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As Earth Day turns 50, green movement faces fresh challenges

by Associated Press
| April 21, 2020 10:03 AM

BOSTON (AP) — Gina McCarthy remembers the way things used to be: Tar balls clinging to her legs after swimming in Boston Harbor. The Merrimack River colored bright blue and green by textile mill chemicals. Black smoke everywhere.

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