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EPA Proposes That Major Polluters No Longer Report Their Emissions

by Emily Gardner 12 September 202515 September 2025

The EPA proposed today that approximately 8,000 polluting facilities, including oil refineries, power plants, and steel mills, should no longer be required to report their greenhouse gas emissions.

Two people wearing waders stand in a river holding orange trash bags. Between them is a cage flanked by two lines of buoys, which have funneled trash into the cage.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How North Carolina Trash Traps Could Help Inform Policy

by Rebecca Owen 11 September 202511 September 2025

Staff and volunteers at Waterkeepers collected and categorized more than 150,000 pieces of trash from the state’s waterways, the vast majority of which were plastic.

Farmer in a greenhouse
Posted inOpinions

Protein-Powered Biosensors with a Nose for Environmental Ills

by Ishani Ray and Smita Mohanty 8 September 20258 September 2025

Odorant-binding proteins derived from pigs, bovines, and other animals are the next frontier in localized, climate-smart sensing of pesticide spills, greenhouse gas precursors, and more.

A satellite image of northwestern Europe at night shows several urban centers that appear as bright clusters of light.
Posted inNews

Artificial Light Lengthens the Urban Growing Season

by Caroline Hasler 18 July 202518 July 2025

New research shows that artificial light at night lengthens the plant growing season in cities, overshadowing the effect of high urban temperatures.

Blue-and-white plastic bag on a beach
Posted inNews

Policy Success: Fees and Bans on Plastic Bags Reduce Beach Trash

by Rebecca Owen 14 July 202514 July 2025

Regardless of the patchwork of regulations aimed at limiting plastic bag use in the United States, new research indicates that such legislation does, indeed, limit the number of plastic bags found on beaches.

A burned-out car and surrounding trees are in an area that was recently burned by a wildfire.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What’s Changed—and What Hasn’t—Since the EPA’s Endangerment Finding

by Rebecca Owen 24 June 202530 July 2025

A scientist-authored brief played a role in the 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. With the finding now up for reconsideration, the same scientists revisit their opinion.

An aerial view of a power plant.
Posted inResearch & Developments

EPA Proposes Removal of Carbon Dioxide Limits on Power Plants

by Grace van Deelen 12 June 202512 June 2025

On 11 June, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to repeal federal limits on power plant carbon emissions, including a Biden-era rule requiring power plants to control 90% of their carbon pollution and a 2015 standard limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new fossil fuel-fired power plants.

Image reportedly showing the failure of a mine waste storage facility at the Tawau gold mine in Bukit Mantri, Malaysia.
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Bukit Mantri: a mine waste facility failure in Malaysia

by Dave Petley 12 June 202512 June 2025

On 17 May 2025, a failure occurred in a mine waste facility at the Tawau gold mine in Malaysia. Images suggest that this might have been an overtopping event in a contaminated water storage pond. On 17 May 2025, there was a failure of a mine waste storage facility at Bukit Mantri in Malaysia. The […]

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Is Your Shampoo Washing Up in Antarctica?

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 3 June 20253 June 2025

Researchers have found chemicals from personal care products like shampoo, deodorant, and laundry soap in Antarctic snow.

The Taj Mahal is cloaked in a haze of pollution, making the edges of buildings and vegetation blurry.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Heat and Pollution Events Are Deadly, Especially in the Global South

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 14 May 202514 May 2025

Researchers found that the combination of heat waves and high PM2.5 pollution led to nearly 700,000 premature deaths in the past 30 years—most of which occurred in the Global South.

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