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The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Newcastle Clean Air Zone: One week to go until city centre pollution tolls are launched

The first tolls from the Newcastle Clean Air Zone will be issued next Monday, January 30

Chronicle Live

England bans single-use foodware

Environmental groups said the policy was necessary, insufficient, and long overdue

Salon

'Beautiful' plant can completely ERADICATE mould and dust from your home, say NASA experts

Manchester Evening News

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Gas stoves have a pollution problem

The science is overwhelmingly clear: Gas stoves are a source of air pollution located inside your home. They can emit climate pollution, as well as pollution linked to asthma and other health problems. They can release pollution when turned on, and even when they’re off. In some cases, the exposure…

Tribune News Service

Glasgow street one of most polluted in Scotland but still meets legal limit

Environmental campaigners think the improvement in air quality shows the benefits of the Low Emission Zone, with one of the biggest positives shown on Hope Street, even though it remains among the worst in the country.

Glasgow Live

Scotland did not breach air pollution limits in 2022, new figures show

NEW figures have been released which show Scotland did not breach legal air pollution limits in 2022 for the first time, excluding the impact of…

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's most polluted streets named as road in Glasgow crowned dirtiest

New research found Scotland as a whole had met its air pollution targets for the first time except 2020 when the country was in lockdown.

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Mayors file legal complaint over plastic waste washed up on French coast

A hundred people gathered on a beach in Pornic on France's north western coast (Loire-Atlantique) on Saturday to denounce the pollution of plastic micro-beads washed up there and on other beaches in recent weeks. Several elected officials have filed a legal complaint against what they describe as an "environmental nightmare".

Radio France Internationale

LPG versus dirty fuel use in Ghana: bring gas supplies closer to people and more of them will use it

Hundreds of millions of people living in sub-Saharan Africa still use polluting cooking fuels. A recent survey across 33 countries in the region found that over 90% of households were found to use firewood, charcoal, or other heavily polluting fuel as their primary cooking fuel.

The Conversation

Freezing fog warnings issued by Met Office as cold snap bites

The yellow weather warning is in place between midnight and 11 am today (January 22)

Wales Online

Weather warnings issued over freezing fog

The Met Office said the haze will be so thick that visibility drops as low as 50m in some parts of England.

The Independent UK

Gas stoves are giving your kid asthma

No, the government isn't coming for your stove. Yet parents might want to rip them out themselves

Salon

Man Utd told to NOT accept any Sir Jim Ratcliffe bids after he registers takeover interest

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who owns INEOS, announced his plans to buy Manchester United from the unpopular Glazer family this week - but charity Greenpeace are worried about sportswashing

Daily Mirror

Sections of Balkan river become floating garbage dump

Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three countries end up accumulating in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during wet weather

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Wales Online

No definite answer to cause of mass crab deaths on north-east coast as experts give their verdict

It had been claimed that work to expand a port in the area had triggered the deaths

Zenger

Why The Night Sky Is Vanishing

In many inhabited places, the night sky never fully grows dark and why the night sky is vanishing.

Daily Record

Well done Humza Yousaf for listening to Record's plea on blight of disposable vapes

Record View says disposable vapes must be banned now.

Daily Record

Scottish Government set to consider disposable vape ban after Record calls for crackdown

Humza Yousaf says ministers will review options as campaigning Green MSP Gillian Mackay raises alarming blight of e-cigs litter.

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Evening Standard

What do you think of suburbs revolting against Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion?

Sadiq Khan’s plan to expand London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone is facing legal opposition from suburban councils, who argue that the plan disproportionately affects residents outside the city centre

The Guardian - AU

NSW environment watchdog to require companies to show how they will hit net zero and then nudge them to improve

The state’s EPA is unveiling what it calls Australia’s ‘most comprehensive plan’ to cut carbon emissions

Daily Record

Balmaclellan residents see gardens flooded by raw sewage

Used toilet paper and human faeces has been spotted coming out of a manhole near the village hall

The Guardian - UK

Plastic bottle deposit return scheme finally looks set to start in England

Campaigners say long delay is adding to pollution and not including glass will break manifesto pledge

Daily Mirror

Stinkiest place revealed as city receives nearly 1,000 smell complaints in a year

Stoke-on Trent recorded 860 complaints about smell last year and has the dubious honour of being the stinkiest authority in the UK the survey by Airmatic has found

Daily Mirror

Ynysddu residents fear toxic waste is 'spilling past village' near where children play

Villagers have spoken of their fears for after witnessing a mysterious liquid flowing downhill from a mine where a toxic chemical was dumped several decades ago

Daily Record

Time to ban disposable vapes clogging up streets as Record launches campaign

Record View says it is an issue that needs to be dealt with now.

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