Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)

Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

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Alexandra Fasulo runs one of the most prolific anti-solar campaigns online, regularly telling over 2 million followers renewable energy is threatening farms and wildlife. But how much of her rhetoric is actually true? @alexhannaford.com spent months parsing through the nuance for HEATED:

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. Her campaign is becoming a blueprint for the fossil fuel right.

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We know about the water and energy... but not the #foreverchemicals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters

Coalition says Chemours downplayed health and climate risks in bid to fast-track the compound’s use

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On a rail replacement bus. The driver put on some 80s bangers. Three people starting singing along. A kid is dancing in their seat. I love Wales.

Fancy some heavy metals on the side? Pesticides, cadmium, PFAS: France reckons with the hidden toxins in food (1/2) - France 24 share.google/eOAxJQJrc07K...

Pesticides, cadmium, PFAS: France reckons with the hidden toxins in food (1/2)

Concern over pesticides, PFAS “forever chemicals”, cadmium and other contaminants has been on the rise since a March report revealed French residents are up to four times more likely to register unsaf...

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A techno, status quo fix - like carbon capture & storage- is proving un-investable Chemical recycling plants closing in EU and US | Business | Chemistry World share.google/2T42CmcpHQ3F...

Chemical recycling plants closing in EU and US

Firms aiming to break down and re-make plastics are struggling with economic feasibility and environmental impact

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The UK's June heatwave caused a £2.4bn hit to productivity, says a new report It says the cost of extreme heat could reach £6bn/yr by 2030 Interesting, bc we tend to focus on the cost of cutting emissions, rather than cost of failing to do so… www.verdantthinking....

By the time Sizewell C is built, peer reviewed published research reports the nuclear station will almost be entirely cut off by climate driven sea level rise storm surge at least once per year. 'Rock shipped from Norway to protect Sizewell B during Sizewell C build' www.eadt.co.uk/news/2627134...

Rock shipped from Norway to protect Sizewell B during Sizewell C build

Norwegian rocks are being delivered to Sizewell C at Leiston, Suffolk, to provide temporary flood defence protection for neighbouring Sizewell B

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We're honoured to announce that our investigation into landfill sites across Europe with @investigate-europe.eu has been nominated for the Prix de Journalisme Environmental 2026, awarded by the Association JNE des journalistes écrivains pour la nature et l'écologie + Université Paris Dauphine 🏆

Did you know? Renewables have just overtaken coal as the world's largest source of electricity 34% – global renewable share, up 2x in 20yrs 48% – EU 37% – China 26% – US 24% – India

RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care

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Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

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The government has given taxpayers money to a company to cut emissions and ensure a just transition for workers. Tata Steel has done neither www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Unions attack ‘year-long delay’ for Tata Steel furnace’s grid connection in south Wales

Government urged to help speed up vital industrial project amid growing alarm over National Grid delays

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Some wonderful news from Sandilands as avocets have been breeding for the first time since this former golf course was transformed into a new coastal wetland nature reserve. And avocet chicks have been spotted! 🎉

🏭 Two PFAS-producing companies and the French government have been accused of violating numerous human rights in letters from UN officials. The letters are regarding residents living in a polluted area South of Lyon known as Chemical Valley. More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/TxLNW1U #Pollution

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More #foreverchemical lawsuits. Is anyone tallying them all up? Australia sues US conglomerate 3M for $1.4 billion over ‘forever chemicals’ contamination | CNN Business share.google/qiQ0Bx1FQJHE...

Australia sues US conglomerate 3M for $1.4 billion over ‘forever chemicals’ contamination | CNN Business

The Australian government said on Thursday it had launched legal action against 3M over contamination from ⁠firefighting foam supplied by the US company that contained PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, se...

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Just a reminder: the Tony Blair Institute agrees that the UK needs cheap, not clean energy.... Forgetting renewables are cost-competitive The TBI regularly advises UNFCCC COP Presidents and is on their delegations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Labour has 'no coherent plan' for country, says former PM Blair

The ex-Labour PM says Sir Keir Starmer's government is in the "wrong position" ahead of the next election.

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I've had to change all my "quickmarks." I used to have shortcuts related to writing - sentence fragments, paragraph structure, etc. Now it's almost exclusively: citation needed, evidence missing, explain the connections, etc. I guess it's mostly because of superficial AI slop.

Satellite data shows oil spills from shipping happen far more often than reported, revealing high-density 'slick belts' that correspond with shipping lanes. Most spills are not investigated. The cost of cleaning up oil pollution is often paid by coastal communities. share.google/zjELnkfcKMpZ...

Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds

Pollution incidents reported between 2014 and 2019 were compared against scientific study that used satellite imagery to count slicks

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Carbon Brief is offering an exciting opportunity for students, or recent graduates, to work with the team for three weeks this summer.

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The Santa Marta process on transitioning away from fossil fuels #TAFF has me thinking about land mines. Bear with.

In a year, we could have: - 57 national roadmaps to transition from fossil fuels - 57 inventories of fossil fuel subsidies - first steps to fossil fuel-free trade clubs And a group of countries ready to do more @enb.iisd.org summary is up enb.iisd.org/transition-a...

Summary report 28–29 April 2026

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In an effort to become a "coalition of the doers," #TAFF delegates applauded a series of actions before a 2027 conference in Tuvalu: • national transition roadmaps • addressing fiscal, subsidy, and debt traps • building fossil fuel free trade systems Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/transition-a...

Will the environmental impact assessment look into the PFAS (probably) in the fire fighting foams?

This is awkward. Most PFAS used in pans and clothes are already banned under the Stockholm Convention. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ban 'forever chemicals' in uniforms and frying pans, MPs urge

School uniforms and non-stick pans are some of the everyday products that should stop using chemicals called PFAS, MPs say.

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The Year of Climate Backsliding, Part Two: The Media

I'm writing this on the heels of the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, an annual gathering of journalists that actually manages to celebrate journalism and its value to society, even in th...

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Yeah, because these huge corporations couldn't do anything on their own

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You can never really trust Canada's 'Big 5' banks. "Royal Bank of Canada and Scotiabank both announced on April 16 they are abandoning their interim climate targets. Scotiabank is going a step further by entirely ditching its net-zero by 2050 target. Both blamed changes in government policy."

Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook. Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking: "Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"