🔴 EXCLUSIVE: 🔴 The Environment Agency has allowed a firm to dump three tonnes of uranium into one of England’s most protected sites over the past nine years, with experts sounding alarm over the potential environmental impact of these discharges.

In 1974, the president of DuPont admitted that many commonly used plastic products cannot be recycled due to their complex chemical structures. This is the earliest evidence of admission that many plastic products cannot be recycled . @DeSmog .

The Environment Agency faces legal action over plans which it is alleged would give the Sellafield nuclear site the “freedom to pollute” Cumbria's rivers and groundwaters.

The Environment Agency has dropped its objection to controversial gas exploration plans in Yorkshire that campaigners have described as exploiting “a loophole in the government’s fracking moratorium”. Story by @TessColley .

RT @FerretScot: After six years of FOI requests and appeals, we obtained documents previously withheld on national security grounds — revea….

RT @TheENDSReport: 💡Water industry regulator Ofwat has announced that its price review senior director Chris Walters will be appointed as i….

Great investigation by @NayakNiv exploring what the hundreds of thousands of odour complaints tell us about England's problem landfills. Between 2019 and 2024, 116,387 odour complaints were submitted to the Environment Agency about problem landfills.

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Parliamentary researchers are to study legacy landfills. This comes after local authorities have stated they do not have the resources to manage sites.

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Chemours, DuPont, Corteva settle New Jersey PFAS claims for $875 million.

Environmental law firm Hugh James is investigating a potential odour nuisance group claim on behalf of residents affected by the Hafod Landfill site in Wrexham. The firm said the odour has caused “significant distress for the local community”.

The first dataset on background PFAS levels in shallow soils in England has been produced in a new study co-authored by the Environment Agency. The study found PFAS to be present in all new and archived samples.

RT @TheENDSReport: In the 🎙️ECO Chamber podcast, host @Jamesxparsons, news editor @neill_pippa and @wwf_uk's head of public affairs @Davidw….

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RT @WATERSHED_i: US: firefighters exposed to PFAS from firefighting foam & gear, & people who lived near fire stations & drank contaminated….

"The Southeastern Louisiana University scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation".

Yorkshire Water has been handed penalties of over £900,000 after it pumped millions of litres of chlorinated water into a waterway for almost a month, having a “catastrophic” impact on aquatic life.

Another great exclusive by Conor McGlone for @TheENDSReport revealing the spiralling costs of the government's digital waste tracking system.

The UK was in breach of the Aarhus Convention over the lack of public participation when Brexit legislation was being drawn up, a UN backed committee has concluded in a draft assessment.

The Office for Environmental Protection has said it is “perturbed” by some of government’s consultation proposals to change the biodiversity net gain.

RT @leanahosea: Uncovering the lasting toxic legacy of cargo ship disaster off Sri Lanka, @WATERSHED_i new investigation for BBC. Has enoug….