BBC Business
Regulator Hands Water Firms £3.4bn Blank Cheque, Customers Get the Bill
Ofwat hands water companies a £3.4bn bill hike, because who needs clean rivers when you can have higher bills?
2026-08-14
BBC Business
2026-07-20
The Guardian
EPA to Farmers: Do Your Own Research on the 'Forever Chemicals' We're Letting You Spread on Fields
EPA scraps science-based limits on Pfas in sewage sludge fertilizer, advises farmers to 'do their own research' as forever chemicals continue to poison land, water, and food.
2026-07-17
The Guardian Europe
Lancashire Town Discovers It's Been Living in a 'Forever Chemicals' Episode of Better Call Saul
Residents near a UK chemical factory are advised to peel their veggies and ditch local eggs after 'forever chemicals' turn up uninvited.
2026-06-24
The Hill
Chemours to Pay $450M for Polluting Waterways with 'Forever Chemicals' It Promised Would Be Fine
Chemours coughs up $450M for polluting drinking water with PFAS, the chemicals that last longer than the company's denials.
2026-06-18
Inside Climate News
North Carolina Residents Sue County, Ask 'Is It Too Much to Ask for Water That Won't Give Us Cancer?'
Residents of St. Pauls, NC, file a federal lawsuit alleging Robeson County knowingly allowed a landfill to contaminate drinking water with PFAS - a problem that, like the county's proposed expansion, keeps growing.
2026-05-28
The Guardian
Australia Sues 3M for $2 Billion, Because Apparently Poisoning 28 Defence Bases Has a Price Tag
Australia sues 3M for $2 billion over PFAS contamination at 28 defence bases, while also considering automatic scam reimbursements up to $3,000 - because nothing says 'protecting the public' like a massive lawsuit and a bureaucratic safety net.
2026-05-11
The Guardian
Seabird Eggs Show 74% Drop in Toxic 'Forever Chemicals,' Proving Regulations Sometimes Work
Canadian seabird eggs show PFAS levels plummeting after regulations kicked in, proving that banning poison actually reduces poison - who knew?
2026-04-26
The Guardian
Study Finds That Combining Two Fertility-Killing Things Is, Shockingly, Worse for Fertility
New research confirms that toxic chemicals and climate change, when combined, are worse for fertility than either alone - science at its most unsurprising.
2026-04-25
The Guardian
Grandmother Discovers That Not Buying Useless Kitchen Gadgets Is Good for Planet
A baby boomer grandmother channels her guilt over climate change into a kitchen sustainability audit, discovering that borrowing a breadmaker and buying a wooden spoon might just save the planet.
The Good Times
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