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Cape Anti-Pollution Group Targets Thin Plastic Bags

Matthew McDonald

Banning thin-film plastic bags is one of the top priorities of a group seeking to reduce pollution on Cape Cod.

Also identified were getting people to carry out their trash wherever they go, reducing contaminants in storm water runoff from roads from getting into the aquifer below ground, reducing cigarette butts, and getting pet owners to remove dog waste, according to the Cape Cod Times.

Kids Skipping School To Fight Climate Change? Massachusetts Teachers Association Gives Green Light
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Kids Skipping School To Fight Climate Change? Massachusetts Teachers Association Gives Green Light

NBP Staff

The largest teachers union in Massachusetts is endorsing a planned Youth Climate Strike this week, in which students plan to skip school to demand implementation of the Green New Deal.

The board of directors of the Massachusetts Teachers Association unanimously passed a motion supporting the strike, according to the union.

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