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City of London proposing to make skyscrapers dim their lights at night

Plans for Square Mile would create ‘brightness zones’ governed by curfews amid the darkened buildings

The Guardian - UK

Gas stove pollution: will air purifiers or even plants make your home safer?

Air quality experts weigh in on different methods to keep air pollution out of the home and refute commonly held beliefs

The Guardian - US

City Hall giving passes on air pollution, CPD shooting probed and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: Mother calls for wood-burner ban after child’s death

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s mother has called for a ban on wood-burning stoves in London after her child became first person in Britain whose death was linked to air pollution.

Evening Standard

Urgent health warning issued to anyone with a wood burning stove in their home

An urgent health warning has been issued to anyone who owns a wood burning stove, as they produce 750 times more tiny particle pollution than a modern HGV truck.

Edinburgh Live

Labor’s unlimited use of carbon offsets could lead to rise in emissions, report says

Analysis says land-based carbon offsets lead to more fossil fuel mining and fail to deliver genuine emissions reductions

The Guardian - AU

Ulez expansion is the right thing to do — for the sake of our children

It’s great to see new evidence that the ULEZ has been incredibly effective at taking the most polluting vehicles off the road - it’s making a big difference to the air quality in urban areas. Our children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, especially in boroughs such as Islington…

Evening Standard

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Polluters like Southeast Side plant often get a pass on air-quality violations in Chicago, Sun-Times finds

Fewer than half of all citations written by Chicago city health inspectors in recent years for air pollution end up sticking, records show. That’s left neighbors of polluters unhappy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Health warning to wood burning stove owners as heater linked to toxic chemicals

Wood burning stoves produce a staggering amount of air pollutants, which contribute to serious health problems.

Daily Record

Ultra low emissions zone expansion cut London pollutants by up to 26% – study

Findings of lower diesel and PM2.5 emissions may fortify mayor as he extends scheme across whole city

The Guardian - UK

Pollution revolution: can electric motorbikes help clean up Benin’s air?

Polluted air is the second biggest killer in Africa; for moto-taxi drivers the risk from exhaust fumes is high. New bikes could be part of the solution – if they are affordable

The Guardian - UK

Bayswater Power Station in the Hunter Valley fined for dumping salt water into local creek

AGL's Bayswater Power Station has been fined $15,000 for allegedly discharging saline water into a nearby waterway.

Newcastle Herald

Light pollution has cut humanity's ancient connection with the stars – but we can restore it

Humans are naturally afraid of the dark. We sometimes imagine monsters under the bed and walk faster down unlit streets at night. To conquer our fears, we may leave a night light on to scare away the monsters and a light over the porch to deter break-ins.

The Conversation

New Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch fuels fears about collapse of steel industry

Some steel industry insiders believe the Government is determined to 'manage decline' of the once-thriving industry amid sky-high energy costs and moves to slash pollution

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The Guardian - UK

Arsenic found in London air raises fears over use of waste wood as fuel

Many people warming homes with wood from construction sites unaware of health risks, say experts

The Guardian - UK

Share your experience of wood burners in the UK

We would like to speak to people in the UK following calls for the stoves to be banned due to air pollution

The Independent UK

London teens may be experiencing high blood pressure due to air pollution, study says

Individuals from ethnic minority groups exposed to higher levels of pollutants than their white peers

The Conversation

Seven ways to protect your health when cooking with gas

Cooking can pollute the air inside your house to such an extent that breathing in your kitchen may be as safe as breathing by a busy roadside. A poor supply of oxygen can prevent gas or solid fuels burning properly, which produces harmful pollutants such as fine particulate matter and…

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Los Angeles Times

LA is shutting down its largest gas plant — and replacing it with an unproven hydrogen project

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with an $800-million plan to convert the city's largest gas-fired power plant to green hydrogen — a first-of-its-kind project that was hailed by supporters as an important step to solve the climate crisis but slammed by critics as a…

The Guardian - AU

Fossil fuel companies won’t save us from climate change. We need governments to step up

The fallout when the industry fails to act is still smaller than the rewards for pumping out more pollution

Daily Mirror

Stargazers' warning as increasing light pollution worldwide blinks out night's skies

Increasing light pollution worldwide means looking up at the stars in the night's sky is becoming increasingly difficult for people who live in populated areas, according to experts

Manchester Evening News

Speed limits to be cut to 20mph throughout Manchester

Manchester council says the decision to drop speed limits across the city is primarily for public health reasons, citing benefits such as less pollution, better fuel efficiency and fewer crashes

Evening Standard

Polluted air in London found to increase blood pressure in teenagers

Researchers found that long-term exposure PM2.5 can increase blood pressure in children aged 11 to 16

The Conversation

Microplastics: are plastic alternatives any safer for our health?

Plastic pollution is now pervasive in our environment, contaminating everywhere from our homes and workplaces to the planet’s deepest recesses. The problem regularly makes headlines, with the spotlight turned toward ocean pollution in particular.

Bristol Post

'Consider log burner sales ban' says Green Party co-leader amid health fears

Smoke from wood burners could have "dangerous" health implications

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