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For years, the EPA and Texas ignored warning signs at a chemical storage site. Then an inferno erupted.

Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm. Then on March 17, 2019, a fire blew through a corner of the facility, releasing toxic chemicals into nearby communities for weeks.

The Texas Tribune

Four STPs to be built to treat sewage flowing into Osmansagar, Himayatsagar

The Telangana government has sanctioned ₹82.23 crore for construction of four sewerage treatment plants on a priority basis

The Hindu

Microplastics are in your laundry

Simple filters could help remove microfiber pollution from your laundry

Salon

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1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air

The American Lung Association finds that U.S. air quality is improving, but wildfires and more threaten progress

Salon

Diane Wilson on Fighting Plastic Pollution, Losing Everything, and Gaining Her Soul

The longtime Gulf Coast activist just won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work holding Formosa Plastics accountable.

Texas Observer

Judge to weigh limits for aerial fire retardant in wildfires

A federal judge is weighing whether to severely limit the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires following arguments by environmentalists who are concerned about water pollution

The Independent UK

Europe’s biggest petrochemical plant in 30 years a ‘carbon bomb’, court to hear

Environment groups challenge decision to approve £3.5bn Ineos facility in Antwerp saying it will make climate crisis worse

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'Noisome stinking scum': how Londoners protested river pollution in the 1600s

The UK government and water companies have recently been heavily criticised for allowing raw sewage and other pollutants to spill into the nation’s waterways.

The Conversation

Europe ‘failing its children’ on air pollution, EEA says

Dirty air causes premature death of at least 1,200 children across Europe every year, says European Environment Agency

The Guardian - UK

Summer storm to clear dirty air in Chiang Mai

Air pollution in Chiang Mai is improving following summer storms with levels of ultra-fine particulate matter (PM) 2.5 dropping after months of hazardous haze pollution.

Bangkok Post

Chiang Mai tourism hit by smog

Severe haze pollution has not only posed a health hazard to residents in Chiang Mai, but also dealt a blow to its tourism.

Bangkok Post

Pollution lawsuit could curb use of aerial fire retardant

A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires

The Independent UK

Bannau Brycheiniog: new name for the park but poor state of nature harder to fix

The former Brecon Beacons has acknowledged it is facing an onslaught of environmental threats – with the UK’s national parks from Dartmoor to the Cairngorms facing similar pressures

The Guardian - UK

Biden plans to slash planet-warming pollution from power plants

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing to propose limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants that are so stringent they could almost wipe out the U.S. electricity sector’s planet-warming pollution by 2040.

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The New Daily

Plenty of bumps ahead on the road to a clean, green EV revolution

Electric vehicle proponents and environmental groups contend laws should be bold in order to get more clean, green cars on the road

Bangkok Post

It's a lean green machine

Natural resources and the environment is one topic in which parties are competing to win support from voters in the general election next month. Almost every party has announced policy proposals to protect people from environmental harm and promote a clean and sustainable development.

Dynamite News

Study: Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases likelihood of flu attack

Women are more vulnerable to severe respiratory infections caused by a variety of viruses during pregnancy, including influenza A virus (IAV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Read further on Dynamite News:

Reason

Happy Earth Day! Reason Recycles 5 Decades of Environmental Coverage

A selection of Reason's most incisive articles on population, pollution, resource depletion, biodiversity, energy, climate change, and the ideological environmentalists' penchant for peddling doom.

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The Conversation

Cooking pollutes your home and increases your health risks – but better ventilation will help

Most of us will spend more than two-thirds of our lives at home. But even indoors, many people will still be exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution – much of it resulting from cooking.

Bangkok Post

Every breath a struggle in country's toxic air

An elderly patient hooked up to a tangle of tubes lies struggling for breath in a Nonthaburi hospital as Thailand battles a “drastic increase” in respiratory problems caused by a spike in air pollution.

WEKU

Biden is set to sign an order prioritizing environmental justice

The Democratic administration wants to ensure that poverty, race and ethnic status do not lead to worse exposure to pollution and environmental harm.

Daily Mirror

England's most dangerous beaches to swim - check if sewage pollutes your favourite spot

The Mirror's new interactive map lets you type in your postcode to find beaches near you where pollution levels have reached the point where swimming could become dangerous

France 24

PFAS chemicals: Everlasting pollution

They can be found on raincoats, non-stick pans and plastic packaging. In the last 50 years, PFAS – short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – have made their way into many of our everyday objects. Dubbed "forever chemicals", they're extremely persistent and can stay in the air, water and soil…

Tribune News Service

Fighting light pollution, West Texas effort preserves one of the largest dark sky reserves

FORT DAVIS, Texas — To sit under the vast expanse of stars is to imagine swimming across shining, stellar rivers, creeks and tributaries. But to sit here also is to feel that lump in your throat and skip in your heart, realizing everything you know is far smaller than the…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Local communities are on the frontlines for climate justice

While climate change affects us all, its impact on communities of color is particularly severe due to decades of environmental injustice and systemic racism. From higher instances of toxic air pollution to food deserts to the lack of affordable housing, communities of color bear the brunt of climate-related impacts with…

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