How bad is drug pollution in the Hudson?

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How bad is drug pollution in the Hudson?

"Scientists are taking samples of the Hudson River this month to measure how much pharmaceutical pollution gets washed into the waterway during heavy rains and to pinpoint its source."

"Anti-depressants, blood pressure medicine, decongestants and other medicines have already been detected in the Hudson in preliminary samples. The latest round of testing is a larger sweep of the river at a time of the year when pollution overall is washing into the Hudson at a greater rate due to runoff and sewage overflows."

A Wet May

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Albany normally has 3.61 inches of rain during the month of May. This year, as of May 21st, there have been 3.73 inches of rain. They are expecting another 8/10th of inch of rain during this week. But we are long ways from 1953, when we had 8.91 inches of rain during the month of May.

By 2020, every Chinese coal plant will be more efficient than every US coal plant

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By 2020, every Chinese coal plant will be more efficient than every US coal plant

"The result is a report — authored by Melanie Hart, Luke Bassett, and Blaine Johnson — that offers the clearest picture yet of the big picture on coal in China. And a closer look, it turns out, utterly destroys the conservative argument. Far from sitting back and coasting while the US acts, China is waging an aggressive, multi-front campaign to clean up coal before eventually phasing it out — reducing emissions from existing plants, mothballing older plants, and raising standards for new plants. Unlike the US, it is on track to exceed its Paris carbon reduction commitments."