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UK Inland bathing sites polluted with 'perfect storm'of chemical cocktails
@bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
@yorksbylines.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
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UK inland bathing sites polluted with āperfect stormā of chemical cocktails
A new study reveals UK rivers are polluted with harmful chemicals and antibiotic-resistant genes, endangering health and ecosystems
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/uk-inland-bathing-sites-polluted-with-perfect-storm-of-chemical-cocktails/
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Growth of repair cafƩ culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism
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Growth of repair cafƩ culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism
Repair CafĆ©s have silently sprung up around the country, as communities reject āreplace cultureā. I visited my local repair cafĆ© this weekend in Ripon, Yorkshire and was blown away by the humble skā¦
https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/15/growth-of-repair-cafe-culture-in-the-uk-as-communities-reject-consumerism/
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Vernon Baseley
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This is good to find out about ...
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Ashles
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Growth of repair cafƩ culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism
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Growth of repair cafƩ culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism
Repair CafĆ©s have silently sprung up around the country, as communities reject āreplace cultureā. I visited my local repair cafĆ© this weekend in Ripon, Yorkshire and was blown away by the humble skā¦
https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/15/growth-of-repair-cafe-culture-in-the-uk-as-communities-reject-consumerism/
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Zack Labe
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Last month's total
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sea ice volume still averaged the 2nd lowest on record for the month of February... More at
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Zack Labe
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Friday ice update -
#Arctic
sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data) ⢠about 430,000 km² below the 2010s mean ⢠about 930,000 km² below the 2000s mean ⢠about 1,320,000 km² below the 1990s mean ⢠about 1,830,000 km² below the 1980s mean More:
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Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations More delay causes a lack of action on
#PFAS
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Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time
Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/pfas-lobby-firms
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BBC News - Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife ICYMI
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Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife
Scientists have found further evidence that pet flea treatments are widespread in rivers across the UK.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze0j2dgkx4o?app-referrer=deep-link
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Fipronil & Imidacloprid ecocide disaster incoming.
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BBC News - Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife ICYMI
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Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife
Scientists have found further evidence that pet flea treatments are widespread in rivers across the UK.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze0j2dgkx4o?app-referrer=deep-link
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Drinking from a fetid pondā: superbug-creating genes found in UKās largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics The rise of anti-biotic resistant superbugs is here
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āDrinking from a fetid pondā: superbug-creating genes found in UKās largest lake
Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/lough-neagh-northern-ireland-genes-antibiotic-resistance-superbugs
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WATERSHED Investigations
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"A perfect storm for the health of Northern Irelandās people and environmentā Sewage, slurry & antibiotic resistant genes in the lough that supplies drinking water to 40% of NI. Watershed's
@rachelsalvidge.bsky.social
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āDrinking from a fetid pondā: superbug-creating genes found in UKās largest lake
Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics
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Rachel Salvidge
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Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Irelandās drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get.
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āDrinking from a fetid pondā: superbug-creating genes found in UKās largest lake
Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/lough-neagh-northern-ireland-genes-antibiotic-resistance-superbugs
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Leana Hosea
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Our article about how water-stressed London is losing out on 20 million litres of drinking water a day due to PFAS pollution near Denham, is available to read at BBC online:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Denham film studio linked to 'forever chemicals' in water supply
The film studio closed in 2014 and is now a multi-million pound housing complex.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqg5lpqpy3o
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Rachel Salvidge
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AMR is one of the biggest public health threats of our time. I found genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs in every water sample I tested from Lough Neagh and talk about this on BBC Rare Earth today. Full report in the Guardian tomorrow
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BBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, Lakes, Lochs and Loughs
Plunge into the chilly, much-disputed waters of the lakes of the British Isles.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sg5p
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Drinking from a fetid pondā: superbug-creating genes found in UKās largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics The rise of anti-biotic resistant superbugs is here
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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āDrinking from a fetid pondā: superbug-creating genes found in UKās largest lake
Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/lough-neagh-northern-ireland-genes-antibiotic-resistance-superbugs
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Nearly three-quarters of Englandās woods inaccessible to public, study finds
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Nearly three-quarters of Englandās woods inaccessible to public, study finds
Exclusive: Campaigners call for government to introduce right-to-roam bill that allows people to walk around their local woodlands
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'Rightwing politicians, Tufton Street junktanks and the billionaire press tell us our energy security will be enhanced and our bills will fall if we abandon net zero policies, ditch renewables and reinvest in North Sea gas' Fantastic from George Monbiot
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UK energy prices are soaring ā and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot
The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but donāt believe those who tout āmaximising the North Seaā as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/uk-energy-prices-soaring-war-iran-fossil-fuel-north-sea
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Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now?
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Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now?
With anger stoked by Channel 4ās drama Dirty Business, we look at what has happened to some of the main players
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āPlastic Incā allows us to see that this plastic pollution of our world has been a concerted and calculated strategy by the fossil fuel industry over decades, intent on profits at all costs.'
climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/08/r...
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Review of āPlastic Inc.ā by Beth Gardiner
Letās start with a visual experiment. Look around the room which you are in and see how many objects you can spot which are made of plastic. The television? The television remote? Your laptop? Yourā¦
https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/08/review-of-plastic-inc-by-beth-gardiner/
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'Rightwing politicians, Tufton Street junktanks and the billionaire press tell us our energy security will be enhanced and our bills will fall if we abandon net zero policies, ditch renewables and reinvest in North Sea gas' Fantastic from George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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UK energy prices are soaring ā and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot
The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but donāt believe those who tout āmaximising the North Seaā as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/uk-energy-prices-soaring-war-iran-fossil-fuel-north-sea
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Miningās toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?
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Miningās toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?
While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable ā with devastating consequences for nature and humans
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/13/minings-toxic-timebomb-dams-full-of-poisonous-waste-are-dotted-around-the-world-what-happens-when-they-burst-aoe
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When Solnit speaks, the world should listen. āThe Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Changeā is the most personal and uplifting book about the power of ideas and about our ability to be transformed. We are all dreamers.
climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/r...
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Review of āThe Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Changeā by Rebecca Solnit
When Solnit speaks, the world should listen. Her writing, spanning the years, has echoed with a deep personal voice, rooted in place, as well as optimistic activism. She charts and traces the changā¦
https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/review-of-the-beginning-comes-after-the-end-notes-on-a-world-of-change-by-rebecca-solnit/
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Leana Hosea
3 days ago
You can catch the whole radio edit here:
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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?
New research on what three very hot years can tell us about climate change.
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Leana Hosea
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PFAS pollution in a drinking water source near the old Denham Film Studio, so high the source had to be taken out of use. That's a water source that was providing 20 million litres a day to London, a city where water is already becoming scarce. From my report on BBC Inside Science, todayšš¾
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Haymarket Books
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Congratulations,
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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āPlastic Incā allows us to see that this plastic pollution of our world has been a concerted and calculated strategy by the fossil fuel industry over decades, intent on profits at all costs.' Review of 'Plastic Inc' by
@bethgardiner.bsky.social
climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/08/r...
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Review of āPlastic Inc.ā by Beth Gardiner
Letās start with a visual experiment. Look around the room which you are in and see how many objects you can spot which are made of plastic. The television? The television remote? Your laptop? Yourā¦
https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/08/review-of-plastic-inc-by-beth-gardiner/
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$115 billion in 2025!
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Zack Labe
7 days ago
Carbon dioxide (COā) averaged about 429 ppm in February 2026. Note that I also just updated my annual mean growth rate plot for 2025 on my personal climate indicators website. 10 years ago February averaged about 404 ppm. Data available at
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
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Rob Larter
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I've seen some reports with headlines highlighting the fact this summer's Antarctic sea ice minimum hasn't been as low as those over the past four years, and describing this as a "recovery". Before anyone gets too excited I suggest looking at the longer term trend. Graphic by
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Zack Labe
5 days ago
Modeled reconstruction of February
#Arctic
sea ice volume since the year 1901 - comparison between PIOMAS-20C and PIOMAS data sets now updated through 2025 (2nd lowest)... Data information available at
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Zack Labe
4 days ago
The latest monthly status of key greenhouse gases shown side-by-side. These gases trap heat in our atmosphere and drive wide-ranging impacts across the Earth system. For more data/info:
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/
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Rushcliffe Borough Council move forward with housing development on former RAF Tollerton site āA frankly indefensibleā decision say campaigners
#Tollerton
climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/10/r...
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Rushcliffe Borough Council move forward with housing development on former RAF Tollerton site
Provided by Rushcliffe Borough Council Rushcliffe Borough Councilās Cabinet met this evening and moved ahead with their Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) as part of the Masterplan for future hoā¦
https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/10/rushcliffe-borough-council-move-forward-with-housing-development-on-former-raf-tollerton-site/
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When Solnit speaks, the world should listen. āThe Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Changeā is the most personal and uplifting book about the power of ideas and about our ability to be transformed. We are all dreamers.
climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/r...
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Review of āThe Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Changeā by Rebecca Solnit
When Solnit speaks, the world should listen. Her writing, spanning the years, has echoed with a deep personal voice, rooted in place, as well as optimistic activism. She charts and traces the changā¦
https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/review-of-the-beginning-comes-after-the-end-notes-on-a-world-of-change-by-rebecca-solnit/
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Longtail News
11 days ago
Feed: "Bylines Cymru" By: Brian McHugh on Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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Review of āThe Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Changeā by Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit argues that the future isnāt fixed: through stories, ideas and small actions, ordinary people can reshape the world
https://bylines.cymru/environment/review-of-the-beginning-comes-after-the-end-notes-on-a-world-of-change-by-rebecca-solnit/
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Reaching net zero by 2050 ācheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisisā
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Reaching net zero by 2050 ācheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisisā
Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits
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Reaching net zero by 2050 ācheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisisā
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Reaching net zero by 2050 ācheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisisā
Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits
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Rushcliffe Borough Council move forward with housing development on former RAF Tollerton site āA frankly indefensibleā decision say campaigners
#Tollerton
climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/10/r...
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Rushcliffe Borough Council move forward with housing development on former RAF Tollerton site
Provided by Rushcliffe Borough Council Rushcliffe Borough Councilās Cabinet met this evening and moved ahead with their Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) as part of the Masterplan for future hoā¦
https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/10/rushcliffe-borough-council-move-forward-with-housing-development-on-former-raf-tollerton-site/
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Rushcliffe Borough Council make decision on major housing development on contaminated land. Protesters making their voices heard.
#Tollerton
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āA sobering previewā: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds
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āA sobering previewā: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds
Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/10/extreme-heat-study-global-warming-physical-activity
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Will Rushcliffe Borough Councilās upcoming decision force campaigners to seek judicial review? Tollerton Airfield housing development reaches significant moment
#Tollerton
#Pollution
#RushcliffeBoroughCouncil
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Will Rushcliffe Borough Councilās upcoming decision force campaigners to seek judicial review?
Tollerton Airfield housing development reaches significant moment This coming week will see Rushcliffe Borough Cabinet meet again to discuss and decide on a planning decision which will allow for aā¦
https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/07/will-rushcliffe-borough-councils-upcoming-decision-force-campaigners-to-seek-judicial-review/
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āA sobering previewā: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds
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āA sobering previewā: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds
Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/10/extreme-heat-study-global-warming-physical-activity
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67% of Britons say they anti- Trump
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The Bulwark
6 days ago
Q: "You just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a Tomahawk and bombed its own elementary schoolā¦but you're the only person in your government saying thisā¦Why are you the only person saying this?" Trump: "Because I just don't know enough about it."
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WATERSHED Investigations
7 days ago
Fracking waste has a mix of chemicals from fracking fluid + others leached from underground. Arsenic, lead, cancer-causing benzenes, radioactive radium can all be present. It's being dumped in Pennsylvania landfills. Mounting evidence says it's getting into rivers:
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The āToxic Cocktailā Brewing in Pennsylvaniaās Waterways - Inside Climate News
Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decadesā worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive.
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WATERSHED Investigations
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- Cancers - unexplained scarring on the lungs - impaired fetal growth - premature birth - heart disease Canadian doctors warn of alarming health trends near fracking sites:
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B.C. Doctors Flag Alarming Health Trends Near Fracking Sites
Researchers met with the city of Dawson Creek in British Columbia to share insights about how fracking in the region is affecting public health.
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Leana Hosea
6 days ago
In Lancashire they're still waiting for a fracking site to be cleaned up so it's safe to farm on, years after fracking was paused:
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Fracking firm denied more time to restore Lancashire site
Cuadrilla has
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6 days ago
In Yorkshire, a fracking firm tries to get round the ban on fracking by saying the 'proppant squeeze' they plan to use is not a form of fracking, so exempt from the ban. Others beg to differ: 2/4
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Yorkshire to decide fracking proposal and not the Government
Secretary of State declines to call in Burniston fracking proposal River Ure in Yorkshire Proposals for fracking near Scarborough will now not be ācalled inā by the Government and instead the decisā¦
http://climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/yorkshire-to-decide-fracking-proposal-and-not-the-governmentsecretary-of-state-declines-to-call-in-burniston-fracking-proposal/
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Campaigners who thought they'd won the battle to prevent fracking in Lincolnshire dismayed to learn mayor Andrea Jenkyns is courting fracking firm, Egdon - - vow to keep fighting to protect their homes from pollution:
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