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EXPLAINER: Forest carbon credits aim to offset pollution

Forest carbon credits are promises that companies, individuals and governments can buy to counteract their emissions by paying to plant or protect trees

The Independent UK

Dredging Plans for Massive Superfund Site on Hold

The Army Corps has withdrawn its approval for an expansion of the Matagorda Ship Channel that could disturb a mercury-laden waste site.

Texas Observer

No greenhouse gas limits for Victoria's coal-fired power plants as Supreme Court rejects challenge

A Victorian court rejects arguments by environmental groups that the state's EPA should have imposed greenhouse gas limits on coal plants in the Latrobe Valley.

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Federal report identifies cause of 2019 Port Neches chemical plant explosion

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board found that TPC Group LLC failed to identify problem areas where dangerous chemicals might cause explosions and didn’t implement a safety recommendation that could have prevented the blast.

The Texas Tribune

EPA strengthens smog-forming emissions rules for heavy trucks

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implemented new, more stringent limits on smog-producing emissions from heavy-duty trucks Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Vic Supreme Court throws out EPA coal case

The Victorian Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Environmental Protection Agency in the first case to test Victorian climate change legislation.

AAP

Arvind Kejriwal govt should immediately issue white paper on pollution situation: Delhi BJP

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP's working president Virendra Sachdeva on Tuesday demanded that the city government should immediately issue a white paper on the current pollution situation in the national capital. Delhi's air quality plunged to the severe category on Monday and the 24-hour average AQI stood at 410 at 4…

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Relief as Santos dumps plan to release untreated CSG water near Queensland bum-breathing turtle habitat

Only treated wastewater is now proposed to run into Dawson River, home to the white-throated snapping turtle

The Guardian - AU

Delhi Govt Launches Campaign Against Open Burning To Curb Pollution

Environment Minister Gopal Rai directed department officials to run 'Anti Open Burning Special Campaign' for the next 10 days in view of increasing pollution in Delhi. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

‘Urgent action needed’ to tackle untreated sewage entering the River Frome

Councillors disagreed on the best way to tackle the issue

Bristol Post

Blue-green algae behind bad smell at Lake Bonney after levee cuts it from River Murray

A green sludge has emerged at Lake Bonney after a levee was built to cut it from the swollen River Murray, as health authorities warn against swimming in the popular Riverland lake.

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For cleaner air now, Illinois should use more biodiesel

Waiting, while doing nothing, is a lost opportunity in the fight for cleaner air.

Chicago Sun-Times

$To ease looming West Texas water shortage, oil companies have begun recycling fracking wastewater$

To ease looming West Texas water shortage, oil companies have begun recycling fracking wastewater

Oil and gas companies are increasingly reusing “produced water” as West Texas aquifers are being depleted and the practice of injecting wastewater into disposal wells triggers more earthquakes.

The Texas Tribune

The lenses of fishes' eyes record their lifetime exposure to toxic mercury, new research finds

Mercury pollution is a global threat to human health, especially to unborn babies and young children. Exposure to methylmercury, a type that forms when mercury washes into lakes and streams, can harm children’s brain development and cause symptoms including speech impairment and muscle weakness in adults who consume seafood as…

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The Independent UK

EU reaches deal on emissions trading, social climate fund

European Union governments and lawmakers reached a deal Sunday on key elements of the 27-nation bloc’s green deal

Radio France Internationale

Mumbai overtakes Delhi as city with the filthiest air in India

Pollution in India’s second city Mumbai was worse this week than even the notoriously smoggy capital, Delhi, as experts warned that hazardous air pollution was likely to affect more parts of the country in future.

The Independent UK

Suit: US ship canal dredging in summer threatens sea turtles

A conservation group is suing in federal court over a U.S. agency's timeline for dredging a Georgia shipping channel, saying dredging in the summertime would threaten rare sea turtles

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: cyclone drags pollution towards Sri Lanka

Particulate matter, which is hazardous to lungs, has been pulled in from India by Cyclone Mandous

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Houston's chemical contamination

"The people there are tired of being studied. We need to take action.”

The Independent UK

Government criticised for leaving overall water quality out of its environment targets

Ministers accused of only doing half their job and leaving gaps in protections

The Guardian - UK

Thérèse Coffey accused of undermining Cop15 talks with weak targets

Environment secretary disappoints campaigners by failing to set overall targets for river health and protected habitats

Evening Standard

Ministers accused of ‘betraying tens of thousands of children’ in London and UK with 2040 toxic air target

UK targets are weaker than the EU’s despite ministers vowing not to water down environmental standards after Brexit

The Guardian - UK

HS2 protesters who occupied tunnel near Euston station to face retrial

High court overturns acquittal of six activists charged with aggravated trespass at London site

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Toxic metal warning for London Tube

Scientists are warning the air on London’s Tube network is polluted with toxic metal particles small enough to enter the human bloodstream.

France 24

Noise pollution: A not-so-silent killer?

The constant rumble of traffic and people brings cities to life. But is it also making us sick? The ill-effects of noise pollution are now well documented, with cities declaring open war on the not-so-silent killer. The Down to Earth team takes a closer look.

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