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Pomegranate Compound May Help Treat Heart Failure

A compound connected with foods such as pomegranates and walnuts could point scientists toward a new treatment for one of the most stubborn forms of heart failure. Researchers found that urolithin A helped stiff heart tissue relax and reduced several damaging changes linked to the disease. Urolithin A is not simply a nutrient that comes […]
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The WHO’s High-Price Pandemic Plan Is Built on Smoke and Mirrors
The WHO and the World Bank want $31 billion a year for pandemic preparedness – but a new Leeds University study says the financial case is built on dubious assumptions and false accounting.
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US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas
Hundreds of US government drones have switched from border surveillance to a different surveillance mission this summer—looking for signs of screwworm infestations in wild animals and livestock herds.
The flesh-eating New World Screwworm is the parasitic larva that emerges from eggs laid by flies in the open wounds or body openings of warm-blooded animals and humans, with untreated cases potentially leading to severe injury or death. Since the first screwworm cases were detected in South Texas in June, the US Department of Agriculture and US Customs and Border Protection have been conducting “one of the most extensive animal-health surveillance operations in the country,” the USDA said on August 10 in social media posts on platforms like X and Facebook.
The effort involves at least 200 drones owned by the Department of Homeland Security, which includes the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency. But the actual number in use "varies depending on availability and need," a USDA spokesperson told Ars.


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Microplastic crisis grips Türkiye’s tourist coasts amid record plastic imports

The Mediterranean coast faces rising microplastic contamination as researchers trace pollution to waste processing, runoff, and record rainfall.

How the shipping industry is helping research into plastic pollution

Parts of the shipping industry are partnering with environmental scientists to monitor ocean plastic pollution.

Opinion: Water, water, everywhere; when is it safe to drink?

We need the North Carolina General Assembly to step up and protect their constituents as the EPA rolls out its stated plans to eliminate nationwide drinking water standards for PFAS, a known human health risk.

Pennsylvania coal industry positions itself for a future in energy and new tech

Some see this moment of rapidly growing energy demand and desire for reliable, domestic energy as an opportunity to revitalize coal’s image.

Ohio steel giant aims to use Biden climate funds for polluting project

Cleveland-Cliffs got $500M for a big green-steel push. Under Trump, the firm is “rescoping” to work that perpetuates coal use and will boost local pollution.

EPA plan could reduce public scrutiny of Georgia data center air permits

A Trump administration proposal to eliminate a federal requirement giving the public notice and an opportunity to comment on air-pollution permits could reduce the scrutiny of diesel generators backing up data centers, advocates warn.

New Mexico advocates urge feds to move barrels of radioactive waste amid wildfire risk

The ‘Bury the Barrels’ campaign urges the U.S. Department of Energy to comply with a state effort to increase New Mexico nuclear waste in repository.

EU packaging rules take effect with limits on 'forever chemicals', plastics curbs

New EU packaging regulations will come into force this week which set EU-wide limits on PFAS, or "forever chemicals", in food-contact packaging and set targets to cut the bloc's waste, especially of oil-derived plastics.

Warning for heat and drought-hit UK: It gets worse without climate action

Climate Change Committee’s Baroness Brown said the ‘evidence is screaming at us’ of the need to act on climate change.

California phasing out herbicide linked to Parkinson’s disease

Pesticide manufacturers have voluntarily canceled registrations for products containing paraquat in California — kicking off a statewide phase-out of the controversial herbicide.

Illinois law first in region to call plastic pellets pollution

Companies that manufacture, use, or transport nurdles must report spills and will be required to develop plans to limit them in storm runoff.

Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9M from oil and gas assets since joining Supreme Court, analysis shows

Critics argue U.S. high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case.

Trump waged war on EVs. Now he’s helping them out

The Trump administration’s mineral agenda will bolster defense technologies and data centers. It’ll also provide a big boost for EV companies.

Neighbors live in fear after pipeline leak in ‘Unleashing American Energy’ era

As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role, and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow cleanup of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.

Michael Sheen investigates cancer concern around chemical dumping in Wales

The Hollywood actor investigates claims cancer-causing chemicals were dumped across Wales.
