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Prescribe distance criteria between educational institutions and industries, T.N. government told

The National Green Tribunal’s southern zone bench has directed the T.N. government to constitute a committee in this regard and has asked it to ensure necessary instructions within six months; the order cam while disposing of a case filed by a private school complaining about pollution caused by two foundries…

The Hindu

Call for dementia risk to be included in UK air pollution policies

Report urges actions to reduce exposure to pollution and for brain health to be in net zero strategies

The Guardian - UK

Watch: Albanese heads to Japan, Air pollution link, Kidnapped Australian released

Watch: A 95-year-old woman is fighting for life in hospital after she was tasered by police in an aged care facility in the NSW Snowy Mountains. Prime

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BP refinery hit with $40 million fine, agrees to spend $200 million on pollution control

Owner of Whiting, Indiana, operation settled with federal officials over allegations it released excessive amounts of harmful chemicals into the air.

Chicago Sun-Times

Developing country voices will be excluded at UN plastic talks, say NGOs

Limits on numbers at Paris summit mean some of those ‘most needing to be heard’ will not be in attendance

The Guardian - UK

Water companies criticised for passing £10bn sewage bill on to customers

Clean water activists say industry’s promise to reduce pollution should not be taken on trust

The Guardian - UK

US, UK, others seek to target illicit oil shipping transfers at sea

The U.S., UK, Denmark and other countries have called for more action, including increased surveillance, over the booming practice of unregulated oil transfers at sea, as fears grow over potential pollution, according to a paper submitted to the U.N.

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Pentagon’s ‘forever chemicals’ cleanup budget falls ‘dramatically’ short

Ballooning cost of cleaning up toxic PFAS contamination at military sites places service members and civilians at risk

The Guardian - US

Hope for the plastic pollution crisis

A new UN report says that the plastic pollution crisis, while dire, is solvable

Salon

Budget 2023: Climate fund slashed by $800m

While nearly $2 billion of new climate-related spending was announced in Budget 2023, funding for future policies was cut by $800 million.

Newsroom.co.nz

English water companies offer apology and £10bn investment for sewage spills

Under-fire bosses announce ‘unprecedented plan’ to reduce last year’s 300,000 incidents of sewage pollution

The Guardian - UK

BP subsidiary agrees to record $40M penalty and pollution-cutting steps at Lake Michigan refinery

Federal officials say a BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control the release of benzene and other contaminants at its Whiting oil refinery in northern Indiana

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan urged to refuse planning permission for MSG Sphere

Politicians at City Hall say the proposed MSG Sphere in Stratford would cause unacceptable levels of light pollution

Evening Standard

How a European law might get companies around the world to cut climate pollution

The European Union will tax certain imports based on the amount of carbon dioxide companies emit making them. Experts say the move could lead other major economies to do the same.

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Council in Melbourne declares health emergency, claiming truck pollution is linked to high rates of illness

Maribyrnong city council says lack of enforcement of road train curfew has undermined its ability to protect residents

The New Daily

UN report urges 80 per cent plastic pollution reduction

A UN body has released policy options ahead of global treaty talks at eliminating plastic waste.

Newsroom.co.nz

Public sector emissions fall due to less air travel

The Climate Change Minister expects greenhouse gas pollution from the public sector to rise again after a Covid-related dip.

Radio France Internationale

No time to waste in cutting plastic pollution, UN warns ahead of treaty talks

A roadmap for slashing the plastic pollution ravaging the world’s oceans and ecosystems was on Tuesday put forward by UN experts – who say the coming years will be instrumental in curbing millions of metric tonnes of waste and creating a circular economy.

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The Guardian - UK

Air pollution transparency rules among EU laws to be scrapped by UK

Government has rowed back on plans to ditch 4,000 laws but key pollution legislation still slated to go

Bangkok Post

UN: Time running out in war on plastic pollution

PARIS: The world must halve single-use plastics and slash throwaway consumption to stem the tide of environmental pollution, according to a UN report on Tuesday that warns the next few years are critical.

The Guardian - UK

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says

Changes needed are major but also practical and affordable, report says, and would bring trillions of dollars in benefits

The Guardian - US

Noise, pollution, danger: how Amazon warehouses upended a sleepy New York neighborhood

Residents hope traffic, emissions and noise data they are analyzing with the Guardian will help rein in the spread of e-commerce facilities

The Guardian - US

EPA finally wakes up with stiff new climate rules: ‘They’ve hit full throttle’

A slew of anti-pollution, from toxic water to planet-heating emissions has been issued by an agency belatedly flexing its muscles

The Hindu

The problem with improved cooking stoves

Improved cookstoves have shown to be more harmful to humans than conventional cookstoves due to the excessive presence of ultrafine air pollution particles

The Canberra Times

'Half a job': Pollution solution not expected to prevent rubbish flowing into Molonglo

The current trap builds up with rubbish and sends trash downstream.

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