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CA local leaders protest massive rollback of federal environmental protections
Local leaders in California are slamming the Trump administration's moves to gut dozens of environmental policies on climate ...
Water at war: The long-term environmental consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine
Water is misused as a weapon when infrastructure and water resources are deliberately destroyed in armed conflicts. Water ...
New Scientist4d
Destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam left behind a toxic legacy
The 2023 breach of the Kakhovka dam drained a huge reservoir and exposed a vast area of toxic sediment, creating a debate ...
CounterPunch12d
The Ukraine War is About Money
The war in Ukraine may or may not be winding down with ongoing US/Russian negotiations, but this leads to a key question: ...
Euronews21d
Three years of war in Ukraine: ‘Environmental damage knows no borders’ as emissions rise to new high
“The full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine is entering a fourth year. The analysis published today shows that environmental damage knows no borders, and the war is exacerbating the climate ...
Australia's Active Super hit with $6.7 million penalty for false environmental claims
Australia's Federal Court has directed superannuation fund Active Super to pay a penalty of A$10.5 million ($6.70 million) for making misleading claims about its environmental conduct, the country's ...
EL PAÍS English17d
The climate bill for the invasion of Ukraine is up to 250 million tons of greenhouse gases
A new report quantifies emissions linked to war actions, the reconstruction of damaged infrastructure and forest fires during the three years of conflict ...
US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them isn’t so simple
Manganese is an essential element in steelmaking and batteries. Ukraine is estimated to have the largest total reserves in the world at 2.4 billion tons. However, the deposits are of fairly low grade ...
EurekAlert!5d
Wartime destruction of Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine has long-term environmental consequences
The deliberate destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war unleashed a hidden environmental crisis, destroying ecosystems and releasing polluted sediments into downstream ...
The New York Times28d
War Has Become a Force of Planetary Destruction
The environmental damage in both war zones fits ... Gaza’s trees were lost by the time the cease-fire took effect. In Ukraine, burning industrial facilities fill the air with toxic PCBs, dioxins ...
Times Union6d
Ukraine has a wealth of critical minerals − but extracting them isn’t so simple
Ukraine’s minerals fuel industries and militaries Ukraine ... investment, technical expertise, environmental considerations and, above all, cessation of military conflict. Got a question? Put a ...
Dhaka Tribune21d
How Russia's war in Ukraine is poisoning the environment
Even if the conflict ended today, the people of Ukraine still wouldn't be safe. Research suggests the war's effects on people, wildlife and the environment will last long into the future. The ...