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Assessing environmental degradation from explosive weapons in southern Ukraine
Download Report (PDF | 1.78 MB) In our new report “Assessing environmental degradation in southern Ukraine,” Norwegian People’s Aid, and CEOBS highlight significant pollution, infrastructure damage, and threats to agriculture and ecosystems in Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. By documenting the impact of explosive weapons on soil, water, and biodiversity, the...
EPA’s Top Lawman Calls on Trump to Keep Enforcement Tough
The law professor who became the Biden administration’s top environmental cop has a warning for President-elect Donald Trump: going soft on enforcement will force the EPA to make hard choices about which communities deserve to be safeguarded and which don’t. “For whom are you going to cut environmental protection?” David...
UK farmland being contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’ linked to cancers, report finds
Sewage sludge spread on farmland is contaminating soils, water and potentially the food chain with “forever chemicals”, and whistleblowers from the Environment Agency say the systems in place to prevent such pollution are “not fit for purpose”. Watershed Investigations and the Guardian obtained samples of treated sewage sludge destined to...
Feds threaten enforcement takeover from DEP at mines with long violation history
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Whitehouse urges Bondi not to ignore the environment
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Francis Chung/POLITICO President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick vowed to be independent when a Democratic senator urged her not to put environmental enforcement on the backburner. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of...
Tackling microplastic pollution with a cross-society approach
Our reliance on plastic products, coupled with their longevity in the environment, where they break down into smaller fragments, has led to microplastic pollution becoming a global and ubiquitous problem. The management of microplastics is complex. Microplastics are diverse in their physical and chemical structure, have many routes to environmental...