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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 6h
Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit
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Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit
Exclusive: Climate Change Authority chair says planning commission did not account for climate-related economic damage in NSW
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 8h
Is Trump to blame for Americans getting explosive diarrhea? | Arwa Mahdawi
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Is Trump to blame for Americans getting explosive diarrhea? | Arwa Mahdawi
As the midterms approach, Americans’ digestive health has become a bizarre talking point
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 9h
US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
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US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 9h
‘Water yes, mining no!’: the 87-year-old farmer who became a nature hero in Colombia
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‘Water yes, mining no!’: the 87-year-old farmer who became a nature hero in Colombia
Porfirio Garcés is one of the ‘Jerico 11’, who face kidnapping charges after opposing a copper mine. Now, with a far-right president prioritising extraction, their fight has become more urgent
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 10h
Trump the environmentalist? How his Iran war exposed the fragility of dirty energy
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Trump the environmentalist? How his Iran war exposed the fragility of dirty energy
Gavin Newsom says Trump is a ‘gift’ to the climate cause for dispelling notions of fossil fuel energy security
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 12h
Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian
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Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian
Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their autumn encounters with nature
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 16h
Think more rain means more river water? Not necessarily
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Think more rain means more river water? Not necessarily
Some rivers are receiving more rain than before but have lower water flow, according to a study
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 16h
The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes
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The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes
The Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pump
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 17h
Country diary: Which tree sounds the best in the wind? Take a bough, the poplar | Derek Niemann
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Country diary: Which tree sounds the best in the wind? Take a bough, the poplar | Derek Niemann
Frome, Somerset: With a sway and a swoosh, we’re entering the season to enjoy psithurism – the aural quality of the breeze in the trees
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 17h
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 17h
‘They raped our country’: documentary follows Kenyans’ fight for restitution over stolen land
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‘They raped our country’: documentary follows Kenyans’ fight for restitution over stolen land
Multinational tea companies still occupy ancestral highlands of communities displaced during British colonial era
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 18h
The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods
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The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods
There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 18h
‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population
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‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population
The global climate phenomenon has triggered devastating infernos in the ape’s Indonesian heartlands, with long-term effects on the animals still unknown
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 22h
Floating scarecrows: how Cornish fishers are stopping seabirds drowning in their nets
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Floating scarecrows: how Cornish fishers are stopping seabirds drowning in their nets
Simple deterrents can slash the number of razorbills and guillemots being trapped underwater, two-year study shows
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
The Guardian view on Lula v the Bolsonaros: the decision of Brazilian voters will affect us all | Editorial
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The Guardian view on Lula v the Bolsonaros: the decision of Brazilian voters will affect us all | Editorial
Editorial: Sunday’s general election is too close to call, with the incumbent president facing the son of the man who attempted a coup against him
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
The people’s reboot? Inside the 2 October Guardian Weekly
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The people’s reboot? Inside the 2 October Guardian Weekly
A pushback against big datacentres. Plus: Steve Reich at 90
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
New UK gas and oil projects are a ‘no-brainer’, says EDF boss
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New UK gas and oil projects are a ‘no-brainer’, says EDF boss
Developing North Sea fields does not contradict net zero goals, according to Simone Rossi
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
The 2026 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
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The 2026 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
Gliding king penguins, a sugar thief rosella and a bin brush turkey are among the winning and shortlisted photos
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Has direct experience of a recent climate event changed your mind about the climate crisis?
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Has direct experience of a recent climate event changed your mind about the climate crisis?
Perhaps you lost your home or possessions in a wildfire, or your mountain business has been affected by glacial retreat and snow scarcity
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Homeowners in England urged to check flood risk: ‘A third of people don’t realise’
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Homeowners in England urged to check flood risk: ‘A third of people don’t realise’
Environment Agency warns residents of 6m properties to prepare for a wet and windy three months ahead
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
How to turn gherkin brine into a savoury ice-cream – recipe | Waste not
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How to turn gherkin brine into a savoury ice-cream – recipe | Waste not
This sweet-and-sour combo is possibly one of the quirkiest flavours out there – epic served with waffles and bacon, it’s one for true pickle fanatics
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Wildlife arrives on time at rewilded chalk grasslands built along HS2 route
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Wildlife arrives on time at rewilded chalk grasslands built along HS2 route
The trains may be running late, but the Western Slopes project is already attracting birds and insects on lands around the high-speed railway
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
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UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four year, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise
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California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise
Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Insects play critical role in ecosystems beyond just providing food, new research shows
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Insects play critical role in ecosystems beyond just providing food, new research shows
Insects provide protection, sanitation and even shelter to vertebrates, making them a priority for conservation efforts
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles
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‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles
Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
World’s seas heated by a record 23 zettajoules last year
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World’s seas heated by a record 23 zettajoules last year
The injection of thermal energy, 40 times that used by humanity in total, comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission’s history described as ‘infamous betrayal’
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Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission’s history described as ‘infamous betrayal’
Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Autumn sunshine could extend Britain’s bumper year for butterflies
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Autumn sunshine could extend Britain’s bumper year for butterflies
More species are squeezing in an extra generation before colder weather arrives
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Country diary: The land here is scarred from a year of hard weather – now what will winter hold? | Alexandra Pearce-Broomhead
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Country diary: The land here is scarred from a year of hard weather – now what will winter hold? | Alexandra Pearce-Broomhead
Camborne, Cornwall: There will be more storms like Goretti and more fires next summer, but we can make the landscape more resilient
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Tern turnaround: colonies in England show signs of recovery after decline
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Tern turnaround: colonies in England show signs of recovery after decline
National Trust says latest figures encouraging – with numbers of birds on the rise – but work still to be done
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
‘I do not know if the doctor survived’: young mothers recall ‘living hell’ of Nepal’s floods
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‘I do not know if the doctor survived’: young mothers recall ‘living hell’ of Nepal’s floods
Kalpana Nepali was seven months pregnant when the catastrophic flash floods hit last month, while Pooja Pariyal spent three days on a hospital roof waiting to be rescued. Now, they are living precariously in temporary shelters
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
‘I just saw this furry brown bottom disappear!’ In search of Samba – the fearless fugitive capybara
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‘I just saw this furry brown bottom disappear!’ In search of Samba – the fearless fugitive capybara
Six months ago, Samba made a brave, unprecedented escape from Marwell zoo. Her life on the lam continues today. We join the team hunting desperately to find her in the Hampshire countryside
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles
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An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles
A record 157,957 new EVs were sold nationally between January and June, according to the Electric Vehicle Council
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage falls a million square kilometres short of long-term average with global heating likely driving losses
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
EPA union sues Trump administration to restore collective bargaining contract
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EPA union sues Trump administration to restore collective bargaining contract
Federal workers’ union alleges EPA illegally terminated agreement with the goal of repressing political dissent
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
South West Water fined £8m for hundreds of sewage spills in Cornwall and Devon
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South West Water fined £8m for hundreds of sewage spills in Cornwall and Devon
District judge orders record fine for region and says incidents of pollution cannot be tolerated
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
‘Every moth is precious’: why are there so many bogong moths, and how can you safely remove them from your home?
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‘Every moth is precious’: why are there so many bogong moths, and how can you safely remove them from your home?
Bogong numbers dropped up to 99.5% between 2017 and 2019, but wetter and cooler conditions are thought to be behind the recent surge
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
‘It’s just cruel’: US households that had electricity shut off surged amid record hot summer
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‘It’s just cruel’: US households that had electricity shut off surged amid record hot summer
Utility disconnections were up 28% in 10 states in July 2026 – the hottest month ever recorded in the US – compared to July 2024, data shows
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
How gold surpassed cocaine as Peru’s most profitable criminal industry
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How gold surpassed cocaine as Peru’s most profitable criminal industry
As gold prices surge, illegal mining has laid waste to swathes of Tambopata National Reserve’s rainforest
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like
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The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like
If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
New UK homes in flood-risk areas could become uninsurable, says Aviva boss
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New UK homes in flood-risk areas could become uninsurable, says Aviva boss
Amanda Blanc says flooding threat is ‘absolutely increasing’, as she also warns ministers over ‘kite flying’ before budget
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
Saving the Siamese crocodile: Cambodia moves to protect one of the world’s last wild populations
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Saving the Siamese crocodile: Cambodia moves to protect one of the world’s last wild populations
Indigenous communities play crucial role, as ‘genetic bank’ area of wetland offers hope for critically endangered reptile
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
Country diary: A tangle of butterflies and battle re-enactments | Paul Evans
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Country diary: A tangle of butterflies and battle re-enactments | Paul Evans
The Marches, Shropshire: On a day of micro-dramas past and present, we witness a Welsh victory over the English, just as it was 861 years ago
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Samuel Alito steps aside in a major climate case amid scrutiny over oil stock holdings
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Samuel Alito steps aside in a major climate case amid scrutiny over oil stock holdings
Decision from conservative justice comes before court hears case on whether fossil-fuel firms deceived US public
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Can Labour bring down our energy bills? | Politics Weekly
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Can Labour bring down our energy bills? | Politics Weekly
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey interview energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh live at Labour conference in Liverpool
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
New tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage caused
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New tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage caused
Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight different factors, including lost food production
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
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Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health
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