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Kicking up a stink: row over sewage pollution blighting Cape Town’s beaches

Campaigners say authorities should be doing more to clean up waters around the city of nearly 5 million people

The Guardian - UK

Water companies’ pollution incidents in England increased by 30% in 2024

The sector, which had been set a target to reduce spillages by 40%, needs ‘radical reform’, campaigners say

The Guardian - UK

Water pollution across UK surged by nearly a third and highest in decade

Only a third of survey respondents believe their supplier will take the necessary steps to address water pollution

The Independent UK

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Mount Rushmore tourists hit with air quality warning

Air quality index values were estimated to have peaked at 161 at a key landmark near the iconic sculpture

The Independent UK

While Delhi gasps, is the government driving dirty?

While the traffic police aggressively penalises ordinary citizens for pollution violations, are they equally tough on Delhi government vehicles?

Newslaundry

DOJ ends environmental justice agreement in Alabama county citing Trump

The U.S. Department of Justice is ending a settlement agreement with Alabama regarding wastewater problems in a rural Alabama county where most residents are Black

The Independent UK

This federal rule helped clear air over America's most beloved parks. Trump's EPA wants to kill it

Outdoor enthusiasts are worried about the loss of their favorite vistas as President Donald Trump's administration considers weakening a 26-year-old rule designed to improve visibility over national parks and wilderness areas

The Independent UK

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‘Yoda’ for scientists: the outsider ecologist whose ideas from the 80s just might fix our future

John Todd’s eco-machine stunned experts by using natural organisms to remove toxic waste from a Cape Cod lagoon. Forty years on, he wants to build a fleet of them to clean up the oceans

The Guardian - UK

Price of parking rises steeply due to English councils’ clean-air surcharges

The AA says ‘cash-guzzling’ councils are adding clean-air levies to parking tariffs and resident parking permits

The Guardian - UK

Lawsuit alleging environmental racism in Louisiana parish allowed to proceed, federal court says

A federal appellate court says a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward

The Independent UK

Air pollution in Paris region 'cut in half' over the past 20 years

Air pollution in the Paris region has been cut in half over the past two decades, according to a new study published by Airparif, an independent group that tracks air quality.

Radio France Internationale

Campaigners find sewage pollution and E coli in Boat Race water

Tests ahead of Sunday’s race revealed E coli levels three times above the threshold for poor bathing water

The Guardian - UK

EPA to review ‘new science’ on fluoride as RFK Jr. reportedly tells CDC to stop recommending it

Experts say taking fluoride out of drinking water would degrade public health

The Independent UK

Why water fluoridation is under fire in the US

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F

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The Conversation

The latest update on NZ’s state of the environment is sobering – but there are glimmers of progress

If left unaddressed, many environmental changes in Aotearoa New Zealand could threaten livelihoods, health, quality of life and infrastructure for generations to come, according to the latest update on the state of the environment.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Silvertown Tunnel is now open — and it is a terrible backward step for clean air in London

The Silvertown tunnel, which opened to traffic today, drives London backwards. The extra HGVs and cars it brings to east and south-east London will exacerbate air pollution, and undermine efforts to deal with climate change.

The Conversation

EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?

Science is essential as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carries out its mission to protect human health and the environment.

The Independent UK

Concern for wildlife as 100-fold increase in chemicals found in harbours

Insecticide used for pet flea treatment has been found in waters in south coast harbours.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Something to be proud of’: how an Irish town got a sewage makeover – and stopped discharging its waste into the sea

Arklow’s sleek new wastewater treatment plant is a collaborative triumph – and amazingly unsmelly too

The Guardian - US

Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands

Verdict marks end of the first trial of 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years ago, alleging firm’s projects destroyed the regions

The Independent UK

Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer

Industry groups representing hundreds of chemical and petrochemical manufacturers are seeking blanket exemptions from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene

Evening Standard

Fresh concerns for wildlife after reports of second oil spill in River Wandle in two months

Fresh concerns have been raised about the health of a London waterway after footage shared online appeared to show another oil spill in the River Wandle.

Evening Standard

Statue unveiled of girl whose air pollution death inspired Sadiq Khan's Ulez clean air zone

Statue funded by public donations stands same height as nine-year-old Ella

Evening Standard

More than half of London's councils increase fly-tipping fines to £1,000

Government data reveals that London accounts for two in five fly-tipping incidents across England

The Independent UK

Australia sees nearly 40% decline in plastic pollution along major city coastlines

Country has pledged to phase out unnecessary plastics by 2025 and recycle or reuse all its plastic waste by 2040

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