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The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex

Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution levels surge in India's capital, sparking rare protests

A thick layer of smog has enveloped India’s capital, New Delhi, as pollution levels surge, worsening a public health crisis

The Independent UK

‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands

MP asks for explanation from Southern Water amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life

The Guardian - UK

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Mercury treaty summit criticized for inaction on gold mining crisis

A global mercury summit in Geneva has faced criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to act on mercury use in small-scale gold mining, the world’s top source of mercury pollution and a growing threat to the Amazon

The Independent UK

Placing Climate Tort Litigation in Context (Updated)

Using tort law for environmental protection has a deeper historical pedigree than does resort to administrative regulation.

Reason

‘Not everyone can afford air purifiers’: Delhi protest seeks answers on air crisis

As toxic air continued to blanket Delhi-NCR, activists gathered at Jantar Mantar to protest the governments’ continued failure to confront the crisis.

Newslaundry

Can you clean and reuse your air purifier filter? I asked the experts

If you’re tempted to clean and reuse your air purifier filter, read this first! Here’s what the experts have to say.

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Misleading UK adverts for ’very low emission’ wood-burning stoves banned

ASA action won approval of clean air campaigners, who said some ‘seriously misleading myths’ had been debunked

The Guardian - UK

Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’

Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated

The Guardian - UK

Explosion at Mississippi chemical plant causes ammonia leak, evacuations

Officials say an explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi has caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate

The Independent UK

Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst air pollution, analysis finds

Exclusive: Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’

The Guardian - UK

This simple trick may be the secret to banishing kitchen smells — and all you need is a glass of water and paper towel

Want to avoid coming back to a smelly kitchen after vacation?

Tom’s Guide

As India's Capital Chokes on Toxic Smog, Top Doctor Warns: Flee Delhi if You Can Afford It

Delhi's air turns toxic as a top pulmonologist urges residents to leave the city if they can. Rising smog, lung damage and health risks spark urgent warnings.

International Business Times UK

As smog thickened, Haryana’s air quality network went dark

As air quality levels dipped across north India this week, Haryana’s pollution monitoring system faltered, leaving many parts of the state without real-time data.

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The Guardian - UK

Tackle wood burning and road traffic to improve Europe’s air quality, study finds

Researchers measure toxicity of air samples across continent to advise on ‘efficient’ policies to reduce harm

Newslaundry

Delhi AQI ‘fraud’: Water sprinklers cleaning the data, not the air?

Newslaundry had earlier reported how several of Delhi’s air quality monitoring stations were themselves in violation of basic norms, placed behind trees, beside walls, or hemmed in by buildings that obstruct airflow within the mandatory 20-metre radius. But it seems even that wasn’t enough. As the city’s air turned poisonous…

The Guardian - UK

Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings

Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits

Newslaundry

Govt denies air-death link, but Lancet report says over 17 lakh died in India in 2022

While the Narendra Modi government denies any direct correlation between air pollution and mortality, a Lancet report has said that more than 17 lakh people died in India during 2022 from exposure to PM 2.5. Fossil fuels reportedly played a key role.

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The Independent UK

Tech school student sues campus, saying toxic fumes from construction made her go into labor 16 weeks early

Several students and a math instructor at Ozarks Technical Community College also reported feeling sick from strong chemical fumes during campus construction, according to the lawsuit

The Independent UK

Indian authorities begin controversial cloud-seeding experiment over New Delhi

It is hoped that cloud-seeding over New Delhi will clear the city’s toxic air

Newslaundry

163 hours of missing Diwali AQI data: TOI slams India’s pollution policy

A week after The Times of India flagged the absence of pollution data during peak hours on Diwali night, the paper followed it up with a scathing editorial asking a simple and searing question: How serious is India about its air?

Newslaundry

Reality check of the Yamuna ‘clean-up’: Animal carcasses, a ‘pond’, and open drains

The Rekha Gupta government in Delhi claims that it has reduced pollution in the Yamuna ahead of the Chhath festival. The water may not be fit to drink, but it’s supposedly clean enough for devotees to bathe in and perform rituals. From Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to her ministers –…

Newslaundry

Ground still wet, air stays toxic: A reality check at Anand Vihar air monitor after water sprinkler video

Amid allegations of data manipulation by AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj and reports of water sprinklers circling air quality monitors, Newslaundry visited the Anand Vihar air monitoring station – one of Delhi’s most polluted spots – to verify the claims.

Newslaundry

The Yamuna PR wash: Anchors interview Delhi CM next to ‘pond’, no question on pollution data

This weekend, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta sat for interviews with DD anchor Sudhir Chaudhary and Aaj Tak’s Anjana Om Kashyap at Vasudev Ghat. The backdrop of these interviews wasn’t the river. It was apparently a man-made pond, which the AAP claims was filled with filtered water from the Sonia…

Benzinga

Trump Rolls Back Biden-Era Emissions Rule, Grants Two-Year Exemption To Copper Smelters

President Donald Trump on Friday reversed an air pollution regulation introduced during the Biden administration. The rule, which was aimed at reducing emissions from copper smelters, has been overturned, providing a two-year compliance exemption for affected stationary sources.

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