Environment & Sustainability

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Race to find source of carcinogenic Pfas in Cumbria and Lancashire waters

Exclusive: High levels of banned ‘forever chemical’ have been detected in rivers and groundwater at 25 sites A string of toxic pollution hotspots has been uncovered across Cumbria and Lancashire, with high levels of the banned cancer-causing “forever chemical” Pfos…

Following Confidence Test, NASA Continues Artemis II Data Review

The sun sets behind NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Sam Lott As part of robustly testing the vehicle prior to flight, NASA engineers are reviewing…

Elon Musk’s xAI faces second lawsuit over toxic pollutants from datacenter

NAACP alleges artificial intelligence firm is violating Clean Air Act and polluting Black communities in Mississippi Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is facing a second lawsuit alleging it is illegally emitting toxic pollutants from its enormous datacenters, which house…

When environmental reporting has to outlast the news cycle

In parts of Africa most affected by biodiversity loss and climate stress, the problem is not an absence of events worth reporting. It is the difficulty of translating slow-moving ecological change, fragmented governance and contested evidence into journalism that travels…