"Va. Communities Resist Sewage Sludge On Farm Land As PFAS Concerns Grow
"As worry mounts about health risks from exposure to ‘forever chemicals,’ Virginia communities push for testing and limits for biosolids"
Source: Virginia Mercury, 11/26/2025
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FDA Yanks Proposal Requiring Talc-Containing Cosmetics To Test For Asbestos
"The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 11/26/2025"Mumbai Families Suffer As Datacentres Keep The City Hooked On Coal"
"As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants"
Source: Guardian, 11/26/2025"‘Climate Smart’ Beef? After A Lawsuit, Tyson Agrees To Drop The Label."
"Advocates say a recent settlement is a win in the fight to hold industrial ag giants accountable."
Source: Grist, 11/26/2025Rolling Sand Dunes Creeping Up On Last Remaining Oases On Edge Of Sahara
"In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the world"
Source: Guardian, 11/26/2025"With Turkey as Next COP Host, Climate Talks Again Go to Authoritarians"
"United Nations climate officials announced Thursday that Turkey will host the 2026 Conference of Parties, COP31, making it the fourth time in five years that the climate talks are held in a country under authoritarian rule."
Source: Newsweek, 11/25/2025"Some Park Rangers Are Still Owed Pay After the Shutdown"
"Federal workers were guaranteed back pay once the government reopened. Some at the National Park Service are still waiting."
Source: NYTimes, 11/25/2025Tracking Down Orphaned, Possibly Leaking, Oil And Gas Wells In The Parks
"An unknown number of abandoned oil and gas wells dot the National Park System, but the one at Cuyahoga Valley National Park revealed itself with a whistling plume of colorless, odorless, and potentially lethal, methane gas."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 11/25/2025PFAS And Other Contaminants Surged In French Broad River After Helene: Study
"Fifteen days after Tropical Storm Helene sent debris, runoff and a cocktail of toxins — including raw sewage and pharmaceuticals — pouring into the French Broad River in the fall of 2024, Shea Tuberty set out to investigate the damage."
Source: NC Health News, 11/25/2025"The Lives That Hurricane Melissa Upturned In Cuba"
"The natural disaster has deepened the precarious situation in the eastern part of the island. Those who lost everything are unsure how to rebuild their lives amid the various crises affecting them"
Source: EL PAÍS, 11/25/2025As NYC Builds Seawalls, This Queens Community Feels Left Behind
"A decade after city officials promised to cut flood risks in the Edgemere neighborhood, critics say it remains just as vulnerable."
Source: Floodlight, 11/25/2025Texas ‘Ghost Deer’ Suspect Facility Tests Positive For Wasting Disease
"Two captive whitetails tied to the Texas “ghost deer” investigation tested positive for chronic wasting disease at a Tom Green County facility owned by breeder Ken Schlaudt, according to records obtained by Public Domain."
Source: Public Domain, 11/25/2025"Fighting for ‘The Right to Night’ Under Starry, Rural Skies"
"Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor."
Source: NYTimes, 11/25/2025"We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation."
"For the first time, scientists are tracking the migration of monarch butterflies across much of North America, actively monitoring individual insects on journeys from as far away as Ontario all the way to their overwintering colonies in central Mexico."
Source: NYTimes, 11/25/2025"A Bowhead Whale's DNA Offers Clues To Fight Cancer"
"Scientists searching for novel ways to fight cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead tucked away inside the cells of the bowhead whale."
Source: NPR, 11/25/2025
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