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UK Chancellor Faces Backlash Over Plans to Weaken Environmental Protections
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing backlash for considering weakening environmental protections to speed up infrastructure projects, potentially impacting wildlife and natural sites, and altering the planning process to reduce delays and boost economic growth.
UK Chancellor Faces Backlash Over Plans to Weaken Environmental Protections
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing backlash for considering weakening environmental protections to speed up infrastructure projects, potentially impacting wildlife and natural sites, and altering the planning process to reduce delays and boost economic growth.
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56% Bias Score
Trump's Executive Order Threatens Environmental Protections for Space Launches
A draft executive order by Donald Trump seeks to exempt space launches from environmental review, potentially causing significant environmental damage and legal challenges, as it may violate the National Environmental Policy Act and the Coastal Zone Management Act, while benefiting commercial space ...
Trump's Executive Order Threatens Environmental Protections for Space Launches
A draft executive order by Donald Trump seeks to exempt space launches from environmental review, potentially causing significant environmental damage and legal challenges, as it may violate the National Environmental Policy Act and the Coastal Zone Management Act, while benefiting commercial space ...
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52% Bias Score
UN Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Stalled Amidst Disagreements
UN negotiations in Geneva for a treaty against plastic pollution are stalled due to disagreements between countries advocating for production limits and oil-exporting countries, who are blocking progress by demanding consensus-based compromises. The talks, involving 184 countries and NGOs, follow fa...
UN Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Stalled Amidst Disagreements
UN negotiations in Geneva for a treaty against plastic pollution are stalled due to disagreements between countries advocating for production limits and oil-exporting countries, who are blocking progress by demanding consensus-based compromises. The talks, involving 184 countries and NGOs, follow fa...
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36% Bias Score
Shein Fined €1 Million in Italy for Misleading Environmental Claims
Italy fined Shein €1 million for misleading environmental claims, its second major penalty in two months following a €40 million fine from France for deceptive commercial practices and unsubstantiated environmental claims, raising concerns about the fast-fashion retailer's sustainability and marketi...
Shein Fined €1 Million in Italy for Misleading Environmental Claims
Italy fined Shein €1 million for misleading environmental claims, its second major penalty in two months following a €40 million fine from France for deceptive commercial practices and unsubstantiated environmental claims, raising concerns about the fast-fashion retailer's sustainability and marketi...
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44% Bias Score
Alberta Coal Mine Pollution Regulations Failing, Study Shows
A study by Alberta government scientists found that regulations meant to prevent old coal mines from polluting waterways are failing, with high levels of contaminants like selenium harming aquatic life and potentially causing the extinction of endangered Athabasca Rainbow Trout; the study calls for ...
Alberta Coal Mine Pollution Regulations Failing, Study Shows
A study by Alberta government scientists found that regulations meant to prevent old coal mines from polluting waterways are failing, with high levels of contaminants like selenium harming aquatic life and potentially causing the extinction of endangered Athabasca Rainbow Trout; the study calls for ...
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52% Bias Score
Global Plastic Crisis: EU Leads Efforts Amidst International Treaty Negotiations
Global plastic production reached over 400 million tons in 2021, with only 9% recycled, causing widespread microplastic pollution; the EU is implementing measures while negotiating a global treaty facing disagreements on upstream versus downstream approaches.
Global Plastic Crisis: EU Leads Efforts Amidst International Treaty Negotiations
Global plastic production reached over 400 million tons in 2021, with only 9% recycled, causing widespread microplastic pollution; the EU is implementing measures while negotiating a global treaty facing disagreements on upstream versus downstream approaches.
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36% Bias Score
Pennsylvania Steel Plant Explosion Kills Two, Prompts Air Quality Investigation
A deadly explosion at the Clairton Coke Works in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, killed two workers and injured more than 10 others, prompting increased air quality monitoring in the area and raising concerns about the plant's environmental record, given a history of pollution incidents and the EPA'...
Pennsylvania Steel Plant Explosion Kills Two, Prompts Air Quality Investigation
A deadly explosion at the Clairton Coke Works in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, killed two workers and injured more than 10 others, prompting increased air quality monitoring in the area and raising concerns about the plant's environmental record, given a history of pollution incidents and the EPA'...
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36% Bias Score
UN Plastic Treaty Talks Stalled by Deep Divisions
The first week of UN negotiations in Geneva on a global plastic treaty ended without a draft agreement due to deep divisions among nations, particularly between oil-producing nations opposing strong regulations and a growing coalition advocating for production reduction clauses to curb pollution. Se...
UN Plastic Treaty Talks Stalled by Deep Divisions
The first week of UN negotiations in Geneva on a global plastic treaty ended without a draft agreement due to deep divisions among nations, particularly between oil-producing nations opposing strong regulations and a growing coalition advocating for production reduction clauses to curb pollution. Se...
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52% Bias Score
French Court Blocks Pesticide Reintroduction Amid Cancer Concerns
France's constitutional court blocked the reintroduction of the banned pesticide acetamiprid due to concerns about its health impacts and the environment, fueled by a public outcry led by a cancer patient, Fleur Breteau, and over 2 million petition signatures.
French Court Blocks Pesticide Reintroduction Amid Cancer Concerns
France's constitutional court blocked the reintroduction of the banned pesticide acetamiprid due to concerns about its health impacts and the environment, fueled by a public outcry led by a cancer patient, Fleur Breteau, and over 2 million petition signatures.
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48% Bias Score
Trump Administration Seeks to Repeal Key Climate Change Finding
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is defending the Trump administration's move to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding that linked planet-warming pollution from fossil fuels to harm human health, claiming that the 2009 finding used pessimistic assumptions, while climate scientists disagree and say that t...
Trump Administration Seeks to Repeal Key Climate Change Finding
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is defending the Trump administration's move to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding that linked planet-warming pollution from fossil fuels to harm human health, claiming that the 2009 finding used pessimistic assumptions, while climate scientists disagree and say that t...
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52% Bias Score
EPA Seeks to Repeal Key Climate Change Regulation
The EPA proposed repealing the 2009 endangerment finding, a key legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, prioritizing economic concerns over climate action and potentially impacting public health.
EPA Seeks to Repeal Key Climate Change Regulation
The EPA proposed repealing the 2009 endangerment finding, a key legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, prioritizing economic concerns over climate action and potentially impacting public health.
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56% Bias Score
Spanish Waste Plant Faces Legal Action Amidst EU's Shifting Waste Policies
The Gipuzkoa waste-to-energy plant in Zubieta, Spain, processes 200,000 metric tons of waste annually, powering 45,000 homes, but faces legal action for alleged environmental violations and potential obsolescence due to shifting EU policies.
Spanish Waste Plant Faces Legal Action Amidst EU's Shifting Waste Policies
The Gipuzkoa waste-to-energy plant in Zubieta, Spain, processes 200,000 metric tons of waste annually, powering 45,000 homes, but faces legal action for alleged environmental violations and potential obsolescence due to shifting EU policies.
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52% Bias Score
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