Environment

Nearly half of US prisons draw water likely contaminated with toxic PFAS – report | PFAS

Nearly half of US prisons draw water from sources likely contaminated with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, new research finds. At…

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Why are so many of India’s elephants being hit by trains? | Endangered species

Lying on a mound of soft sand inside the nursery, Bani looks like a spoilt child being indulged. Two members…

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US meat lobby delighted at ‘positive’ prospects for industry after Cop28 | Meat industry

Lobbyists for the world’s biggest meat companies have lauded a better than expected outcome at Cop28, which they say left…

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Russia declares federal emergency over floods after dam bursts | Russia

Russia’s government has declared flooding in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, with preparations for possible flooding under way in…

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World Bank’s funding of ‘hog hotel’ factory farms under fire over climate effect | World Bank

The private sector arm of the World Bank is facing claims that it contributes to global heating and the undermining…

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US braces for cicadas by the trillion as two broods of periodic insects coincide | Insects

They look a little like cockroaches and have bulging orange eyes, and trillions of them are about to erupt from…

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Investigation under way after gas pipeline off Victorian coast ruptures | Australia news

The offshore oil and gas regulator is investigating after an undersea gas pipeline ruptured off the Victorian coast, causing a…

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Brussels ‘must copy London’s low emissions zones’ and save 900 lives a year, experts plead | Belgium

More than 100 doctors and environmentalists in Brussels have called on their politicians to follow London and Paris and take…

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Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases | Greenhouse gas emissions

The levels of the three most important heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached new record highs again last year, US…

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Swiss farmers dump dead sheep in protest against rising wolf numbers | Switzerland

Farmers in Switzerland dumped the carcasses of sheep that were killed by wolves in front of a regional government building…

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