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Asbestos-contaminated play sand prompts widespread school closures across Australia and New Zealand

A large recall of coloured play sand used in schools and preschools occurred across Australia and New Zealand. Laboratory testing identified traces of tremolite and chrysotile asbestos in several san...

Sizewell C secures £5.5 billion financing, paving way for full-scale construction

The Sizewell C nuclear power project in Suffolk has officially reached financial close, unlocking full-scale construction of the UK’s first privately financed nuclear station under the Regulated Asse...

UK regulators strengthen oversight for geological disposal of radioactive waste

The Environment Agency and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) have released a joint report summarizing their coordinated efforts to oversee the development of the United Kingdom’s Geological Dis...

U.S. Expands Coal Leasing to Meet AI Energy Demands

The United States has announced a major expansion of coal leasing and extended operations of aging coal-fired power plants as part of a broader plan to meet surging electricity demand. The Department...

Geotechnically Sustainable Peat Management in Scotland’s A9 Dualling Project

The A9 Dualling project between Tomatin and Moy in Scotland is integrating an innovative Peat Management Plan to mitigate the environmental impacts of road construction across deep peatland areas. Pe...

Recovering Critical Minerals from Waste: New USGS-State Partnerships Underway

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded nearly $3 million in cooperative agreements to support 13 state geological surveys in joint work to inventory and characterize critical minerals in mine...

Mercury and Arsenic Hotspots Identified in Ghana’s Artisanal Gold Belt

A year-long assessment by Pure Earth and Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority sampled soil, water, crops and fish across six of Ghana’s 13 mining regions. Results show mercury in soils at Konon...

Transforming Waste into High-Value Biomaterials: The ABEL Project

In the Netherlands, a new research consortium is pioneering technologies to convert low-grade organic waste into durable, reusable biomaterials. The initiative, called ABEL (Ab-initio Biowaste Loop),...

Building Tunnels Responsibly: A Dual Approach to Risk

As we live in an era where tunnelling and underground technologies are rapidly gaining traction worldwide, it becomes increasingly essential to address the environmental and geo-structural challenges...

New Release: GeoStudio 2025.1

GeoStudio 2025.1 offers a balanced mix of new functionalities and enhancements to our core tools. This version introduces Python scripting, enabling more efficient workflows, and 3D reinforcement ana...

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