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High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:00:07 +0000

Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water

High levels of a toxic “forever chemical” have been found in cereal products across Europe because of its presence in pesticides.

The most contaminated food is breakfast cereal, according to a study by Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN), with average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water.

New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:01:04 +0000

Pace of area’s temperature rise, outpaced in US only by Alaskan Arctic, apparently increased in past five years

The US region called New England is widely known for its colonial history, maple syrup and frigid, snow-bound winters. Many of these norms are in the process of being upended, however, by a rapidly altering climate, with new research finding the area is heating up faster than almost anywhere else on Earth.

How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:00:05 +0000

Nootka lupins, introduced in the 1940s to repair damaged soil, are rampaging across the island, threatening its native species

It was only when huge areas of Iceland started turning purple that authorities realised they had made a mistake. By then, it was too late. The Nootka lupin, native to Alaska, had coated the sides of fjords, sent tendrils across mountain tops and covered lava fields, grasslands and protected areas.

UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:01:58 +0000

Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded

Record heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded, analysis has estimated.

Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:04:09 +0000

Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles

Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for tens of millions of new gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.

The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:00:34 +0000

Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentives

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For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90m acres – about the size of Montana – and goes into everything from livestock feed and processed foods to the ethanol blended into most of the nation’s gasoline.

The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:00:34 +0000

Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentives

This article was produced in partnership with Floodlight

‘Holy crap, this is insane’: mineworkers describe being caught in huge outback dust storm

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:13:22 +0000

Massive cloud over Tanami desert in Northern Territory reminiscent of Uluru, onlookers say

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Lachlan Marchant and his colleagues were driving their golf buggies back to their shed when they saw the earth sweeping towards them.

More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:00:29 +0000

Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds

More than 520 chemicals have been found in English soils, including pharmaceutical products and toxins that were banned decades ago, because of the practice of spreading human waste to fertilise arable land.

‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:00:28 +0000

Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planet

Soon after I returned home to Altamira from Cop30, I found myself talking about dinosaurs, meteors and “ambassadors of harm” with Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva.