NYT > World News Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say Par :Max Bearak and Hiroko Tabuchi 12 juillet 2025 à 05:01 Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk. © Jose Jordan/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesFlood-damaged homes lining the river in Chiva, near Valencia, Spain, in November. A flood alert system was in place but was not immediately activated.
NYT > World News Trump Wants to Close the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Par :Hiroko Tabuchi 8 juillet 2025 à 05:01 The White House is planning to eliminate the board, a small agency that investigates chemical disasters to understand what went wrong. © Nicole Craine for The New York TimesThe site of a nitrogen leak in Georgia that killed six workers in 2021. The federal investigative team that determined the cause could face Trump administration cuts.
NYT > World News E.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats Par :Hiroko Tabuchi 3 juillet 2025 à 09:58 The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes. © Getty ImagesAn albino rat at a medical test facility. Critters like rats and zebra fish are commonly used to test the toxicity of chemicals.
NYT > World News The U.S. Sends Lots of Plastic Trash Overseas. Malaysia Just Said No Thanks. Par :Hiroko Tabuchi and Zunaira Saieed 1 juillet 2025 à 10:46 No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome. © Mohd Rasfan/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesA Malaysian inspector examined a shipment of plastic waste in 2019.
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