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How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science

The first time Donald Trump was president, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency developed a regulation known as the “science transparency” rule. The administration liked to call it the “secret science” rule.

The Conversation

Paris wants to grant the River Seine legal personhood to better protect it from pollution

Meanwhile, people will be allowed to swim in the Seine's cleaner waters in a month’s time.

Euronews

How to design landscapes that enhance natural sounds and minimise noise pollution

Sounds are integral parts of any landscape. Think of the calls of grouse and curlew on the Pennine Moors. Wind sieving through reed beds in the Norfolk Broads. Church bells chiming out over the hustle and bustle of central London. Every locale across the Earth, beneath our oceans, lakes and…

The Conversation

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‘Shadows of indifference’: EU faces heat over inaction on pollution from Italy’s biggest steel plant

The European Commission has been accused of misconduct over its handling of toxic pollution from Ilva, once Europe's largest steel plant.

Euronews

New plastic that dissolves in seawater raises hopes for tackling ocean pollution

Japanese researchers say new material can dissolve completely in saltwater or moist soil without leaving behind harmful microplastics

The Independent UK

New Mexico appeals court rejects lawsuit against oil and gas regulators

A New Mexico appeals court has rejected a lawsuit alleging that the nation’s No. 2 oil state failed to meet constitutional provisions for protecting against oil and gas industry pollution

The Independent UK

Interim water review ‘not the finishing line’ to fix failures, campaigners warn

The independent commission said the water sector in England and Wales needs a ‘fundamental reset’ as it published the interim report on Tuesday.

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Air Quality Expert Steve Fontaine Explains The Relationship Between Indoor Air Quality and Student Health and Academic Performance

According to Fontaine, Indoor air pollution is an invisible yet powerful barrier to student success. Schools must prioritize air quality to support both health and cognitive development.

International Business Times

9 States Where Vehicle Inspections Are Getting More Invasive

Did you know that not every state requires you to have your car inspected on a regular basis? Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, South Carolina, and South Dakota don’t make residents get vehicle inspections. However, in states where inspections are necessary, the “powers that be” seem to be overstepping more…

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Chelsea neighbours vent anger over £100m tech tycoon's plans for 'vanity' mega-basement

Local residents have hit out at the plans, claiming they will bring ‘un-ending havoc and pollution’

Evening Standard

South-west London drivers could be fined £100 for leaving engines running under pollution crackdown

Richmond Council is considering introducing a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) across the borough to tackle idling vehicles

Evening Standard

Is Buying a Used Car Better For The Environment Than Buying an EV?

In the quest for eco-friendly transportation, consumers often face a challenging decision: is it more environmentally responsible to continue driving a used gasoline-powered car or to invest in a new electric vehicle (EV)? While EVs are lauded for their zero tailpipe emissions, the production process, particularly battery manufacturing, carries a…

Clever Dude

Winds push smoke from Canadian wildfires south into US and worsen air quality

Air quality in some parts of the United States is worsening as smoke from dozens of wildfires in Canada travels south, pushed by winds high in the atmosphere

The Independent UK

Fears for heritage site as gas plant expansion approved

The fallout from a decision to extend the life of a massive gas project continues with accusations of a political cover-up over a scientific report.

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What goes up must come down: How megaconstellations like SpaceX's Starlink network pose a grave safety threat to us on Earth

Thousands of satellites with incredibly short lifetimes are being sent up into low Earth orbit. When they fall back down they're fireballs of pollution — and what doesn't burn up hits the ground.

LiveScience

'No radio astronomy from the ground would be possible anymore': Satellite mega-swarms are blinding us to the cosmos — and a critical 'inflection point' is approaching

Invisible radiation leaking out of private satellites, like SpaceX's Starlink spacecraft, is disrupting radio astronomers' ability to detect important signals from across the universe. If left unchecked, we could reach an "inflection point" beyond which we can no longer properly study the cosmos, researchers warn.

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Australia’s emissions up slightly in 2024 as Labor faces heat over ‘climate-wrecking’ gas project

Greens leader accuses Albanese government of failing two climate tests: pollution on the rise and approving extension for North West Shelf

The Guardian - UK

Researchers create system to log air quality impacts of moorland fires

Peak District pilot scheme combines satellite data with sensors on the ground to measure particle pollution

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The Independent UK

Schoolchildren struggling with headaches and vomiting from oil and gas plant pollution

Residents say they can smell ‘rotten egg with propane’ emanating from nearby natural gas wells

The Conversation

How the North West Shelf expansion risks further damage to Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art

Yesterday, new environment minister Murray Watt approved an extension for the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project. The gas plant at Karratha, Western Australia, will run until 2070.

Radio France Internationale

Rigged diesel cars caused 16,000 deaths in France, study says

Diesel engines fitted with illegal software to cheat pollution tests have caused 16,000 deaths in France since 2009, according to the first study to calculate the human cost of the "Dieselgate" scandal that exposed widespread fraud by car manufacturers.

The Guardian - UK

Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers

The list of everyday pollutants is a long one, and they could be as damaging to our water ecosystems as sewage spills

The Conversation

UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern’ at the state of the Great Barrier Reef

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has again raised grave fears for the future of the Great Barrier Reef, highlighting the problems of water pollution, climate change and unsustainable fishing.

The Independent UK

Oil and gas have boomed in New Mexico. Its schools are contending with pollution’s effects

Natural gas has become a go-to fuel for power plants from coast to coast, sometimes replacing dirtier coal-fired plants and, by extension, improving air quality

The Conversation

From soil to slugs to songbirds – how plastic is moving through ecosystems

For many people, “plastic pollution” calls to mind pictures of turtles and other marine life drowning in single-use plastic bottles and discarded fishing nets. My own research looks at how the same story is playing out on land.

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