Justine Calma

After years of opposition from the Havasupai Tribe and environmental advocates, a contested mine near the Grand Canyon started producing uranium in December. It’s one of three mines in Arizona and Utah that started operations thanks to rising uranium prices and increased interest in nuclear energy as a carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels, despite uranium’s legacy of pollution and contaminated water. Two more mines in Colorado and Wyoming could also start producing uranium over the next year.

The alcohol app has been a cybersecurity headache since Uber acquired it a few years ago. The FTC found out that a hack affected 2.5 million customers in 2020, two years after the company initially learned about a security flaw.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced $623 million in grants for electric vehicle charging projects today. The funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will benefit 47 EV charging and alternative-fueling infrastructure projects across 22 states and Puerto Rico. Back in September, DOT authorized another $100 million in funding to fix broken EV chargers that dot the US.

Researchers discovered up to 100 times more nanoplastics in bottled water than previous estimates. Add that the growing list of places microplastics are accumulating where they really shouldn’t be — including babies’ poop, seafood, the Arctic, and Great Lakes.