#environmental-pollution

#environmental-pollution

"Plastic bag companies have continued to distribute plastic bags that are not recyclable in California and mislead Californians about their bags recyclability," Bonta said. "In fact, even when consumers have properly disposed of these plastic bags, they've overwhelmingly not been recycled in California and couldn't have been recycled. The thing is, producers knew, or should have known this fact years ago."

Datacenters' electricity demands have been accused of delaying the US's transition to clean energy and requiring fossil fuel plants to stay online, while their high level of water consumption has also raised alarm. Now public health advocates fear another environmental problem could be linked to them Pfas forever chemical pollution. Big tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon often need datacenters to store servers and networking equipment that process the world's digital traffic, and the artificial intelligence boom is driving demand for more facilities.

The fish can't legally be called catfish in America because that title is reserved for domestic catfish, so it is usually sold as basa, swai, pangasius, and tra. It has been illegally substituted for at least 18 other fish worldwide, according to research by Oceana. Investigative researchers found the fish, which is actually called pangasius, being sold as much higher-value fish such as perch, grouper, sole, and halibut.

Medication, which can also have a serious impact on the environment if flushed down toilets or left to decompose with organic waste, are among hundreds of thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste the EPA says Ireland is failing to properly manage. Half of it, just under 190,000 tonnes in 2023 - the most recent year for which data is complete - is shipped abroad because there are no facilities in Ireland.

"For me to get a cancer diagnosis was a big shock. And then to have a lung cancer diagnosis was very puzzling for me," Katie Hulan, a 37-year-old tech worker told the news agency.

Recent satellite images reveal that 26 mining operations are evident in rebel-controlled areas of Myanmar, along with two newly identified sites near Thailand.