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The most polluted areas of Wales revealed

People in more deprived areas are likely to be breathing the most polluted air

Wales Online

Lanarkshire MP presents scouts with badges for tackling plastic pollution

Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley visited youngsters at Carluke Scouts last week.

Daily Record

Focus on infra creation in Visakhapatnam - Chennai Industrial Corridor, A.P. CM tells officials

Jagan advocates creation of a fund to fund initiatives to check pollution

The Hindu

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Don’t fear LA’s ban on gas stoves. Electric appliances are the future

Los Angeles is taking a necessary and overdue step in the fight against climate change and lung-damaging air pollution. The City Council voted last month to ban most natural gas-fueled appliances in newly constructed residential and commercial buildings, aiming to get the new rules in place by Jan. 1, 2023.

Los Angeles Times

Barcelona to install sound level monitors in bid to beat noise pollution

Noise meters will be deployed to confirm ‘acoustically stressed’ areas where action will be taken

The Guardian - UK

South Africa's estuaries face a growing threat from pollution: we took a close look at four

The Conversation

Air pollution in fast-growing African cities presents a risk of premature death

Ten more African cities have signed on to the C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration to improve air quality. C40 is an international group of mayors collaborating to make cities more environmentally sustainable.

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Air pollution got worse during lockdown in many countries, study finds

University of Chicago reports little change in global average particulate pollution in 2020, with increases in areas such as India

The Guardian - UK

Delhi government proposes to empower local bodies, station house officers to act against noise pollution

The Delhi government has proposed to the Union Environment Ministry to designate SHOs as an authority to prosecute violators under noise pollution rules.

The Hindu

Pollution cuts life expectancy by two years

Air pollution shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Polluted air cuts global life expectancy by two years

Paris (AFP) - Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday.

AFP

How a $0 Maitland land acquisition will cost taxpayers $20 million

The former director and owner of Rutherford's Truegain was not paid any money by the NSW government when it acquired the former business site for remediation after decades of pollution of the ground, air and water.

Newcastle Herald

Toxic UK air ‘triggering chronic lung conditions and life-threatening asthma attacks’ for millions

As many as 3.4 million people affected, according to estimates

The Independent UK

NHRC issues notice to Haryana govt over landfill site

The Central Pollution Control Board had in 2017 found that the groundwater of three villages near the landfill was contaminated.

The Hindu

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Thiruvananthapuram Corporation to stipulate more conditions for agencies collecting biodegradable waste

Pollution Control Board approval and panchayat clearance needed

The Guardian - UK

Animals farmed: pigs cloned by robots, horsemeat trial and bird flu culls

Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web

Zenger

Sticky Business: Cobwebs Could Help To Easily Determine Amount Of Micro Plastic In The Air

Microplastics consist of tiny pollutants that often elude detection, until scientists recently found that they can be snatched from the air by spider webs just like flies.

The Independent UK

Ocean plastic pollution could be source of new antibiotics, study suggests

Scientists say they could isolate five antibiotic-producing bacteria from ocean plastic

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Plastitar: mix of tar and microplastics is new form of pollution, say scientists

Researchers in Canary Islands coin term for new type of marine pollution they say could be leaking toxic chemicals into oceans

360info

Plastic pollution is bad, but food waste is far worse

Single-use plastic is a huge environmental problem, but it can help limit food waste – another big problem. Tackling both will take ingenuity.

The Conversation

The ocean is not a quiet place

For a long time, the great ocean explorers used sight to reveal the secrets of the marine environment, downplaying its acoustic aspects. Indeed, the ocean has long been considered a place devoid of any sound.

Salon

Superworms can eat styrofoam

A species of darkling beetle larvae has an enzyme in its gut that helps it gulp down polystyrene

The Hindu

Explained | Why is India ranked at the bottom of the 2022 Environmental Performance Index?

According to the report, deteriorating air quality and rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions are the primary reasons behind India’s low score.

The Independent UK

Ship owners sought CO2 exemption when the sea gets too wavy

The marine shipping industry is facing new regulations to address carbon pollution and documents show the industry is fighting back

Benzinga

Cannabis Reg. Update: California's Penalties For Illegal Weed Farms, Water Theft & Pollution, Green Dragon Workers Unionize And More

Maryland House Work Group On Cannabis Legalization To Hold First Meeting

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