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===== ‘It was filthy and it stank terribly’: how Europe’s dirtiest river was brought back to life ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/10/emscher-europe-dirtiest-river-nature-sewer-of-ruher by Ajit Niranjan 10/7/25 The Guardian] | |||
For more than a century, putrid fumes emanated from the “sewer of the Ruhr”, creating a pungent whiff that assaulted towns throughout Germany’s industrial heartland. | |||
===== A toxic California landmark could render parts of the state ‘uninhabitable’ ===== | |||
[https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/salton-sea-restoration-california-imperial-18556684.php by Ariana Bindman 18/12/23 SFGATE] | |||
Millions of dollars of federal government funding, however, may help prevent the disaster from getting even worse. | |||
===== Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/16/epa-local-governments-dont-report-air-pollution-wildfire-smoke-data-across-us by Molly Peterson 16/10/23 The Guardian] | |||
A legal loophole has allowed the US Environmental Protection Agency to strike pollution from clean air tallies in more than 70 counties, enabling local regulators to claim the air was cleaner than it really was for more than 21 million Americans. | |||
===== Microplastic-eating plankton may be worsening crisis in oceans, say scientists ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/09/microplastic-eating-plankton-worsening-crisis-oceans-plastic-pollution by Karen McVeigh 9/11/23 The Guardian] | |||
A type of zooplankton found in marine and fresh water can ingest and break down microplastics, scientists have discovered. But rather than providing a solution to the threat plastics pose to aquatic life, the tiny creatures known as rotifers could be accelerating the risk by splitting the particles into thousands of smaller and potentially more dangerous nanoplastics. | |||
===== Kabul On Course To Be World's First Capital To Run Out Of Water ===== | |||
[https://www.rferl.org/a/kabul-water-crisis-running-out-of-water-afghanistan-2025/33461892.html by Farangis Najibullah 6/7/25 RadioFreeEurope] | |||
Kabul could become the world’s first capital to run out of water completely, experts say, blaming the crisis on rapid population growth, climate change, and mismanagement. | |||
===== Scientists make disturbing discovery on the deepest parts of the seafloor: "Not a single inch of it is clean" ===== | |||
[https://www.earth.com/news/human-plastics-waste-found-deepest-part-mediterranean-ionian-sea-calypso-deep/ by Eric Ralls 7/6/25 earth.com] | |||
Videos of snagged sea turtles and bottle-strewn beaches have already ignited public concern, but those images barely hint at what sinks far below the reach of sunlight. | |||
===== Microplastic-eating plankton may be worsening crisis in oceans, say scientists ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/09/microplastic-eating-plankton-worsening-crisis-oceans-plastic-pollution by Karen McVeigh 9/11/23 The Guardian] | |||
A type of zooplankton found in marine and fresh water can ingest and break down microplastics, scientists have discovered. But rather than providing a solution to the threat plastics pose to aquatic life, the tiny creatures known as rotifers could be accelerating the risk by splitting the particles into thousands of smaller and potentially more dangerous nanoplastics. | |||
=====World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/24/world-unable-cope-10-years-talks-un-global-treaty-to-end-plastic-waste by Karen McVeigh 11/24/24 The Guardian] | |||
The world will be “unable to cope” with the sheer volume of plastic waste a decade from now unless countries agree to curbs on production, the co-chair of a coalition of key countries has warned ahead of crunch talks on curbing global plastic pollution. | |||
Speaking before the final, critical round of UN talks on the first global treaty to end plastic waste, in Busan, South Korea, this week, Norway’s minister for international development, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, acknowledged the split that had developed between plastic-producing countries and others. She represents more than 60 “high ambition” nations, led by Rwanda and Norway, who want plastic pollution tackled over its full life cycle. Crucially, this means clamping down heavily on production. | |||
===== Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives ===== | |||
[https://apnews.com/article/epa-zeldin-pollution-rules-analysis-savings-health-0a289aec2507ed38d386680afdd0ea45 by Seth Borenstein 5/6/25 AP] | |||
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would put a “dagger through the heart of climate-change religion” and introduce a “Golden Age” for the American economy. | |||
===== PFAS levels in ground and air could be higher than expected, research suggests ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/26/pfas-ground-air-pollution-study by Tom Perkins 26/5/23 The Guardian] | |||
Background levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in the ground and air may be much higher than previously thought, federal testing of spatially random soil samples from across New Hampshire suggests. | |||
===== Inside a plan to use AI to amplify doubts about the dangers of pollutants ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/jun/27/tony-cox-epidemiology-risk-assessment-chatgpt-ai by Dharna Noor 27/6/25 The Guardian] | |||
Louis Anthony “Tony” Cox Jr, a Denver-based risk analyst and former Trump adviser who once reportedly claimed there is no proof that cleaning air saves lives, is developing an AI application to scan academic research for what he sees as the false conflation of correlation with causation. | |||
===== Climate movement strikes back with first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit against EPA ===== | |||
[https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/climate-movement-first-of-its-kind-class-action-lawsuit-against-epa/ by Tracy J. Wholf 26/6/25 CBS NEWS] | |||
When Donald Trump won reelection, Jennifer Hadayia knew she'd need a good lawyer. As the executive director of Air Alliance Houston, an environmental nonprofit advocacy organization that works to reduce the risks of air pollution on public health, she had fought the first Trump administration in court already on a variety of issues. | |||
===== Glass Is the Real Threat”: New Study Finds Glass Bottles Leak 50x More Microplastics Than Plastic, Alarming Scientists Globally ===== | |||
[https://www.sustainability-times.com/research/glass-is-the-real-threat-new-study-finds-glass-bottles-leak-50x-more-microplastics-than-plastic-alarming-scientists-globally/#google_vignette by Eirwen Williams 26/6/25 SUSTAINABILITY TIMES] | |||
Recent research has revealed an unexpected source of microplastic contamination: glass bottles. While traditionally seen as a cleaner alternative to plastic, glass containers have been found to shed significantly more microplastics into beverages such as beer, soda, and lemonade. This discovery challenges conventional wisdom and raises questions about the safety of our everyday drinkware. | |||
===== New biodegradable plastics are compostable in your backyard ===== | |||
[https://phys.org/news/2023-07-biodegradable-plastics-compostable-backyard.amp by Sarah McQuate 10/7/23 PHYS ORG] | |||
We use plastics in almost every aspect of our lives. These materials are cheap to make and incredibly stable. The problem comes when we're done using something plastic—it can persist in the environment for years. Over time, plastic will break down into smaller fragments, called microplastics, that can pose significant environmental and health concerns. | |||
===== The Mekong is slowly dying. ===== | ===== The Mekong is slowly dying. ===== | ||
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==== Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies ==== | ===== Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies ===== | ||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/22/microplastics-revealed-in-placentas-unborn-babies Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies by The Guardian Damian Carrington Environment editor 12/22/2020] | [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/22/microplastics-revealed-in-placentas-unborn-babies Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies by The Guardian Damian Carrington Environment editor 12/22/2020] | ||
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Rainwater samples collected across Colorado and analyzed under a microscope contained a rainbow of plastic fibers, as well as beads and shards. The findings shocked Weatherbee, who had been collecting the samples in order to study nitrogen pollution. | Rainwater samples collected across Colorado and analyzed under a microscope contained a rainbow of plastic fibers, as well as beads and shards. The findings shocked Weatherbee, who had been collecting the samples in order to study nitrogen pollution. | ||
=====Mysterious oil spill threatens marine biodiversity haven in Brazil===== | =====Mysterious oil spill threatens marine biodiversity haven in Brazil===== | ||
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/mysterious-oil-spill-threatens-marine-biodiversity-haven-brazil | https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/mysterious-oil-spill-threatens-marine-biodiversity-haven-brazil | ||
