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Stalin lays foundation stone for Southeast Asia’s largest desalination plant in Perur near Chennai

CM Stalin lays foundation stone for ₹4,276.44 cr desalination plant in Perur, to be biggest in SE Asia. Plant to treat 400 MLD seawater, cater to 22.67 lakh people. Advanced tech used, 1.15 km HDPE pipes to be laid at sea, 59 km on land. 4th desal plant in Chennai,…

The Hindu

Sadiq Khan accused of trying to ‘squash’ scientific ‘dissent’ over Ulez

The Labour mayor’s deputy called on an academic funded by City Hall to rebut studies that questioned Ulez effectiveness.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak claims North Sea oil cleaner than imports exposed as 'false'

RISHI Sunak’s claims home-grown oil and gas is better for the environment have been exposed as 'false'.

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India an ‘environmental basket-case’, says Ramachandra Guha

Historian Ramachandra Guha says India would be an "environmental basket-case" even without climate change. He compares effects of colonialism in Nilgiris & Garhwal Himalayas, noting proximity to China & religious tourism in latter threaten sustainability.

The Hindu

Ulez protest featuring tractors and three-wheel car brings traffic to standstill

The rally in Orpington was targeted at the expansion of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone to all parts of London.

The Independent UK

Man provides Delhi bizmen forged DPCC certificates, arrested

NEW DELHI: A 42-year-old man named Manish Poddar was arrested for allegedly duping people by providing them with fake Delhi Pollution Control Committee certificates, police said on Saturday.

The Times of India

Indonesia’s president has a cough, air pollution could be the culprit

President Joko Widodo’s reported month-long cough has prompted government to address pollution; critics are sceptical.

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Why is London called the ‘Big Smoke’?

Events after the Industrial Revolution left London in the dark and with a nickname that has stuck

Evening Standard

Israel: Eilat’s Red Sea coral reefs deteriorating

The condition of the coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba continues to deteriorate, according to the report for 2022 on the Israel National Monitoring Program in the Northern Gulf of Aqaba published on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite news:

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EPA’s new definition of PFAS could omit thousands of ‘forever chemicals’

Agency plans to take a ‘case-by-case’ approach that allows it to be more flexible, but critics argue ‘it is a lack of definition, and it makes no sense’

The Guardian - US

Scientists Figure Out Way To Turn Lampshades Into Indoor Air Purifiers

The lampshades are compatible with halogen and incandescent light bulbs and serve as an air purifier.

Zenger

90% of Great Lakes water samples have unsafe microplastic levels – report

But experts say damage can be reversed if US and Canada act quickly to stop new plastics from entering lake system

The Guardian - US

New Jersey OKs slightly better settlement over polluted land where childhood cancer cases rose

New Jersey has accepted a revised settlement over chemical dumping that turned a Jersey Shore community into one of America’s most notorious toxic waste cleanup sites

The Independent UK

Oil, aquatic trash and toxic algae threaten life in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo

The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst nightmare everyday as fish stocks decline and pollution degrades the health of this great freshwater lake, one of the oldest — and largest — in the world

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The EPA is rejecting calls for tougher regulation of big livestock farms. It's promising more study

The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways

Chicago Sun-Times

Americans turn up the heat on EPA to cut greenhouse gases

President Joe Biden promised to reduce U.S. carbon pollution by half by 2030. We won’t reach that without even more ambitious rules than the EPA has proposed.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan should rethink ‘clobbering’ motorists with Ulez expansion, urges senior Labour MP

Londoners should not be “clobbered” with new Ultra Low Emission Zone charges during a cost of living crisis, a Labour shadow minister said on Tuesday.

The Hindu

Surge in dry eye syndrome among children worries ophthalmologists

Rise in dry eye cases due to online learning, social media use. Ophthalmologists suggest lifestyle changes, treatments to reduce risk.

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The Independent UK

Starmer clashes with Khan and ‘disappoints’ top donor by opposing Ulez

Labour leader tells cities there are ‘other ways’ of addressing air pollution

Evening Standard

London council to hit motorists with ‘sixfold increase’ in emissions based parking charges

The costs of parking permits are set to soar over the next decade

The Conversation

How microplastics are making their way into our farmland

Microplastic pollution is a global environmental problem that is ubiquitous in all environments, including air, water and soils.

The Conversation

Don't just wait for the water firms – three things we can do right now to clean up Britain's rivers

Britain’s rivers and coasts are polluted – there’s no escaping that fact – and water companies are coming under more and more pressure to fix things. Most recently, a law firm has announced its plans to take collective legal action against the UK’s six biggest water companies over alleged pollution…

The Independent UK

Jakarta is the world's most polluted city. Blame the dry season and vehicles for the gray skies

Indonesian authorities are blaming the dry season and and motorized vehicles as the main causes of air pollution in Jakarta, after a Swiss air quality technology company named the city as the most polluted in the world

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution speeds progression of lung diseases, UK study finds

Study adds to growing evidence that health harm from air pollution accumulates through our lifetimes

The Independent UK

EPA weighs formal review of vinyl chloride, toxic chemical that burned in Ohio train derailment

The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic smoke following the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

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