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Congress votes to rescind Biden administration emissions rules for heavy-duty trucks

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted 221-203 Tuesday, mostly along party lines, to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule to reduce smog- and soot-forming emissions from heavy trucks.

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Maine plans removal of PFAS from sewage sludge used as fertilizer

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’, concentrated in sludge, are extremely difficult to dispose of safely and also poison farmland

The Guardian - US

France unveils plan to radically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

The French government has unveiled an ambitious plan to accelerate cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions, targeting a reduction of 50 percent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels.

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Flushed but not forgotten: woman reunited with ring after 13 years

Minnesota woman’s 33rd anniversary ring went down the toilet, but workers recently recovered it and tracked its owner down

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NGT Chennai warns landowners of heavy penalty if garbage, debris dumped on unattended properties causes environmental hazard

The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) southern zone bench in Chennai has warned landowners of the imposition of a heavy penalty if they leave their properties unattended, and pave the thereby for environmental hazards by miscreants who dump garbage, debris, sullage, mud and so on.

The Hindu

NSW gold mine investigated for dust pollution

The NSW environmental watchdog has requested a health risk analysis to determine if dust from a gold mine near Orange is impacting the community.

The New Daily

NSW EPA launches investigation into Cadia goldmine after blood tests show metal contamination

Newcrest Cadia Holdings has until Tuesday to respond to the draft pollution notice

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Aussies urged to triple bus, train, bike and hike trips

Australians will need to walk, cycle and catch more trains to significantly cut emissions by 2030 and cannot do it with electric cars alone, a report warns.

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'I'm a 64-year-old vicar... this is what it was like serving time in prison'

The Rev Mark Coleman, the former Vicar of Rochdale, was jailed after taking part in a climate change demonstration

Manchester Evening News

Life on Nottinghamshire street that 'smells' when the weather gets warm

"The smell in the summer is bad, especially if the wind is blowing this way"

Nottingham Post

Smoke from Canada wildfires prompts air quality alerts in Colorado, Montana

Officials in Colorado and Montana have issued air quality alerts due to smoke from dozens of wildfires in Canada that has drifted south into the United States

The Independent UK

Surfers Against Sewage hold nationwide protest against bathing water discharges

The charity is calling for bathing spots to be protected from discharges and a 90% reduction in sewage discharges by 2030

Evening Standard

Edinburgh surfers gather at popular beach to protest raw sewage contaminating water

Kimberley, along with dozens of other protestors, took to the water at Portobello beach to try to send a message to water companies that enough is enough when it comes to raw sewage in the water.

Edinburgh Live

Bristol's Clean Air Zone: The recurring complaints drivers keep making

Report on number of CAZ fines expected at the end of the year

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Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study

Groundbreaking analysis by One Earth is first to quantify economic burden caused by individual companies

Evening Standard

How does air pollution affect health? Reducing dementia risk should be part of clean air strategies

Emerging research indicates exposure to high levels of air pollution at critical points in people’s lives is detrimental to brain health

Wales Online

Pollen bomb: 10 natural ways to fight hay fever

Everything from checking pollen levels, to live bacteria

The Hindu

Prescribe distance criteria between educational institutions and industries, T.N. government told

The National Green Tribunal’s southern zone bench has directed the T.N. government to constitute a committee in this regard and has asked it to ensure necessary instructions within six months; the order cam while disposing of a case filed by a private school complaining about pollution caused by two foundries…

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Call for dementia risk to be included in UK air pollution policies

Report urges actions to reduce exposure to pollution and for brain health to be in net zero strategies

Chicago Sun-Times

BP refinery hit with $40 million fine, agrees to spend $200 million on pollution control

Owner of Whiting, Indiana, operation settled with federal officials over allegations it released excessive amounts of harmful chemicals into the air.

Dublin Live

Common household items among 'dirty dozen' that Dubliners shouldn't flush

Uisce Eireann attends around 200 callouts per week due to blocked sewers caused by flushing or pouring inappropriate items

The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf insists Scottish water cleaner than England's as sewage fears raised

THE First Minister has insisted Scotland’s water quality is better than in England – pointing to official statistics which he said showed the…

The Guardian - UK

Pledges and apologies will not be enough to clear UK waters of raw sewage

Activists plan to keep holding firms to account as some suggest it is customers who should be compensated

Reuters

US, UK, others seek to target illicit oil shipping transfers at sea

The U.S., UK, Denmark and other countries have called for more action, including increased surveillance, over the booming practice of unregulated oil transfers at sea, as fears grow over potential pollution, according to a paper submitted to the U.N.

Salon

Hope for the plastic pollution crisis

A new UN report says that the plastic pollution crisis, while dire, is solvable

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