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Drinking water contaminated with Pfas probably increases risk of infant mortality, study finds

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:00:47 +0000

Study of 11,000 births in New Hampshire shows residents’ reproductive outcomes near contaminated sites

Drinking water contaminated with Pfas chemicals probably increases the risk of infant mortality and other harm to newborns, a new peer-reviewed study of 11,000 births in New Hampshire finds.

The first-of-its-kind University of Arizona research found drinking well water down gradient from a Pfas-contaminated site was tied to an increase in infant mortality of 191%, pre-term birth of 20%, and low-weight birth of 43%.

The Guardian view on solar geoengineering: Africa has a point about this risky technology | Editorial

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:08:03 +0000

Sun-dimming risks putting the planet’s thermostat under Donald Trump’s control. Better to adopt the precautionary principle with high-stakes science

‘It’s Scotland’s energy’: SNP to focus on renewables in Holyrood election

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:05:05 +0000

Leader John Swinney says independence could cut household energy bills by a third in the long term

The future of Scottish renewables will underpin the Scottish National party’s Holyrood election campaign, the party leader, John Swinney, has said, as he claimed independence could cut household energy bills by a third in the long term.

Cornish activist injured as police remove her from tree-felling protest

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:30:33 +0000

Charity worker had joined 40 demonstrators ‘bearing witness’ to the loss of three lime trees in Falmouth

A charity worker suffered a head injury when police tried to remove her from a protest against trees being felled in a Cornish seaside town.

Debs Newman, 60, was “bearing witness” to the loss of three mature lime trees in Falmouth when she was seized by officers.

White storks to make historic return to London in 2026

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:46 +0000

Species extinct as breeding birds in Britain since 1416 to be reintroduced in Barking and Dagenham as part of rewilding effort

Above the roar of traffic, the rumble of the tube and the juddering construction noise of a towering new datacentre in Dagenham, east London, will soon rise a beautiful and unlikely melody: the bill-clattering of white storks.

The birds will next year make a historic return to the UK capital as part of an ambitious rewilding effort to bring charismatic nature into busy city communities.

Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:46 +0000

Blazes in NSW and Tasmania have already led to a firefighter losing his life and close to 40 homes being destroyed as an ominous fire season begins

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Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:41 +0000

At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline

Last week, the United Kingdom did something all too rare: it chose leadership by backing science and prioritizing public safety. The Labour government announced it would ban new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, strengthen a windfall tax and accelerate phasing out of fossil-fuel subsidies.

More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:00:40 +0000

Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis

A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new datacenters in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis.

‘Zombie’ electricity projects in Britain face axe to ease quicker grid connections

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:00:44 +0000

Backlog delaying ‘shovel-ready’ ventures will be cleared with aim of building virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030

Britain’s energy system operator is pulling the plug on hundreds of electricity generation projects to clear a huge backlog that is stopping “shovel-ready” schemes from connecting to the power grid.

Perceived fairness of conservation decision-making more strongly influenced by absence than presence of procedural equity criteria

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 08 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00174-x

Perceived fairness of conservation decision-making more strongly influenced by absence than presence of procedural equity criteria