Grandi eventi, grandi costi ambientali: il caso delle Olimpiadi invernali.
Neve artificiale, bacini idrici e opere senza valutazione d’impatto: il modello attuale rischia di pesare più delle medaglie.
Servono regole chiare per bilanciare spettacolo e sostenibilità.
https://lucysullacultura.com/giochi-preziosi-il-costo-e-le-conseguenze-delle-olimpiadi-invernali/
#environment #events #eventi #ambiente #sustainability #sostenibilità
The deadline for submissions on this has been extended to 20th Feb.
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https://www.surfrider.org.au/impact/savethesouthernseas/
Surfrider Foundation Australia has a petition opposing the 2025 Otway Basin acreage release – a dangerous proposal to reopen 2.5 million hectares of pristine ocean to new offshore gas exploration.
#environment #ocean #australia #energy
Climate Whiplash: Understanding today’s violent weather extremes https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/80908/climate-whiplash-understanding-todays-violent-weather-extremes/ #environment #progressivenews #MillMessenger
Anyone in UK with a food bin issued 'contamination' warning - do not do this
A field of wheat becomes the world’s largest living photograph
• 84% of the scenarios met the federal government’s design criteria for a provincial pricing system;
• But of those apparently successful design options, 77% failed to deliver the equivalent of a $130-per-tonne EMCP by 2030, meaning that only 11 of the original 57 succeeded
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Climate change is already reshaping the Philippine economy, with severe typhoons pushing up food prices, raising inflation, & slowing growth, creating tough trade-offs for monetary policy. The IMF finds that sustained investment in climate-resilient infrastructure & flexible, credible policy responses are essential to protect long-term economic stability
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Good luck Dua Leaper: scientists return frogs wiped out by fungal disease to wild https://www.bocvip.com/1185003/good-luck-dua-leaper-scientists-return-frogs-wiped-out-by-fungal-disease-to-wild/ #environment
A U.S. judge ruled that a wind farm being developed off New York’s Long Island can resume work halted by the federal government, the fifth such court win for an industry President Donald Trump has sought to cripple. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/02/03/energy/trump-offshore-wind-ban-blocked/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #wind #renewables #us #donaldtrump #republicans #energy
Riverford sales rise 6% as UK organics market enjoys biggest boom in two decades https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/03/riverford-sales-rise-organics-market-boom #Organics #Food #Business #FoodDrinkIndustry #Agriculture #Environment #UkNews #Brexit #UltraprocessedFoods #Devon
Good luck Dua Leaper: scientists return frogs wiped out by fungal disease to wild https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/03/green-and-golden-bell-frogs-return-act-wetlands-chytrid-fungal-disease #Canberra #AustralianCapitalTerritoryAct #Amphibians #Wildlife #Environment #AustraliaNews
NSW goldmine faces community class action over allegations of a ‘toxic trifecta’ of pollution https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/03/cadia-goldmine-nsw-community-class-action-pollution #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWales #Mining #Water #Environment
India adds two new Ramsar Sites in January 2026 — Patna Bird Sanctuary (UP) and Chhari-Dhand (Gujarat).
With this, the total Ramsar Sites in India reach 87, strengthening wetland conservation.
#CurrentAffairs #RamsarSites #Environment #IndianGeography #ExamUpdate #Vidyakasam
Estée Lauder pleads guilty, pays $750K fine for using undeclared 'forever chemicals' in some eyeliners
Cosmetics company Estée Lauder has been fined $750,000 after federal agents found it was using "forever chemicals" in some of its eyeliner products.
#environment #law
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/estee-lauder-fine-forever-chemicals-9.7071718?cmp=rss
Estée Lauder pleads guilty, pays $750K fine for using undeclared PFAS in some eyeliners. The company will be added to the environmental offenders registry.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/estee-lauder-fine-forever-chemicals-9.7071718
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Estée Lauder plaide coupable et paie 750 000$ pour avoir utilisé des PFAS non déclarés dans certains traceurs pour les yeux. La compagnie sera ajoutée au registre des contrevenants environnementaux.
Estée Lauder pleads guilty, pays $750K fine for using undeclared 'forever chemicals' in some eyeliners
Cosmetics company Estée Lauder has been fined $750,000 after federal agents found it was using "forever chemicals" in some of its eyeliner products.
#environment #law
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/estee-lauder-fine-forever-chemicals-9.7071718?cmp=rss
A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/
Banning lead in gas worked: The proof is in our hair https://phys.org/news/2026-02-gas-proof-hair.html
Plastic pollution promotes hazardous water conditions, new study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-01-plastic-pollution-hazardous-conditions.html
In the 1970s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cracked down on lead-based products including gasoline because of their toxic effects on human health. Now, scientists at the University of Utah have released the findings of a study looking at 100 years' worth of human hair samples, and found that the regulatory action worked. Here's more from @arstechnica.
The team traced the mismatch to the chemistry of the iceberg-delivered sediment. Their analyses suggest the minerals were highly "weathered," meaning that much of the iron that reached the ocean during past warm spells, when more West Antarctic ice broke and drifted north, was in this less-soluble form
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-unexpected-climate-feedback-links-antarctic.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
