Environment & Sustainability

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European Commission linked leather to deforestation, then ignored it

The clock is ticking in Brussels. By June 1, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, is set to receive feedback on its proposal to remove leather, hides and skins from the EU’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Officials, however, are trying…

NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety

5 min read NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety Alabama Forestry Commission wildland firefighter Jason Berry teaches NASA Wildland Fires Technology Program Manager Teresa Kauffman how to drive a fire bulldozer during a stakeholder event April 23-24 in Andalusia,…

Spacewalkers Back Inside Station After Science Hardware Work

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov installs a solar radiation experiment on the outside of the International Space Station during a spacewalk on May 27, 2026. NASA+ Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station…