UN votes to support action on climate change despite US opposition
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May 21, 2026, 7:11 am By EHN Curators
Plastic in Antarctica harbors bacteria with antibiotic resistance, raising concerns among scientists…‘Practical stewardship’: House Republicans release Interior-EPA spending bill
May 21, 2026, 6:51 am By EHN Curators
The fiscal 2027 legislation’s cuts are smaller than the White House proposed. The bill also…Starbucks cold plastic cups don’t make it to recycling, probe finds
May 21, 2026, 6:42 am By EHN Curators
New findings from an anti-plastics group suggests that recycling efforts in the U.S. continue to…Plastic food and drink packaging ‘world’s most common coastal litter’
May 21, 2026, 6:34 am By EHN Curators
A global study finds wrappers, bottles and lids on shorelines of 93% of countries analyzed as UN…Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings without fossil fuels. It involves … sewage?
May 20, 2026, 1:26 pm By EHN Curators
Heating and cooling skyscrapers requires a lot of fossil fuels. Now, Denver, Colorado is trying a…'Be a PleniDude’: How an Italian oil giant conquered TikTok
May 20, 2026, 1:24 pm By EHN Curators
Aspiring influencers share pro-industry climate messaging after attending six-week content creation…Your carbon footprint is only half the story
May 20, 2026, 1:20 pm By EHN Curators
A pioneering study introduces a parallel metric, the plastic particle footprint — and uses it to…Staff at Canadian Armed Forces base say contamination made them sick
May 20, 2026, 1:17 pm By EHN Curators
Employees say toxics at the Canadian Armed Forces base in Moose Jaw caused cancers, neurological…British residents find chemicals 43k times water standard
May 20, 2026, 1:12 pm By EHN Curators
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he will "make sure" that the "appropriate steps are taken"…EU is failing to cut pesticide use
May 20, 2026, 1:09 pm By EHN Curators
With binding cut targets scrapped, the European Union's pledge to halve pesticide use is stalling…Scientists use smartwatch data to track the hidden health effects of air pollution
May 20, 2026, 10:38 am By EHN Curators
A pilot study found that wearable devices and GPS tracking can reveal real-time health effects from…Climate change is weakening staple foods in Black diets
May 20, 2026, 10:22 am By EHN Curators
Air pollution has made staple crops in the Black diet less nutritious, but urban farmers are cooking…Outer Banks village makes bid to save houses from the sea
May 20, 2026, 7:35 am By EHN Curators
Houses on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in recent years almost routinely fall into the ocean.…Tesla’s semi truck could jolt the trucking industry
May 20, 2026, 7:23 am By EHN Curators
California truckers have expressed strong interest in the Tesla Semi because it costs much less and…How big can solar go? These 3 projects show us the gigascale future
May 20, 2026, 7:07 am By EHN Curators
A handful of sensationally large developments are underway around the world, testing just how big…See the undersea blob of warm water that may spark a super El Niño
May 20, 2026, 6:58 am By EHN Curators
A 9,000-mile freight train of warm water could contribute to one of the strongest El Niño events on…UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns
May 20, 2026, 6:46 am By EHN Curators
Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures are forecast to…Fish and Wildlife Service clears a weedkiller, saying it won’t cause extinction
May 20, 2026, 6:18 am By Jim Germond
The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that…Study: Tiny bacteria could ‘eat’ water-borne microplastics
May 20, 2026, 6:09 am By EHN Curators
A study published in 2025 in the journal FEMS Microbiology Ecology found that certain microbes that…
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