The Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for Polluters
The EPA has proposed a rule change that would let states decide how much input the public has on air…
Toxic for 100 years: the UK golf course built on chemical waste
Malkins Bank golf course in Cheshire, which had previously been a tip where hazardous chemical waste was indiscriminately dumped. Photograph:…
‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?
‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat? Scorching summer of 2003…
DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI’s polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral…
A solar-powered rubbish-eating boat? The vessel chomping plastic waste out of the sea
The Interceptor system, seen here in LA’s Ballona Creek, was invented by Ocean Cleanup, a global non-profit dedicated to ridding…
It has the highest levels of toxic Pfas in drinking water in Scotland. But how did this remote island become awash with forever chemicals?
A seal emerges from the seafoam in the waters around Fair Isle. Photograph: Daniel ShailerScientists believe they may now have…
Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study
Trees sway in high winds as the Eaton fire rips through Altadena, California, on 8 January last year. Photograph: Ethan…
Blossoming among spoil heaps: how 1,000 years of lead mining gave birth to banks of pansies and pennycress
A mountain pansy at Briarwood Banks, one of the increasingly rare calaminarian grasslands in Northumberland. These ‘metallophyte’ plants have adapted…
‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’
Puncak Jaya glacier ‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’ Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last…