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Scraping a Living

On a Brooklyn street, Laurentino Marin doesn’t stop to admire the Halloween decorations. Like every morning, the Mexican is busy filling a shopping cart with used cans and plastic bottles, which he will exchange for a few dollars. Marin, who is 80, is one of New York’s estimated 10,000 “canners”, mostly older migrants from Latin America and China who scrape a living sorting and recycling plastics and aluminium.

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Remove waste burning from Tonko’s clean-energy bill

The bill’s definition of the kinds of “clean energy” that would qualify for federal subsidies includes fossil fuels and the incineration of “post-recycled municipal waste,” food waste, lawn trimmings, and construction debris.

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California Eyeing Biden Resolution to Dozens of Trump Lawsuits

It’s no secret California and the Trump administration are often at odds—which many times has led to the courtroom. The Golden State has sued the president and his agencies 106 times over the past four years, more than any other state.

With President-elect Joe Biden (D) set to take over the White House in January, California is looking over its lingering cases.

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