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Asphalt plants ordered to cut pollution for Chicago city contracts

Bidding is again open for city work to provide materials that fill potholes and repair streets.

Chicago Sun-Times

Report: US's largest estuary, Chesapeake Bay, earns D-plus

An environmental group has given the Chesapeake Bay watershed a D-plus grade in its “State of the Bay” report — the same grade it gave the watershed two years ago

The Independent UK

Sewage pumped into UK waters unmasked as map shows pollution leaving drains for HOURS

Almost 120 storm drains have been issued with red or amber alerts, with almost half currently releasing untreated excrement into public open waterways

Daily Mirror

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Urban light pollution is a danger for marine ecosystems – new research

Cities are artificially lit to allow humans to make use of the night. This light pollution means that stars are often barely visible in urban skies. But reduced stargazing is not the only impact of artificial light at night.

The Conversation

Ulez expansion: Sadiq Khan’s pollution scheme expected to generate £300m in first year but zero by 2027

The income from the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone could hit £300m in its first year – but is expected to fall to zero after four years, it can be revealed.

Evening Standard

UK's most polluted beaches mapped - with over 60 raw sewage warnings in place

The scale of the UK's problem with untreated sewage being released into coastal waters around the UK has been laid bare in updated beach pollution maps. Pollution risk warnings are currently in place for some popular beaches

Daily Mirror

Noise pollution: how the sounds of the city were redefined as 'urban music' in 1920s Japan

Cash machines, elevators and escalators that talk. Jingles in department stores, train stations, supermarkets and shopping arcades. Loud speaker warnings about the dangers of riding on the bus or train, overlayed by sirens, car horns, traffic and pedestrians. “For a culture that places a high value on quiet,” US journalist…

The Conversation

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Adelaide rivers dump microplastics in sea

Adelaide's rivers and creeks are acting as conveyor belts for microplastic pollution and fast fashion could be a big part of the problem, a study has found.

AAP

Rivers are still people in South Asia despite court showdown

Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution is being met with opposition.

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This insidious urban wildfire health risk happens after the fires stop

Homes that survived the Boulder County fire one year ago hid another disaster inside.

Inverse

Swimmers warned to avoid Kent coast after sewage spills following heavy rain

Water companies have been criticised for sewage pollution and discharging into Britain’s waters

The Independent UK

Bus fare from Leeds to Scarborough cut to £2 to make buses 'affordable for everyone'

Trip to seaside town is one of the biggest savings under scheme to reduce traffic and pollution

Leeds Live

Mother of London girl who died from air pollution says she would be ‘overjoyed’ by CBE

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, from Lewisham, has been named in the New Year Honours list for services to public health

Evening Standard

The EPA finalizes a water-protection rule that repeals Trump-era changes

The Biden administration finalized regulations that protect small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.

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The Independent UK

EPA finalizes water rule that repeals Trump-era changes

President Joe Biden’s administration has finalized regulations that protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution

Dynamite News

No More Burning Or Dumping, Plastic Pollution Can Be Controlled Via Its 'DNA': Research

Plastic Pollution crisis has been identified as an environmental problem similar in scope and complexity as global challenges like climate change. Read on for details:

Daily Record

Horrifying pollution at Scots beauty spot beach '29 times worse than UK average'

Images taken this month of a cove near Ardtreck Point Lighthouse reveal shocking levels of waste including bottles, crates and bags along with wood and rope.

Chicago Sun-Times

Little Village residents worried about latest Hilco plan near Target warehouse

The developer is selling the benefits of a truck parking area but community members say traffic and diesel pollution are already unbearable.

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EPA gives Sims a passing grade on air; expert critic says testing is flawed

A UIC chemist calls the analysis from air monitoring around Sims Metal Management problematic, providing “no useful information for many important pollutants.”

Chronicle Live

Newcastle Clean Air Zone: What you need to know about new pollution tolls starting today

The Clean Air Zone finally starts today, putting charges on some high-polluting vehicles driving into Newcastle

Bangkok Post

PM2.5 expected to worsen

The level of PM2.5 fine dust pollution may intensify beyond what is considered safe in some parts of the country early next year due to the lower temperatures, says the Pollution Control Department (PCD).

Salon

3M to stop making ‘forever chemicals’

Legal experts estimate future PFAS litigation could cost the company more than $30 billion

The Conversation

Homes that survived the Marshall Fire harbored another disaster inside – here’s what we’ve learned about this insidious urban wildfire risk

This article is part of a collaboration with Boulder Reporting Lab, The Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder, KUNC public radio and The Conversation U.S. to explore the impacts of the devastating Marshall Fire one year after the blaze. The series can be found at the…

Wales Online

The pollution hotspots in south Wales that exceed World Health Organisation levels

Research has shown the pollutants found can pose a risk to people's health

The Texas Tribune

After underestimating power demand, Texas electric grid operator gets federal permission to exceed air quality limits

The U.S. Department of Energy granted permission for power plants to release more pollution than is normally allowed — if grid conditions worsen.

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