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Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an air pollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper

Air pollution is the latest environmental crisis causing havoc across Iran. Large parts of the country are already suffering from a drought, one of the worst in decades. Its wetlands are dry, and its land is subsiding at alarming rates.

The Conversation

India’s opposition lawmakers demand Delhi air crisis be declared ‘national emergency’

Millions of people in Delhi alone face severe respiratory risks as pollution levels skyrocket in October and November

The Independent UK

French tap water tainted by widespread forever chemicals, study finds

France's drinking water is contaminated with PFAS "forever chemicals" in 92 percent of samples, a nationwide study has found, revealing the scale of pollution from substances that do not break down in the environment.

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Dec 4, 2025: AQI in Vasant Kunj is significantly worse than official data

For today’s AQI, Newslaundry visited Vasant Kunj in South Delhi. The nearest air quality monitoring station at Sri Aurobindo Marg, operated by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, showed an AQI reading of 283 at 9 am, which falls in the ‘Poor’ category. But when we deployed our portable air quality…

Newslaundry

Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks

Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles

The Guardian - US

Could electric vehicle battery waste fix concrete’s carbon problem?

Imagine waking up in 2040 to unusually quiet streets. By then, an estimated 60% of vehicles worldwide could be electric, cutting air pollution and noise in cities. But the shift to cleaner transport comes with a lesser-known problem – a huge rise in mining waste.

The Conversation

Trump plans to weaken vehicle mileage rules that limit air pollution

President Donald Trump is expected to announce a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry

The Independent UK

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‘We have to live with air pollution’: Delhi’s athletes, parents and coaches feel they have no choice

Sitting in his chair at a cricket ground in West Delhi’s Shakurpur, 73-year-old Shrawan Kumar watches around 50 school-going boys and girls rotate through their drills. The stern but good-humoured coach seems unbothered by the haze settling over the ground.

Newslaundry

Delhi police accuse anti-pollution protesters of having Maoist ties as smog crisis continues

Several people were arrested from a protest held at Delhi’s India Gate organised by student and climate groups

The Independent UK

Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic pollution in 15 years, says report

Pew Charitable Trusts finds plastic pollution will more than double globally by 2040 unless action taken

The Guardian - UK

A Second Round with William Barr on Litigation Over Interstate Pollution

Whatever the merits of climate tort suits (or lack thereof), the argument they are preempted does not hold up.

Reason

Renowned astronomers push to protect Chile's cherished night sky from an industrial project

Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock from around the world to study the origins of the universe in this inhospitable desert along the Pacific coast

The Independent UK

Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds

Researchers in Houston analyzed the locations of 114 proposed industrial projects related to oil and gas in Texas, most of them involved in plastics production.

Texas Observer

Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health

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UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies

Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release toxic waste from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems

The Guardian - UK

People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act

Residents claim raw sewage and poorly treated effluent as result of Thames Water’s failings are threat to health

The Independent UK

Wood-burning stoves face stricter rules under Labour plan to tackle air pollution

Defra officials say standards could be tightened for new stoves to lower emissions

Euronews

Air pollution linked to over 180,000 deaths in the EU. Which country was hit the hardest?

Air pollution remains one Europe’s deadliest environmental threats despite recent progress.

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Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan

Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding

Newslaundry

Two-thirds of Delhi does not have reliable air quality data

As winter deepens, New Delhi is once again losing the fight for breath. Every winter, Delhi continues to choke under hazardous air — and this year is no exception. On November 18, the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB’s) 24-hour bulletin recorded a city-wide Air Quality Index (AQI) of 374, placing Delhi…

Radio France Internationale

The mammoth task of mapping and removing plastic waste from Aldabra atoll

A team from Plastic Odyssey and Unesco have carried out a mission to map plastic waste, test removal methods and establish monitoring protocols on the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. It is one of 51 marine areas listed as a World Heritage Site, increasingly under threat from plastic pollution.

The Guardian - UK

England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record

River Action says use of issuance tied to environmental benefits is ‘corporate greenwash on steroids’

Newslaundry

TV Newsance 323 | Distraction Files: India is choking. But TV news is distracting

On this week’s TV Newsance, while India observed Constitution Day, our beloved Godijeevis did what they do best — lose themselves in Ram Mandir flag-hoisting visuals. Hours of primetime were spent decoding Prime Minister Modi’s “body language”, “divine emotions”, and “historic hand gestures”… all while Delhi gasped through its worst…

The Guardian - US

Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m

Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution

Euronews

Air pollution may cut into health benefits from exercise, study finds

The protective benefits of exercise begin to wear off as neighbourhood air pollution levels rise, a study found.

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