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Radioactive waste, baby bottles and Spam: the deep ocean has become a dumping ground
2024-03-12 in The GuardianThe long read: The ocean’s depths are not some remote alien realm, but are in fact intimately entangled with every other part of the planet. We should treat them that way
Tagged under: Plastic | Nuclear Power | Pollution | Oceans
‘Explosive growth’ in petrochemical production poses risks to human health
2024-03-06 in The GuardianNew report warns of deadly health risks from fossil fuel pollution, including alarming rise in neurodevelopmental issues
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Oil Industry | Pollution | Health
The US Buried Nuclear Waste Abroad. Climate Change Could Unearth It
2024-03-02 in WIRED MagazineA new report says melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from US nuclear projects in Greenland and the Marshall Islands.
Tagged under: Pollution | Sea Level | Greenland | Ice Melting | Nuclear Power
'This Is Terrible': Eco Emergency in Spain as Plastic Pellets Invade Coast
2024-01-10 in Common DreamsThe countless beads of plastic, which experts fear are toxic and harmful to marine life and people, are believed to have spilled from a cargo ship.
Tagged under: Marine Life | Pollution | Plastic | Spain
Fighting Dirty challenge over axing of pledge to test sewage sludge fertiliser for contaminants | Leigh Day
2024-01-04 (or before) in leighday.co.ukFighting Dirty launches legal challenge to the Environment Agency for axing commitment to require agricultural fertiliser sewage sludge to be tested for microplastics and forever chemicals.
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Pollution | PFAS aka Forever Chemicals | Activism
Congress shuts down state efforts to ban toxic chemicals
2023-11-04 (or before) in act.represent.usSurprise, surprise: the chemical industry’s fingerprints (and money) are all over it.
Tagged under: US Politics | Lobbying | Pollution
Milan plans to ban cars from city centre by mid 2024
2023-10-24 (or before) in EuronewsLevels of pollutants in Milan's air are almost four times the safe amount.
Tagged under: Pollution | Cars | Italy
Our most vulnerable communities are being poisoned — by the state
2023-08-25 in The HillIf poisoning predominantly Black communities with toxic emissions and industrial waste isn’t an act of racial discrimination, then what is?
Tagged under: Racism | Pollution
Shell Discovers Another Oil Leak After Resumption Of Forcados Export Facility
2023-08-23 by in Leadership News - Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspaper, Breaking News and moreNigeria’s oil production is facing another major challenge following discovery of another oil leak in a facility operated by oil major Shell.
Tagged under: Pollution | Shell | Nigeria
Deep sea mining is a recipe for certain disaster
2023-07-05 by in blueplanetsociety.orgRead more about marine conservation at Blue Planet Society.
Tagged under: Pollution | Oceans | Minerals | Mining
Oilsands waste is collected in sprawling toxic ponds. To clean them up, oil companies plan to pour water on them
2023-04-15 (or before) by in Breaking News - Headlines & Top Stories | The StarThe oil industry’s strategy to deal with a trillion litres of toxic goop is centred on a process even the Alberta Energy Regulator calls unproven. One top scientist describes the claim that water capping will return land to a natural state an an “impossible fantasy.”
Tagged under: Pollution | Oil Industry | Canada
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