Tag: pollution
Huge pollution footprint flows from commercial communications satellites in orbit
Scientists are asking if the United States is prepared to handle the impacts.
Trump administration dismantles pollution protections and deletes public data as EPA...
Environmental groups sue over deletion of climate and justice tools while polluters receive fast-tracked exemptions from EPA oversight.
Trump’s EPA cancels $20 billion in climate grants, dismantling key emissions...
Trump’s EPA cancels $20 billion in clean energy grants, halting programs aimed at reducing emissions and expanding renewable energy access in under served communities.
Microplastics in human placentas linked to premature births
Researchers analyzed 175 placentas collected at both term and preterm, or under 37 weeks of pregnancy, and measured the amounts of 12 different microplastics and nanoplastics.
Decades of toxic pollution: New lawsuit targets Chemours for illegal PFAS...
West Virginia community fights back as Chemours’ PFAS pollution persists.
Nearly one-third of US residents exposed to dangerous, unregulated contaminants in...
“Ultimately, we need to do a better job at protecting source waters and reducing discharges of pollutants into water bodies that feed into our drinking water supplies.”
Microplastics in dolphin breath raises concerns in new study
The study found a total of 54 unique particles across all of the exhalation samples when the animals came up for air.
Advertising industry has over a thousand contracts with polluting industries: Report
Campaign group’s newest report underlines the scope of the ad and PR sector’s ongoing relationships with fossil fuel companies.
Breakthrough in PFAS cleanup: New method destroys toxic ‘forever chemicals’
This innovative method breaks down these persistent pollutants into harmless
New report finds Tyson Foods dumped pollutants into US waterways for...
The wastewater analyzed consisted of pathogens and microorganisms and slaughterhouse byproducts, such as body parts of animals, feces and blood.
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Hundreds dead from hunger in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to empty the strip
As children die from hunger and medicine shortages, global outrage mounts over what critics call a campaign of extermination in Gaza, enabled by U.S. policy and a vision of forced displacement.
The country Trump seems dead set on imitating
The Trump administration has begun offering wealthy foreigners the chance to emigrate to the U.S. if they fork over $5 million for a so-called gold card—an alternative to the “green card.”
Elon Musk has the blood of 19 Kentuckians on his hands
DOGE cuts are killing Americans.
Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ slashes healthcare and food aid while delivering massive tax cuts...
New CBO analysis confirms steep losses for poorest Americans under GOP-backed plan as Medicaid, SNAP, and public programs are gutted to fund tax cuts for the top 1 percent.
States can take meaningful climate action, even without federal support: Study
The team also found that there was potential for state efforts to impact pollution in neighboring states.