Earth Day amid pandemic highlights progress, problems
Air is cleaner but sidewalks littered with face masks
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An old CRT television is dumped next to cardboard recycling bins at the park at ride site at Route 32 and Elm Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Bethlehem, N.Y. Cardboard recycling has increased as online shopping has expanded duriing the pandemic. But illegal dumping has also been an issue. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of9Buy PhotoAtmospheric sciences professor Matthias Vuille is seen at a computer in his office at University at Albany on Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. Vuille has tracked CO2 levels going down at the start of the COVID 19 pandemic and then coming back up. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less