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The EPA wants to limit how much soot you breathe. Here’s what it means for Texas and one of its historic Black towns.

Federal limits on particulate matter commonly known as soot could mean cleaner, safer air for Texans. But environmental experts worry Texas may snub rules.

The Texas Tribune

Editorial: Trains are huge polluters. California regulators should clean them up

Communities near railyards, ports and other freight corridors have long been hit hard by air pollution from dirty, old locomotives. These massive, track-mounted vehicles, which use a diesel generator to power electric motors and move rail cars carrying cargo or passengers, are major polluters, responsible for a growing share of…

Los Angeles Times

Scientists Make 'Disturbing' Find on Remote Island: Plastic Rocks

There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil. So geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos was startled to find an unsettling sign of human impact on the otherwise untouched landscape: rocks formed from the glut…

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Polluting drivers in Wales may face charges for using M4 and A470

A proposed new law is part of a package of measures to improve air quality in Wales

Wales Online

World on ‘Thin Ice’ as UN Climate Report Gives Stark Warning

Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change ’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. But doing so requires quickly slashing nearly two-thirds of carbon pollution by 2035, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said. The United…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Air pollution can increase the risk of COVID infection and severe disease – a roundup of what we know

The early part of the COVID pandemic led to a significant reduction in air pollution in many parts of the world. With lockdowns, travel restrictions and decreased economic activity, there was a noticeable drop in the emission of air pollutants, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and particulate matter (PM) that…

The Conversation

Call to list air pollution on national agenda

The Thai Chamber of Commerce has proposed PM2.5 ultra-fine dust pollution be elevated to an urgent national agenda item, noting it affects the health of residents and dents confidence in tourism, particularly among long-term visitors and groups visiting the country to mix work and leisure.

Bangkok Post

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Coming up for air

Worries about Covid-19 may be gone, but PM2.5 is back, plunging Thailand into yet another crisis.

Bangkok Post

EPA cracks down on coal power pollution

The new “Good Neighbor” plan will halve nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants by 2027

Salon

Tories 'repeating Covid errors as thousands killed by air pollution', MP warns

Labour's Karen Buck has called on the government to help drivers switch to greener vehicles and back controversial Ultra Low Emission Zones (ULEZ) as Public Health England figures show up to 36,000 die each year due to exposure to air pollution

Daily Mirror

NGT forms panel to verify claim of air pollution around AIIMS-Delhi

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a panel to verify the allegations of severe air pollution in and around the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.

The Times of India

Campaigners gather on Cullercoats beach over pollution fears and sewage discharge

Cullercoats Collective and the campaign group Surfers against Sewage (SAS) gathered to form a heart on the beach

Chronicle Live

UK Government hands out billions in 'pollution permits' for nothing

SCOTS are being asked to join a campaign to stop the UK Tory Government from handing out “pollution permits” for nothing.

The National (Scotland)

Missouri pollution is so bad it hurts other states. Power plants ordered to cut emissions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released an order Wednesday which instructs Missouri, along with 22 other states, to reduce its air pollution levels.

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Bangkok Post

Hoping for a breath of fresh air

Environmental activists and experts are urging the next government to support the Clean Air Bill before parliament to address PM2.5 problems and reduce health impacts from air pollution.

The Times of India

Aaditya Thackeray writes to Centre about rising air pollution in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Yuva Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday wrote to the Centre raising the issue of air pollution in Mumbai. In the letter he mentioned about widespread construction activities and lack of effective supervision to control them.

The Guardian - US

Recycling America’s chicken poop sounds great – unless you live next door

Biogas promises to be a solution to farm country’s animal waste problem. But a Delaware community is concerned it could lead to more pollution

Daily Mirror

Government handed out £300million in free 'pollution permits' to UK airlines

The UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme is meant to reduce carbon emissions by forcing big polluters to buy permits for each tonne of carbon they emit, and has seen Ryanair, easyJet and British Airways receive millions of pounds worth of free permits

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National Environment Board bans burning across North

The National Environment Board (NEB) on Wednesday backed stronger measures to deal with air pollution from fine particle matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5). It ordered all 17 provinces in the North to cease burning activities until the end of April.

Wales Online

High Court review to look at River Wye pollution

A large amount of organic manure has been spread over the land to facilitate the poultry industry's rapid growth near the River Wye, which as a result, has lead to a substantial increase in levels of phosphorus in the soil

WEKU

The EPA's new 'good neighbor' rule targets downwind pollution by power plants

Nearly two-dozen states will have to cut harmful industrial emissions of nitrogen oxide and other pollutants, improving air quality for millions of people living in downwind communities.

The Independent UK

EPA 'neighbor' rule cuts downwind pollution by power plants

A new “good neighbor” rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency will restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution they can’t control

Irish Mirror

One Government Minister's St Patrick's trip abroad causing more pollution than one Irish household in a year

A household in Ireland creates 11 tonnes of C02e per year on average, while a car produces 3 tonnes

The Conversation

Fines for breaking US pollution laws can vary widely among states – that may violate the Constitution

It’s expensive to pollute the water in Colorado. The state’s median fine for companies caught violating the federal Clean Water Act is over US$30,000, and violators can be charged much more. In Montana, however, most violators get barely a slap on the wrist – the median fine there is $300.

Salon

Chicagoans sue Army over pollution

“Our community is fighting back and saying ‘no more.’”

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