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EPA Repeals Regulations for Mercury and Toxic Air Pollutants From Power Plants
Environmental and health groups said the change will make people sicker and supports a dying industry
https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/epa-rep…

EPA repeals Biden-era coal rules aimed at limiting brain-harming pollution
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repealed Biden-era regulations that forced power plants to cut harmful pollutants including brain-damaging mercury and particulate matter, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Friday.

Peru mining pollution linked to children’s cognitive impairment: Study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/peru-mining-pollution-linked-to-childrens-cognitive-impairment-study/

Peru mining pollution linked to children’s cognitive impairment: Study
Researchers find long-term exposure to mining pollution is associated with significant cognitive impairment in Peruvian children.

"Cigarette filters: An underestimated source of microplastic pollution"
#Cigarettes #Pollution #Environment

Cigarette filters: An underestimated source of microplastic pollution
It is well known that discarded cigarette butts release nicotine, heavy metals and other toxins into the environment, including natural water systems. Less understood, however, is what happens to the plastic-based filters that shed these chemicals.

heise | Plattenspieler: Alternativer Audioplayer für Apple-Geräte im Test
Longplay zelebriert die stilvolle Wiedergabe kompletter Alben – etwas, was andere Apps so nicht bieten. Wir haben das Tool für Mac, iPhone und iPad getestet.

C16-Boride: Hohe Magnetstärke ganz ohne Seltene Erden und Platin
Forscher haben eine neue Klasse von Magneten entwickelt, die ohne Seltene Erden und Platin auskommt, aber dennoch hohe Magnetstärke bietet.
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In Wisconsin, Alithic is transforming waste into a sustainable future as they develop carbon-negative cement from pollution, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the construction industry.
https://www.enn.com/articles/7745…

Sources: SAG-AFTRA "is building a war room to oppose" the WBD-Netflix merger, including plans for a potential strike (James Franey/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/media/hollywood-actors-union-could-strike-over-ne…

Exclusive | Hollywood actors' union secretly plotting possible strike over Netflix-WBD merger: sources
Hollywood actors could go on strike over the planned Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery tie-up, with their trade union secretly plotting a possible work stoppage in the New Year over fears the merger c…

Traffic pollution alters the atmospheric electric field, study finds #environment

Traffic pollution alters the atmospheric electric field, study finds
A new study shows that traffic-related pollution in a major urban area in central Israel produces immediate, measurable changes in the atmospheric electric field, while particulate matter creates slower, delayed effects. The research also identifies a strong weekend signal, with reduced emissions leading to a marked weakening of the electric field.

"World warming faster than forecast as pollution cuts remove hidden cooling effect"
#Pollution #Climate #ClimateChange

We’ve ‘seriously underestimated’ how fast Earth is warming. Here’s why
Experts have sounded the climate alarm after discovering that global temperatures are accelerating faster than predicted.

Increasing amounts of metal, such as lithium, as a byproduct of the modern-day space race, are beginning to alter the chemical composition of Earth’s atmosphere. 
Robin Wing, and his colleagues at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock in Germany, measured a 10-fold concentration of lithium atoms in the upper atmosphere around 20 hours after the uncontrolled re-entry of a Falcon 9 rocket.
The findings are detailed in a new studypublished Thursda…

Study Confirms: Reentering SpaceX Rockets Are Peppering the Upper Atmosphere With Metal Pollution
For the first time, scientists were able to directly detect upper-atmospheric pollution from space debris.