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Chiang Mai hospitals overflow with pollution sufferers

Air pollution in Chiang Mai has reached hazardous levels, with people suffering from respiratory issues filling up local hospitals, the Chiang Mai University Faculty of Medicine reports.

Bangkok Post

Cigarette blamed for polluting brush fire

Air pollution along the Phimai-Samrit road in Nakhon Ratchasima worsened on Saturday after a brush fire was triggered by a discarded cigarette, local officials say.

Bangkok Post

Most polluted city in the world where population have difficulty breathing

The tourist hotspot, Chang Mai, in Thailand, is popular among many travellers around the world, but it is now competing against other cities in having the world’s worst air quality

Daily Mirror

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20mph speed limit zones are not being introduced on the M4

We reported that the drastic move was being made later this year but it is of course April 1

Wales Online

The EPA approves California's plan to phase out diesel trucks

The agency's decision allows California — which has some of the nation's worst air pollution — to require truck manufacturers to sell more zero-emission trucks over the next couple of decades.

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EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is clearing the way for California rules that will phase out the sale of diesel-powered trucks

The Independent UK

Monet’s hazy masterpieces may be air pollution rather than inspiration - new report

The hazy dream-like appearance that characterises Monet’s impressionist masterpieces may have more to do with climate change than artistic inspiration, according to a new scientific study.

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Unknown risk in plastic rubbish lining Australian coast

Three-quarters of the waste littering Australia's coastline is now plastic with authorities yet to fully assess the risk posed by the pollution.

AAP

Asean to tackle haze crisis

The secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has pledged to support efforts to combat transboundary haze pollution in the region.

Bangkok Post

Sewage dumped in Scotland's rivers 14,000 times in 2022 - nearly 40 times a day

Rocker-turned-pollution campaigner Feargal Sharkey said horrendous new figures laid bare the 'full scale of the horror and abuse' of our waterways.

Daily Record

£3.5m of Tory donations linked to pollution and climate denial, says report

Millions given to party and MPs last year came from entities linked to fossil fuels, high-polluting industries and climate denial

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Water bills to rise 'significantly' to tackle pollution in rivers

Six of the most polluted rivers in the UK are in Wales

Wales Online

Chiang Mai air still the worst

Chiang Mai was again listed on Wednesday as the city with the worst air pollution in the world, according to pollution monitoring website IQAir.

Bangkok Post

Labor’s climate safeguard laws clear Senate

A new carbon pollution cap on big emitters will apply from July 1 after laws cleared the Senate. Changes to the safeguard mechanism, which was initially

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Florida sees fewer manatee starvation deaths as feeding ends

The effort to feed thousands of pounds of lettuce to starving manatees in Florida manatees has officially ended for the winter season, as deaths of the marine mammals appear to be slowing despite the long-term threat of pollution to their main food source, seagrass

AAP

Pollution crackdown hits biggest emitters as laws pass

Changes to the safeguard mechanism putting a hard cap on pollution from big emitters have passed the parliament.

Belfast Live

Exclusive: A6 contractor in court over river pollution allegations on government job

"NIEA have submitted prosecution files to the Public Prosecution Service for Enforcement Action"

Chronicle Live

Call for action on Spittal Beach in Northumberland after it was deemed unsafe due to sewage

It was one of 83 UK beaches deemed unsafe due to pollution by a leading charity

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Toxic air still choking North

Hazardous levels of PM2.5 were limited to northern provinces on Wednesday morning, with with the worst air pollution still in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district, according to the Pollution Control Department.

Bangkok Post

PM wants Asean to help curb haze

The government is seeking cooperation with neighbouring countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to combat the transboundary haze pollution choking the region.

Bangkok Post

Asean eyed to help curb haze

The government is seeking cooperation with neighbouring countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to combat the transboundary haze pollution choking the region.

Bangkok Post

Singapore's haze remedy

The haze situation in the northern region has been relentless of late. Areas of the upper North and Northeast have been cloaked in hazardous levels of smoke since last weekend, with the worst pollution being found in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district.

The Independent UK

Philadelphia: Still no sign of chemicals from upriver spill

Philadelphia water officials say they continue to see no sign of contamination following a chemical spill into the Delaware River, and they're confident that drinking water will be unaffected as the pollution flows by

Newsroom.co.nz

Crackdown on diesel pollution could save billions

A heavy diesel truck costs society $1 in health and productivity losses due to air pollution for every kilometre it drives.

The Guardian - AU

The links between pollution and miscarriage: ‘This is the stuff nightmares are made of’

Journalist Isabelle Oderberg has spent years researching the links between pollution and early pregnancy loss. What she has learned keeps her up at night

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