The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.

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Debris balls have washed up on Sydney’s beaches after a weekend of heavy rain, with the objects found on Malabar beach next to a sewage treatment works and also in Botany Bay.

Sydney Water erected a sign at Malabar beach warning of the potential pollution.

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© Photograph: Anne Davies/The Guardian

© Photograph: Anne Davies/The Guardian

Des députés et sénateurs ont annoncé avoir trouvé un accord ce mardi pour la suppression très controversée des zones à faibles émissions.

The Andaman coast was one of very few places in the world with a viable population but then dead dugongs began washing up. Now half have gone

A solitary figure stands on the shore of Thailand’s Tang Khen Bay. The tide is slowly rising over the expanse of sandy beach, but the man does not seem to notice. His eyes are not fixed on the sea, but on the small screen clutched between his hands.

About 600 metres offshore, past the shadowy fringe of coral reef, his drone hovers over the murky sea, focused on a whirling grey shape: Miracle, the local dugong, is back.

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© Photograph: Mailee Osten-Tan

© Photograph: Mailee Osten-Tan

© Photograph: Mailee Osten-Tan

Les maladies du foie ne concernent plus uniquement les adultes. Des travaux récents montrent que certaines expositions environnementales précoces, notamment aux PFAS, pourraient influencer la santé hépatique dès l’adolescence.

The first veto of the president’s second term killed legislation that would have brought clean water to some of the most conservative parts of the state. Residents wonder why.

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Even as administration officials vowed this week to head off scheduled retirements, some aging plants are now breaking, and costs could run to the billions.

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