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By Elizabeth Hogan My every day during this strange experience of quarantine and pandemic is largely spent – as it is for many of us – in front of a laptop. Almost all of my time at my computer has been focused on combatting the latest efforts of the plastic industry to exploit COVID-19 to reverse regulations on plastic bans and fees, which limit ocean plastic pollution. The plastic industry is asking state and city governments to reverse the laws that do so much good for th

Three Fascinating Animals Extinct In The Wild,  On Exhibit At The Zoo Right now, people are flocking to the Zoo to see a cuddly, chubby, toddler: giant panda cub Bao Bao. I’d be the first to admit that she sure is cute — I was fairly panda-agnostic before she was born, but now I’m as besotted as everyone else. But what sometimes gets missed in all the fuss over the fubsy is that she’s also part of an important conservation story: Giant pandas are an endangered species. Fewer