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‘Every Breath You Take’: Air Pollution Stifles Europe’s Health Targets

Air quality in Europe is improving but still poses high risks, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said on Thursday, as fine particles exposure led to at least 238,000 premature deaths in the 27-nation EU in 2020. "Air pollution is still the largest environmental health risk in Europe," the EEA said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Every breath you take': Air pollution stifles Europe's health targets

Reuters

Low traffic neighbourhoods reduce pollution and traffic in surrounding areas, study finds

Imperial College study suggests LTNs do not displace pollution or traffic onto neighbouring roads

Evening Standard

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Air pollution kills 238,000 Europeans prematurely

Fine particle air pollution led to 238,000 premature deaths in the European Union in 2020, the bloc's environmental watchdog said Thursday – a slight rise from the previous year.

Radio France Internationale

Water firms releasing sewage into waterways during dry weather, campaigners say

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) said at least 146 ‘dry spills’ occurred in the year to September.

Evening Standard

Raw sewage released into UK seas and rivers 150 times in a year

Some 95 of the dry spills were at locations where water quality was classified as “excellent”

Wales Online

Leeds divided as man abandons car in three hour car park traffic chaos

Many said they felt like they were being driven from the city centre, but others think it's good to encourage less cars on the road

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US broke promise to protect tribes' fish

The U.S. government has failed to test for chemicals and metals in fish but new tests show alarming findings

Salon

Nation's highest snow resort to pay more than $200k for water pollution

About 11.6 million litres of sewage including partially treated amounts leaked into waterways.

The Canberra Times

Demand for global fix to plastic pollution

New survey data shows a public expectation to do more on plastics waste amid hopes a UN treaty will level the corporate playing field with universal rules.

AAP

Cross-laminated wood as a solution to save the environment

The migration of people towards big cities has led to a massive boom in the construction industry. However, the resources are scarce as well as space, and we definitely need some green building technologies because of the high level of pollution. No ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

We need protection against risk of hearing loss and noise pollution

I am concerned that the Illinois Environmental Council has not established standards for the health risks associated with noise pollution and the city has no environmental council.

Chicago Sun-Times

Experts highlight Continuous Emission Monitoring System in pollution monitoring system

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) in partnership with International Centre for Sustainable Carbon (a technology collaboration arm under International Energy Agency), UK and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW, Delhi) has organized a workshop on Advanced Level Training-Best Practices and Handling of Continuous Emission Monitoring…

The Times of India

Endangered status sought for manatees as hundreds starve

Manatees that are dying by the hundreds mainly from pollution-caused starvation in Florida should once again be listed as an endangered species

The Independent UK

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Glasgow M8 'green' barrier at school to protect children from pollution

It is one of a large number of green space and infrastructure projects rolling out in the Anderston, city and Yorkhill area following council funding.

The Conversation

Air pollution harms the brain and mental health, too – a large-scale analysis documents effects on brain regions associated with emotions

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Daily Mirror

COP27 strikes historic climate change deal as Rishi Sunak says "more must be done"

Officials and negotiators agreed a deal in the early hours of Sunday to create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries' carbon pollution.

The Independent UK

Nigerian teens create fashion from trash to fight pollution

Teenage climate activists in Nigeria’s largest city are recycling trash into runway outfits for a “Trashion Show.”

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The Times of India

Delhi records 'very poor' air quality

NEW DELHI: Air quality in the national capital was recorded in the 'very poor' category on Sunday with the 24-hour Air Quality Index settling at 314, according to Central Pollution Control Board data.

Salon

The plastic waste pyramid controversy

Some call it a missed opportunity to push for plastic production cuts

The Guardian - US

Tracking Amazon: the New Yorkers monitoring pollution from delivery hubs

Brooklyn residents are using air quality and traffic sensors to see how new warehouses affect their community

Newcastle Herald

Research investigates airborne PFAS pollution in Williamtown

Researchers are using the Williamtown Red Zone to study how perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances can travel in the air.

France 24

‘Thousands of livelihoods destroyed’ after masses of fish die in Kenya's Lake Victoria

Kenyan fish cage farmers in Lake Victoria have suffered enormous losses following the death of their fish stock in early November, which experts have attributed to upwelling and pollution. Images circulating online and sent to us by our Observers show thousands of lifeless fish in cages in Lake Victoria. More…

The Times of India

Congress promises to control pollution, double MCD's income in manifesto

NEW DELHI: Controlling pollution, doubling the income of municipalities and clearing all three landfill sites in Delhi are among the top priorities of the Congress for the upcoming MCD elections in its manifesto released on Saturday.

Leeds Live

The Leeds city centre road dubbed 'most polluted street in the UK'

'Leeds was one of several cities whose air quality exceeded the recommended level suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO)'

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