Toxic blooms and invasive clams are forcing a rethink on the Waikato River
The Waikato is New Zealand’s longest river, central to the identity and practices of Waikato River iwi and…
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water | US Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants…
Turning old carpets and other hard-to-recycle waste into recycled bottles
When you finish a bottle of your favorite PepsiCo beverage, what happens next? Ideally, that bottle gets recycled…
Earthquake off Indonesia topples buildings, kills 1 person and sets off small tsunami
MANADO, Indonesia — An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing…
Used Diapers Turned into New Ones Thanks to Super-Recycling Japanese Towns and New Innovation
Japanese diaper brands on a shelf – credit 維基小霸王- CC BY-SA 4.0. In the 1990s, a pair of…
World Earthquake Report for Friday, 3 April 2026
Friday, Apr 3, 2026 20:20 | 15 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during…
A ‘failed experiment’? Biofuels under the spotlight as EU scrambles for alternative energy
Biofuels are being touted as the solution to Europe’s dwindling oil supplies, as the war on Iran continues…
Middle East crisis exposes global energy fault line as UN urges shift to renewables
The Hormuz Strait in the Persian Gulf, through which one fifth of the world’s supply of oil and…
Swedish coastguard boards tanker believed to have caused oil spill in Baltic Sea
Published on 03/04/2026 – 12:34 GMT+2 Sweden’s coastguard said it boarded a vessel subjected to EU sanctions on…
Industry reacts to new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation guidance | Article
The European Commission’s new guidance document sets out to clarify elements of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, but what does the industry…
EPA targets microplastics and pharmaceuticals in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking…
Rare Triplet Cyclones Could Trigger Super El Niño
Storms rarely come in threes, but the Pacific may soon see it. Forecasters say an unusual setup…