PadraigToxic PFAS chemicals render rainwater unsafe to drink across the globeverified_publishernewatlas.com - By Rich HaridyA striking new review article from researchers in Europe argues the global spread of certain hazardous chemicals is so pervasive that unsafe levels …
PadraigMan who destroyed vast forest wins demise of parkAssociated Press - by FABIANO MAISONNAVERIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a move that shocked environmentalists, the government of Brazil’s third-largest state has given up a legal fight over protecting a state park in one of the Amazon's most biodiverse areas. The upshot of that decision is that a man responsible for the deforestation of huge …
PadraigThe U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to Chinaverified_publisherNPR - Courtney Flatt, Laura SullivanWhen a group of engineers and researchers gathered in a warehouse in Mukilteo, Wash., 10 years ago, they knew they were onto something big. They scrounged up tables and chairs, cleared out space in the parking lot for experiments and got to work. They were building a battery — a vanadium redox flow …
PadraigDevastating Photos Highlight the Impact of PPE on Wildlifepetapixel.com - Matt GrowcootResearchers at Dalhousie University have examined the environmental impact of masks and disposable gloves on animals that proliferated during the …
PadraigTeenagers spotted the largest gas pipeline spill in US historyverified_publisherThe Verge - Justine CalmaA giant pipeline spewed millions of gallons of fuel into a nature preserve for more than two weeks until two teens on four-wheelers noticed the spill and alerted authorities. The teenagers discovered the leak in the Colonial Pipeline in August 2020 in the Oehler Nature Preserve outside Charlotte, …
PadraigUvalde report: 376 officers but ‘egregiously poor’ decisionsAssociated Press - By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBERUVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning …
