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BMA vows water uplift for Hua Lamphong canal

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has vowed to improve the water quality of Hua Lamphong canal due to pollution concerns.

Bangkok Post

What you can do to reduce light pollution

LOS ANGELES — As the old saying goes, many hands can make light work. They can also work together to make light vanish.

Los Angeles Times

How an effort to reduce fossil fuel use led to another environmental problem: Light pollution

LOS ANGELES — In 2014, Los Angeles cut its annual carbon emissions by 43% and saved $9 million in energy costs by replacing the bulbs in more than half of the city's street lamps with light-emitting diodes.

Los Angeles Times

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No harmful gas leaks found after Nakhon Pathom plant fire

No harmful gases were found in the air within a 20km radius of a factory in Nakhon Pathom that had a chemical leak, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) said on Thursday after it conducted an investigation.

Bangkok Post

The world is making the Mekong its dump

Mounting marine pollution is choking the world’s oceans and rivers, especially in Southeast Asia — and it’ll only get worse unless something changes.

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NCC, UNEP sign MoU to tackle plastic pollution

The MoU was signed between Director-General NCC Lt. Gen. Gurbirpal Singh and Resident Representative, UN World Food Programme Bishow Parajuli in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

The Hindu

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ polluted drinking water in this Ky. town. Residents say they didn’t

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ polluted drinking water in this Ky. town. Residents say they didn’t know.

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‘Dramatic’ rise in wildfire smoke triggers decline in US air quality for millions

Recent record fire seasons in the west have increased pollution across the country, affecting people’s health, scientists say

The Guardian - US

California seeks to ban sales of diesel big rigs in a bold bid to cut pollution

Saying they had a “moral obligation,” California regulators could soon ban the sale of diesel big rigs by 2040, ending a long reliance on the polluting vehicles that are the backbone of the American economy.

Los Angeles Times

Another California exodus: Dairy cows leave for greener pastures in Texas, Arizona as farms squeezed

Michael Oosten's grandparents were dairy farmers in the Netherlands and immigrated to California in the 1920s, starting their own dairy farm in Paramount in 1945 before relocating to bigger farms in Artesia and Bellflower.

Los Angeles Times

Lung cancer risk could be increased by air pollution, claims new study

Lung cancer remains one of the most common and serious types of cancer in the UK. Could air pollution be a major risk factor alongside smoking? New research weighs in

Daily Mirror

Air pollution increases hospital admission risk for autistic children, study suggests

Research shows hospital admissions are linked to even short-term exposure, with boys more at risk than girls

The Guardian - UK

Volunteers can’t save our rivers from this tide of filth

Letters: Citizen scientists are no replacement for an underfunded and toothless Environment Agency, writes Gary Bennett, while Anthony Davies laments the pollution of the River Wye by intensive chicken farming

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution causes 1,300 premature deaths a year, report finds

Households are being asked to avoid the use of solid fuel when possible

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Vales Point coal-fired power station in NSW could be polluting in breach of clean air laws

Environment groups question whether ageing station’s exemptions from some pollution standards are valid

The Guardian - AU

Emissions from Australia’s oil and gas industry rose 20% in first five years of safeguard mechanism

Scale of rise prompts warning Australia will struggle to cut emissions if Labor revamp allows new coal and gas

The Hindu

Bandi Sanjay promises to solve Jawaharnagar dump yard pollution issue

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Jury says Sterigenics should pay $363 million to Illinois woman for exposing her to cancer-causing ethylene oxide

Sterigenics, its parent company and a corporate predecessor should pay $363 million in damages for exposing a Willowbrook, Illinois, woman and thousands of others to cancer-causing ethylene oxide pollution, a Cook County jury decided Monday.

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Vales Point pollution exemption will be passed to new owner

A contentious air pollution exemption granted to Vales Point power station would be carried over to the plant's prospective new owner Sev.en Energy if the existing conditions of sale are upheld.

The Guardian - AU

Free carbon credits could threaten Australia’s emission reduction targets, Labor’s advisers warn

RepuTex says safeguard mechanism could hand free credits to big industrial polluters and lock in fossil fuel production

The Hindu

MP flags off plogathon, plantation drive in Kalaburagi

Stress on public participation in creating healthy cities, while fighting pollution

Nottingham Post

Plea for action on Nottingham road where you can 'taste the pollution'

Some have called for Canal Street to be reopened to ease congestion

Inverse

This household appliance could be filling your home with invisible health hazards

One of the main air pollutants commonly associated with using gas stoves is nitrogen dioxide.

Inverse

Air pollution can damage teens' hearts within two hours, study finds

Fine particulate air pollution increased cardiac arrhythmias in teens.

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: A scary new link between air pollution and lung cancer

A new study has upended the way researchers think about how air pollution causes lung cancer. The work cracks open a whole new way of thinking about certain cancers and how to treat and even prevent them. It also suggests environmental agencies may have good reason to impose much stricter…

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