2026 will be a turning point for climate litigation
In 2026, the courts will be the new battleground for the climate crisis. This is not a metaphor: Ukraine is preparing to file the first claim for climate reparations in history against Russia, ...
Animal testing: Nearly 400,000 fish used in EU chemical tests
A total of 382,000 fish have been used in completed, ongoing and pending tests required under the European REACH regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) to ...
The United States halted the adoption of the Net Zero Framework
The Net Zero Framework (NZF) is the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) plan for decarbonising the maritime transport sector, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20-30% by 2020 and...
Asbestos, thousands of schools contaminated: Italy is lagging behind in removal
The bell doesn't ring. Doors are closed and classrooms are empty, not because of a strike or technical malfunction, but because of asbestos lurking in the floors. This happened at the Tasso Institut...
Iberian Wildfires Drive Spain’s Highest Emissions in Two Decades
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Summer is also, unfortunately, the season of fires, due to rising temperatures, dry soil and veget...
Startups Step In as Global Plastic Agreement Falters
The latest round of negotiations in Geneva on a global plastics agreement has once again ended without concrete results. More than 180 nations participated, but no consensus emerged. Despite ov...
Global Plastics Treaty, INC-5.2 ends without agreement and amid controversy
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After a night of closed-door meetings and a day later than scheduled, the final plenary session of...
Not just microplastics: mineral water may also contain PFAS
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano ‘Mineral’ does not necessarily mean pure. In recent years, there has been much talk ab...
Miteni PFAS Trial: Historic Ruling Condemns 11 Former Executives
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After four years of deliberation, 130 hearings, approximately 300 civil parties involved, and an i...
Air quality in Europe is still poor
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Air quality in Europe is still poor: despite some improvements in pollution reduction, new measure...
China’s CO₂ emissions begin to fall: have they finally reached the peak?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano A clear and unmistakable downturn. The once sharply rising line on the graph comes to a sudden hal...
EU pellet regulation: environment and health sacrificed in the name of simplification
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Started in October 2023 as part of the Zero Pollution Action Plan promoted by the former European ...
PFAS: Trump blocks proposal to limit industrial wastewater
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water With the administration change at t...
PFAS in Europe: the cost of contamination and the obstructionism of lobby groups
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water If PFAS restrictions are not enforc...
PFAS, European water is becoming increasingly polluted: the data from the first EEA briefing
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On 9 December 2024, just a few week...
Global plastics treaty: is a weak agreement better than none at all?
This article is available also in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The fifth and final round of negotiations (INC-5) for a Global Plastics Treaty begins today, Novem...
Startup, CrioPura: water purification with macroporous polymeric hydrogels
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano CrioPura is a project created by a team of researchers at the Italian CNR (National Research Counc...
More necessary than the sun
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 90% of the world population breathes polluted ai...
PFASs can be absorbed through the skin and reach the bloodstream
PFAS can penetrate the skin and reach the bloodstream, according to the paper Dermal bioavailability of perfluoroalkyl substances using in vitro 3D human skin equivalent models, published in June 20...
Marine pollution, the first challenge of the Ocean Decade
UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission recently published ten White Papers addressing specific challenges of the Decade of the Ocean. These papers represent a collective effort to devel...