FOUND: 64 - What They Never Told You

Carbon capture project rejected over groundwater fears

Potential impacts on groundwater resources has led to the rejection of Glencore's carbon capture storage project in the Great Artesian Basin.

AAP · May 24, 2024

Norfolk Southern agrees to $310m settlement over 2023 East Palestine derailment

Settlement for disaster that resulted in plumes of toxic chemicals in Ohio town includes funds for cleanup costs

The Guardian - US · May 23, 2024

South Africa: Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

For 140 years, gold mines in Johannesburg, South Africa have been leaking wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The acid mine drainage from Johannesburg’s estimated 278 abandoned mines and 200 mine dumps includes uranium (a radioactive metal), toxic arsenic, copper, cobalt, nickel, lead and zinc. Acid mine drainage can pollute land…

The Conversation · May 23, 2024

Island states win historic climate case in world oceans court

Countries must protect oceans by reducing fossil fuel emissions, world court rules as island states fight for survival.

Al Jazeera · May 22, 2024

States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court

Wealthy states must cut emissions faster than their developing peers, court says, in major step for climate justice

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

Chris Whitty warns against paddling in rivers this summer

Sewage overflows during wet seasons are just ‘half the problem, not the full problem’, says the chief medical officer

Evening Standard · May 21, 2024

UN maritime tribunal says countries are legally required to reduce greenhouse gas pollution

A U.N. tribunal on maritime law has found that countries are legally required to reduce greenhouse gas pollution

The Independent UK · May 21, 2024

Reducing sewage in rivers and seas is public health priority, says Chris Whitty

England’s chief medical officer says 19th-century wastewater system ended cholera outbreaks and calls for similar focus now

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

Microplastics found in every human testicle in study

Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024

Fish deaths in England’s rivers rise tenfold in four years

More than 216,000 fish died in 2022-2023, when England recorded a 54% increase in sewage spills

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024