America's dumbest crop: grass
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Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap
15 votes -
How Denmark plans to roll out the world's first cow burp tax – government is investing billions in technologies to help farmers cut livestock emissions
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In Norway's far north, members of the Sámi minority and environmental activists are trying to block the construction of a copper mine
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'I can't drink the water' - Life next to a US data centre
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When the Swedish town of Kallinge discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of PFAS, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children's future
21 votes -
Bergen in Norway has been building one of the world's most advanced trash systems, using vacuum tubes to whisk waste away
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Citing illegal pollution US racial justice nonprofit NAACP calls for emergency shutdown of Elon Musk's supercomputer in Memphis
21 votes -
Smoke to pour into the US as Canada wildfires force province’s largest evacuation in ‘living memory’
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The crypto racket - public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution
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xAI is running generators without pollution controls in Memphis
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Thousands of falling satellites put the atmosphere at risk
21 votes -
Arctic haze induced by an Icelandic volcanic eruption – evidence from China's highest-resolution trace gas monitoring
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Norway's capital is known for its green policies and widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Why does the city still struggle with air pollution?
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Clobazam, an anti-anxiety drug, is polluting our waterways – Swedish study found traces of the drug had altered the way wild Atlantic salmon migrate
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Aerosols: Airborne particles in Earth's atmosphere (2012)
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Swedish study finds surprising number of environmental pollutants in hedgehogs, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and heavy metals
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From sewage and scum to swimming in ‘blue gold’: how Switzerland transformed its rivers
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Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11billion investor-state dispute settlement.
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Norway's environment minister has ruled out a ban on open-net fish farming at sea despite acknowledging that the wild North Atlantic salmon is under “existential threat”
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Coal was on its way out. But surging US electricity demand is keeping it alive.
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Wildfire smoke is always toxic. LA's is even worse. Experts expect long term health impacts.
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Oslo leads in quiet, low-emission electric construction – drop in decibels is welcome side-effect of goal to keep city-managed construction projects free from toxic emissions
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These nearly silent wind turbines have owl-inspired ‘feathers’
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Growing pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say
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Finland first in world to ban cargo ships from dumping untreated sewage
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Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are creating noise pollution that threatens return of Norway's whales
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Delhi shuts schools, bans construction as pollution levels hit new high
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US Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration announces $3 billion of investments in clean ports
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Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise – centre-right coalition government says consumption already below EU target
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More US states ban PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ in more products
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Victims of toxic waste dump in Ivory Coast still seeking justice
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‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
32 votes -
Cement is a big polluter. Heidelberg Materials in Norway is betting it can profit from carbon capture that will reduce the carbon dioxide.
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Comprehensive bipartisan plastics recycling bill tackles plastics pollution in US
27 votes -
Large wildfires choke 60% of Brazil and large chunks of neighboring countries in smoke
17 votes -
New filtration material could remove long-lasting chemicals from water
6 votes -
US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $76 million closing legacy oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania
16 votes -
Ocean plastics: How much do rich countries contribute by shipping their waste overseas?
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Eleven on trial in Sweden's largest environmental crime case – Bella Nilsson's company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste
23 votes -
Heidelberg Materials' cement plant in Norway will be the first of a handful around the world to capture carbon in the production of cement
16 votes -
Industrial emissions poised to become largest US carbon source
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US Environmental Protection Agency awards $4.3 billion to fund projects in thirty states to reduce climate pollution
28 votes -
Ecuador river is granted the right to not be polluted in historic court case
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Turning brownfields to blooming meadows, with the help of fungi
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Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital
24 votes -
Trees blamed for air pollution
10 votes -
AI is exhausting the power grid. Tech firms are seeking a miracle solution.
21 votes -
Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil well, continuing a troubling trend
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Canada’s fire season erupts, sending harmful smoke into United States
20 votes