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Woman pours water on former Alabama rep’s head in protest at hearing over EPA toxic coal ash storage plan

EPA argues existing Alabama regime for handling coal ash ponds risks water supply pollution

The Independent UK

How air pollution is making life tougher for bugs

Whether you love them or loathe them, we all depend on bugs. Insects help to pollinate three-quarters of the world’s crop varieties, making them a treasured resource.

The Conversation

What can be done to combat air pollution in Europe?

From wood burning to driving, there are things people can do – but industries such as shipping and agriculture bear most of the responsibility

The Guardian - UK

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Europe’s politicians have moral responsibility to tackle air pollution, says WHO environment director

Maria Neira highlights health impacts of dangerous pollution levels after Guardian investigation revealed scale of crisis

The Guardian - UK

‘Very worrying’ pollution is ‘so prevalent’ in Europe, says Estonian climate minister – as it happened

Kristen Michal says clean air is ‘human right’ and breathing ‘should not make us sick’ after revelations about Europe’s toxic air

The Guardian - UK

‘Impossible to live like this’: Italy’s Po Valley blighted by air pollution among worst in Europe

Cremona residents say life becoming unbearable amid pollution from industry, cars and farm animal waste

The Guardian - UK

Treated and untreated sewage greatest threat to river biodiversity, says study

More water company regulations and improvements at treatment plants needed to protect rivers, say authors

The Guardian - UK

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Key points from Rishi Sunak’s speech on changes to net zero policies

A raft of changes impacting how the Government plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address other environmental concerns including air pollution has been outlined by the Prime Minister.

Evening Standard

ED calls for details of sand sales in Tamil Nadu

ED probes illegal sand mining in TN; requests State Govt for details. Seeks evidence of companies, benami transactions, summons issued to suspects.

The Hindu

Mayor Johnson’s environmental plan is a needed and welcome step for equity

The mayor has been moved to action, but his plan is just a first step to tackle the long-standing problem of environmental racism.

Chicago Sun-Times

Suella Braverman slams ‘militant’ climate activism and Chris Packham documentary

The Home Secretary and the naturalist provided opposing takes on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.

The Independent UK

‘The air tastes like burnt plastic’: Skopje’s chronic pollution problem

Capital of North Macedonia is a PM2.5 hotspot where people fear for their health. Is there hope for change?

The Guardian - UK

Methodology behind the Guardian’s air pollution in Europe investigation

The project has employed various data sources, from road and land use data to meteorological information

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air

Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year

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Evening Standard

‘School street’ traffic restrictions in Olympic park credited for 45 per cent reduction in soot pollution

Banning parents from dropping off their children by car resulted in a big drop in toxic particulates at a primary school in the Olympic park, according to new research.

AAP

Australia props up nuclear agency amid Pacific concern

Australia announced more funding for the international nuclear watchdog as China seized on division in the Pacific over Japan's release of nuclear wastewater.

Dynamite News

Parents favour indoor physical education due to bad air quality: Study

According to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, two-thirds of parents had experienced at least one day with poor or dangerous air quality in their neighbourhood in the last two years. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - AU

Rainwater sampling near Cadia goldmine ‘not fit for purpose’, inquiry hears

Residents living near the mine in central-west NSW said they had been complaining about ‘excessive’ dust for 10 years

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Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson unveils city reforms to fight environmental racism

“In the greatest city in the world, no neighborhood should have to suffer the burdens of pollution more so than any other neighborhood,” the mayor said.

The National (Scotland)

'A public health emergency': Glasgow parents back Low Emission Zone

GLASGOW parents have teamed up with a number of campaign groups to show support for the city’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) amid a judicial review.

The Conversation

Desert dust storms carry human-made toxic pollutants, and the health risk extends indoors

Humans have contended with dust storms for thousands of years, ever since early civilizations appeared in the Middle East and North Africa. But modern desert dust storms are different from their preindustrial counterparts.

Evening Standard

What are Ulez cameras and where are they located?

Ulez was first introduced in 2019

The Guardian - US

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells climate marchers to be ‘too big and too radical to ignore’ – as it happened

Demonstration falls days before the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit, at which Joe Biden is expected to be a no-show

The Times of India

Madras HC stays order of single bench permitting sale of idols made of plaster of paris

MADURAI: Granting stay on the operation of the order passed by a single bench which had directed the authorities not to prevent a man from selling idols made of plaster of paris in Tirunelveli district, Madras high court in a special sitting on Sunday made it clear that there shall…

The Guardian - UK

How anti-Ulez campaigners misused air pollution finding in Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah death

Three years after unprecedented inquest ruling, absence of other cases has left a gap for pollution sceptics to exploit

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