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Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters

Could Australia soon have a form of emissions trading? Yes, if Labor’s much-anticipated paper on fixing Australia’s mediocre emissions-reduction framework, released today, is any guide.

The Conversation

Plan for Brisbane's Mount Coot-tha botanic gardens to host Australian-first night light show by Lumina Night Walks

Brisbane City Council plans to allow a permanent light show in the botanic gardens, but there are concerns the Australian-first project is "commercialising a public asset" and light pollution will impact local wildlife.

ABC News

Beachgoers warned to stay away after sewage alerts across England and Wales

Discharges following heavy rainfall affecting water quality, especially in south

The Guardian - UK

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India home to 18 of 20 cities with most severe increase in PM 2.5 pollution: Study

The report published Health Effects Institute (HEI) shows that Delhi has the highest average level of fine PM 2.5 among the world's most populated cities

The Hindu

The spending bill will cut emissions, but marginalized groups feel they were sold out

The Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest ever investment to tackle climate change. But there are signs that it could reinforce existing environmental inequalities.

WEKU

'Foul' smelling oil found dumped at popular riverfront woodland

The Environment Agency are investigating the source of the 'pollution'

Manchester Evening News

Ukraine ‘could lose crops for at least 100 years due to metal pollution caused by Russian invasion’

The country produces much of the world’s grain supply and has been subjected to widespread artillery damage from Russian attacks

The Independent UK

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Major cities blighted by nitrogen dioxide pollution, research finds

Shanghai, Moscow and Tehran have the highest levels of NO2 pollution, according to the research

The Guardian - UK

Here's beauty industry's best kept secret

Every day, our skin is exposed to millions of dust, dirt, and pollution particles, not to mention the impurities we transfer onto our face when we touch it. But these arent exclusive to the outdoors; they exist within our homes as well. Even the gases and particulate matter from cooking…

The Times of India

Australian study links planned savanna burns to Darwin's worsening air pollution

Planned burns at savannas across the Top End are polluting the air in Darwin, say a group of Australian researchers, raising concerns for people with asthma or lung disease.

ABC News

Hail Mary! Statue’s trip down the Wye raises chicken pollution issue

Artist Philip Chatfield hopes river journey will alert people to damage being done by poultry excrement

The Guardian - UK

Plastic pollution called out as 'waste colonisation'

'I don't think we, in Australia, have been aware of the impacts. The science is changing daily.'

Newcastle Herald

African digital innovators are turning plastic waste into value -- but there are gaps

Plastic pollution is a growing global menace. Between 2010 and 2020, the global production of plastics increased from 270 million tonnes to 367 million tonnes. Every year, more than 12 million tonnes of plastics end up in the world’s oceans, with severe consequences for marine life. When macro plastics degrade…

The Conversation

As drought hits, what are UK water company chief executives paid?

Anger is growing over the huge sums handed to shareholders and executives

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Manchester Evening News

The hidden health issue that can take years off city centre residents' lives

A lack of good quality sleep can disrupt our internal body clock

The Canberra Times

Are we beyond limits to economic growth?

Humans are extracting more resources than the Earth can regenerate and creating more pollution than our planet can treat.

The Times of India

Gujarat introduces real-time VLTS for disposal of hazardous industrial waste

AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel had launched a vehicle location tracking system (VLTS) on June 5 to prevent environmental pollution due to hazardous industrial wastes. Industrial units would generate hazardous waste manifest system to treat and dispose the waste but now it will be done through the VLTS.

The Guardian - UK

Even low levels of air pollution can damage health, study finds

US researchers looked at Canada to see how people in cleanest areas were still experiencing ill health

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The Hindu

Dip in air pollution during lockdown makes strong case for flexible work policies: Report

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State directed to expedite land acquisition at Chittur

Area near KMML facing pollution-related problems

Daily Record

River Almond named in report documenting pharmaceutical drug pollution

One drug breached the safety levels of the River Almond by 50000

The Hindu

Free run for erring industrial units at Edayar

They continue to operate without Pollution Control Board’s nod

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh residents plagued by air pollution from local building site

Ruth Moss has said that neighbours have had to plan their walking times and avoid their street when the dust cloud is at its worst. Motorists are also claimed to have to use headlights to navigate the road.

The Times of India

PM unveils Rs 900 crore ethanol plant to help Delhi-NCR breathe easy

PANIPAT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday marked the world biofuel day by dedicating to the nation a Rs 900 crore plant in Haryana for producing ethanol from farm waste using indigenously developed 2G (second generation) technology, a development he said would help Delhi and its neighbourhood breathe easy by…

The Times of India

PM Modi unveils Rs 900 crore ethanol plant to help Delhi-NCR breathe easy

PANIPAT: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday marked world biofuel day by inaugurating a Rs 900 crore plant in Haryana for producing ethanol from farm waste using indigenously developed 2G (second generation) technology, a development he said would help Delhi and its neighbourhood breathe easy by reducing pollution from burning of…

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