The cost of lead and lost wind
Chicago pays far more than other cities to replace its lead water lines. Here is a look at why that is.
Why is it so unusually expensive to replace lead pipes in Chicago?
The city with the most lead pipes in the nation is paying way above average to fix them. Officials can’t fully explain why.
Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco and Keerti Gopal and Clayton Aldern
Despite some early promises, the EPA isn't including microplastics in its new drinking water testing rules.
After bold pledge, EPA shelves microplastics testing in U.S. drinking water
In April, EPA Chief Lee Zeldin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a news conference declaring their dedication to studying microplastics, in the human body and in drinking water. But a new EPA drinking water testing rule leaves them out.
Susanne Rust
Labour MPs are suggesting Andy Burnham move away from the Rosebank oilfield project to help keep carbon emissions down.
Labour MPs tell Burnham to ignore ‘deluded’ calls for more North Sea drilling
Critics debunk economic claims as research finds Rosebank development would produce estimated 250m tonnes of CO2
Fiona Harvey
The government paid Duke Energy $129 million to abandon its offshore wind lease.
Trump Pays Duke Energy $129 million to Kill Offshore Wind
On FERC’s independence, North Dakota, and Ecuador’s bombed regulator
Alexander C. Kaufman
Most medicines containing PFAS can be replaced with safer options to help reduce environmental harm.
PFAS in most medicines can be replaced with alternatives
Certain medicines contain per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds, known as PFAS, which are causing increasing environmental harm because of their long-lasting effects. A study published in Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy by the University of Freiburg, commissioned by the German Environment Agency, shows that many PFAS-based active ingredients used in medicines can be replaced by alternative active ingredients. Based on the report’s findings, doctors will in the future be able to give preference to prescribing PFAS-free medicines, where this is appropriate from a therapeutic point of view.
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
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