The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action…
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US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking water
The US Environmental Protection Agency has set legally enforceable drinking water limits for a group of the most dangerous PFAS compounds, marking what public health…
View More US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking waterMoon Standard Time? Nasa to create lunar-centric time reference system
The White House wants Nasa to figure out how to tell time on the moon. A memo sent on Tuesday from the head of the…
View More Moon Standard Time? Nasa to create lunar-centric time reference system‘A harrowing summer’: extreme weather costs hit US as 60m under heat alerts
The spiraling costs of extreme weather in the US are hitting hard as more than 60 million Americans are under heat alerts this week, experts…
View More ‘A harrowing summer’: extreme weather costs hit US as 60m under heat alertsBiden administration seeks to limit deadly air pollution
The Biden administration is proposing lower limits for a deadly air pollutant, saying tougher standards for soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands…
View More Biden administration seeks to limit deadly air pollution‘We need to get China’: John Kerry calls for return to bilateral climate talks
John Kerry has urged China to return to the negotiating table with the US on the climate crisis to kickstart stalled global progress on cutting…
View More ‘We need to get China’: John Kerry calls for return to bilateral climate talksCan Nasa persuade Russia to back International Space Station plans?
The deadline for the decommissioning of the International Space Station (ISS) is worryingly close, and there is a danger that the commercial replacements the US…
View More Can Nasa persuade Russia to back International Space Station plans?Cop26: world poised for big leap forward on climate crisis, says John Kerry
The world is poised to make a big leap forward at the UN Cop26 climate summit, with world leaders “sharpening their pencils” to make fresh…
View More Cop26: world poised for big leap forward on climate crisis, says John KerryBiden suspends Trump-era oil drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
The Biden administration has reversed plans approved by Donald Trump to allow companies to drill for oil and gas in Alaska’s Arctic national wildlife refuge,…
View More Biden suspends Trump-era oil drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge‘Negotiating with your worst enemy’: Biden in risky talks to pay Brazil to save Amazon
The US is negotiating a multi-billion dollar climate deal with Brazil that observers fear could help the reelection of president Jair Bolsonaro and reward illegal…
View More ‘Negotiating with your worst enemy’: Biden in risky talks to pay Brazil to save Amazon