student […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Zero Waste Tagged With: Chester PA, Covanta, CRCQL, environmental injustice, environmental pollution, trash incineration, zero waste

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