Thousands of lobster bands are being found along N.S. shorelines. This environmental group says it's hazardous
An environmental organization based in the Annapolis Valley says 2026 is the year of the lobster band.

#environment #hazardous #NSshorelines #AnnapolisValley
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/lobster-bands-an-issue-along-ns-shorelines-9.7050102?cmp=rss

Retreating from EVs could be hazardous for Western carmakers

https://www.economist.com/business/2025/12/17/retreating-from-evs-could-be-hazardous-for-western-carmakers

#HackerNews #Retreating #from #EVs #hazardous #Western #carmakers #electric #vehicles #automotive #industry #sustainability

Thousands of US #hazardous sites are at risk of #flooding because of #SeaLevelRise, study finds

By DORANY PINEDA, November 20, 2025

Excerpt: "The study’s researchers started by identifying and classifying tens of thousands of hazardous sites near the coasts of Puerto Rico and the 23 states with coastline. Next, they wanted to know each site’s projected future flood risk. They did this by calculating how likely each year coastal flooding could inundate a site using historical sea level measurements and projected sea level rise in 2050 and 2100 under low and high emissions scenarios. Lastly, they identified and classified communities as being at-risk if homes are located within 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) of a hazardous site with a high threat of future flooding, and compared those communities’ characteristics with other Fcoastal neighborhoods with no at-risk sites nearby.

"But researchers did not include all types of hazardous facilities, such as oil and gas #pipelines, nor did they account for #GroundwaterUpwelling or more intense and frequent storms in the future, which could lead to underestimates. On the other end, the flood-risk model they used could have overestimated the number of threatened sites.

" 'It is important to note that previous disasters, such as #hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Harvey, did result in a lot of #ToxicContamination from oil and gas pipelines,' Chandler said.

"The 5,500 at-risk sites includes 44% that are #FossilFuel ports and terminals, 30% power plants, 24% #refineries and 22% coastal #SewageTreatment facilities. Most of the sites — nearly 80% — are in #Louisiana, #Florida, #NewJersey, #Texas, #California, #NewYork and #Massachusetts."

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/20/thousands-of-us-hazardous-sites-are-at-risk-of-flooding-because-of-sea-level-rise-study-finds/

#BigOilAndGas #OilPipelines #GasPipelines #Infrastructure #HazardousWaste #Contamination #WaterIsLife #NuclearWaste #Flooding #ClimateChange #Pollution

Trump Administration
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it.

PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with eight companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago. The chemical was a component of firefighting foam and a processing aid to make a kind of plastic used in circuit boards, valves and pipes. PFNA has been found in water near sites where the foam was used and in the drinking water in 28 states, according to an analysis of EPA and state data by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group.

#EPA #PFNA #health #hazardous #water

https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report

What is life really like in such a #hazardous zone? Why would anyone choose to live in the constant shadow of a potential eruption? And what #measures have been taken to protect the community?

In this blog, Hedieh Soltanpour from the EGU Natural Hazards Division shares her experience of visiting Kagoshima – a personal effort to understand how people manage to live alongside an active volcano.

Read more here👉 :https://egu.eu/59OOJ7/