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Bring more trees to under-resourced neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with less tree canopy tend to have more people of color and lower incomes, and residents pay the price with greater pollution and higher temperatures. We need action to make trees more equitably available, the Morton Arboretum president writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Environmental Justice Exchange: An Air Pollution Fight in Pilsen

Environmental reporter Brett Chase was joined by community experts Mary Gonzales, Tanya Lozano, Theresa McNamara and Olga Bautista for a conversation about air pollution and a scrap-metal operation in Pilsen.

Chicago Sun-Times

Water pollution led to gastroenteritis outbreak: HMWS&SB

The Hindu

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We found long-banned pollutants in the very deepest part of the ocean

I was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth – the Atacama Trench, which goes down to a depth of 8,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean. The presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in such a remote location…

The Conversation

Calls for Feinstein resignation grow

"Because Sen. Feinstein was absent, the Senate overturned a Biden rule that would cut pollution," says Ro Khanna

Salon

North Carolina residents urge UN to investigate toxic PFAS pollution

Chemical manufacturer Chemours accused of violating human rights by releasing ‘forever chemicals’ into Cape Fear River basin

The Guardian - US

E coli levels in Suffolk river in Thérèse Coffey constituency far above legal limits, data shows

As environment secretary visits water treatment works on Deben, Anglian Water data reveals E coli levels exceed bathing water status

The Guardian - UK

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British gardeners are being warned not to mow their lawns during May and June

Plantlife’s No Mow May campaign encourages people to invite wildlife into their gardens and cut pollution by locking up the mower for at least a month

Daily Mirror

Immediate health benefits: communities will breathe easier following Liddell closure

Liddell recorded a 170 per cent increase in mercury pollution between 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Newcastle Herald

California becomes the first state to adopt emission rules for trains

California approved a rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state's latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change.

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Dyson's air-cleaning Zone headphones finally launch in the UK next month, just don't look at the price

The Dyson Zone headphones will clean the air as you tune into your favourite playlists. That might sound clever but don't look at how how they'll cost.

Daily Mirror

Depressed? Anxious? Air pollution could be among the reasons why, research finds

A Mexican scientist’s work adds to growing evidence that breathing polluted air causes heart and lung damage and also neurodegeneration and mental health problems.

Chicago Sun-Times

Irish government urged to tackle killer air pollution new EU report found is claiming young lives

"We are failing to protect future generations from the health harms arising from toxic air"

Irish Mirror

South West Water fined £2.15m for dumping sewage in sea and rivers

Judge says pollution ‘will no longer be tolerated’ after investigation found significant environmental harm

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Inside the new 'super sewer' that could save London from a return of the Great Stink

Mirror gets access to the Thames Tideway Tunnel, which officials say it will be the solution to the river’s pollution problem by intercepting nasty spills

The Independent UK

California to vote on ambitious locomotive emission rule

The California Air Resources Board plans to vote on a first-in-the-nation, ambitious rule limiting rail pollution

The Guardian - UK

Ali died days before he could challenge BP’s CEO on the dangers of gas flaring. Don’t let his death be in vain

The 21-year-old Iraqi, who lived by a smoke-choked oilfield, died of cancer. His message must be heard, says journalist Jess Kelly

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand too reliant on tree planting to meet net zero emissions targets, experts warn

Climate commission draft guidance says country must take more action to directly cut pollution instead of relying on trees

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The Conversation

Africa's oceans are being protected to serve the interests of big foreign corporates

Africa’s valuable ocean resources have drawn the interest of foreign nations, particularly those in the West and Asia.

The Texas Tribune

For years, the EPA and Texas ignored warning signs at a chemical storage site. Then an inferno erupted.

Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm. Then on March 17, 2019, a fire blew through a corner of the facility, releasing toxic chemicals into nearby communities for weeks.

The Hindu

Four STPs to be built to treat sewage flowing into Osmansagar, Himayatsagar

The Telangana government has sanctioned ₹82.23 crore for construction of four sewerage treatment plants on a priority basis

Salon

Microplastics are in your laundry

Simple filters could help remove microfiber pollution from your laundry

Salon

1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air

The American Lung Association finds that U.S. air quality is improving, but wildfires and more threaten progress

Texas Observer

Diane Wilson on Fighting Plastic Pollution, Losing Everything, and Gaining Her Soul

The longtime Gulf Coast activist just won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work holding Formosa Plastics accountable.

The Independent UK

Judge to weigh limits for aerial fire retardant in wildfires

A federal judge is weighing whether to severely limit the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires following arguments by environmentalists who are concerned about water pollution

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