International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the fifth batch of diluted ALPS treated water, which Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) started discharging today, is far below the country’s operational limit., Read MoreContinue Reading
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said the operator of a Dutch research reactor used for research and radioisotope production has enhanced safety since a previous review mission in September 2021., Read MoreContinue Reading
In the long history of recommendations for nutritional intake, current research is trending toward the concept of ‘food as medicine’ — a philosophy in which food and nutrition are positioned within interventions to support health and wellness., Read MoreContinue Reading
With its unparalleled purchasing power and exacting demands, fast food has long shaped agricultural systems in the United States, Europe, and China. But as major American fast food brands, like KFC, expand into so-called “frontier markets,” taxpayer-funded development banks have made their global expansion possible by underwriting the factory farmsContinue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency designated two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances., Read MoreContinue Reading
Instead of hazardous waste, this “Superfund” would clean up the mess left by climate-induced storms, floods and heat waves created by fossil fuel companies. By Olivia Gieger Last summer, on the evening of July 11, Andy Jones went on a surreal canoe ride. Jones, the manager of the Intervale CommunityContinue Reading
The recent deadly heat in West Africa is driven by human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, particularly in the wealthy Northern Hemisphere, according to an international report. (Image credit: John Wessels)Continue Reading
In late August, Steve Rubin, a fish biologist with the United States Geological Survey, will dive into the frigid, briny water of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, roughly a mile from the mouth of the Elwha River. It will be Rubin’s 12th dive at the site since the ElwhaContinue Reading
A flood of cheap Chinese electric car exports has raised the specter of another trade war with the U.S. And it has Tesla worried.Continue Reading
Each of the past ten months has been the hottest on record – an unprecedented streak of unprecedented temperatures that has fueled alarm among climate scientists., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Interior Department finalized a rule limiting future oil and gas development across 13 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska., Read MoreContinue Reading
Pakistani officials warned of more flooding and heavy rainfall next week, stoking fears of a particularly brutal monsoon season to come.Continue Reading
Development and groundwater pumping are causing land subsidence and heightening the risks of sea level rise.Continue Reading