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Activists say the research marks a growing awareness connecting everyday life to the toxic contamination of the planet and ongoing harm to the climate. More research is examining how women are disproportionately impacted.

The congratulatory calls and emails were pouring in, and Kathrin Schilling was trying her best to keep up with them all. A new study for which Schilling was the senior author disclosed the presence of such harmful metals as lead and arsenic in tampons.

After a Study Found Lead in Tampons, Environmentalists Wonder if Global Metal Pollution Is Worse Than They Previously Thought

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Mamdani’s New Chief Climate Officer Wants to Make New York a ‘Better Place to Live’

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Louise Yeung hopes to bolster NYC’s response to climate change to better address safety, health and the city’s affordability crisis.

In Louise Yeung’s decade of work in New York City government, she has helped rebuild flood infrastructure after Hurricane Sandy, worked to make streets and tunnels more resilient to climate change and ensured that the city’s financial investments aligned with its climate goals.

Mamdani’s New Chief Climate Officer Wants to Make New York a ‘Better Place to Live’

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Trump Administration Dropped Controversial Climate Report From Its Decision to Rescind EPA Endangerment Finding

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The final EPA rule explicitly omitted the report commissioned last year to justify revoking the endangerment finding, citing “concerns raised by some commenters.”

When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rescinded its bedrock endangerment finding Thursday, it explicitly excluded a controversial report issued last year by the U.S. Department of Energy that argued the dangers of human-induced climate change were being overstated.

Trump Administration Dropped Controversial Climate Report From Its Decision to Rescind EPA Endangerment Finding

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The First Casualty of Trump’s Climate Action Repeal: The U.S. EV Transition

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Tailpipe standards meant to hasten adoption of electric vehicles were slashed alongside the scientific basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions. That will come at a cost.

With the repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific finding on the dangers of greenhouse gases, the Trump administration is aiming to take out many federal actions on climate change in one blast.

The First Casualty of Trump’s Climate Action Repeal: The U.S. EV Transition

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