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Human health vs. fossil fuels

Extreme heat and air pollution are taking a deadly toll, but it's not too late to save lives

Salon

UN report: Climate pollution reductions 'highly inadequate'

A new UN report shows that countries aren't doing enough to cut emissions of heat trapping gases

The Independent UK

Editorial: Port pollution is a crisis. It’s going to take more than a $20 container fee to fix

Dirty air is a long-standing problem at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, but data released this month show just how bad things got in 2021. A pandemic-induced surge in consumer sales, record-setting volumes of cargo and a logjam of more than 100 ships anchored off the Southern…

Los Angeles Times

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Weatherwatch: how cycling can measure local air pollution

Inexpensive weather monitors attached to handlebars reveal dips in air quality and temperature

The Guardian - UK

Irish homes will no longer be able to purchase these solid fuels from Monday

Some of the known long-term impacts of this pollution include asthma, heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, and reduced liver function

Irish Mirror

Polluted air on Tube platforms could harm commuters’ health, study warns

Researchers detect potentially harmful particles in air on Piccadilly line platform at South Kensington station

Evening Standard

EU plans tighter controls on pollution as doctors call for urgent action

Stricter standards will tackle fine particulates and PFAS and require polluters to pay for cleanups

The Guardian - UK

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EU to drastically reduce deadly air pollution with tougher laws

The European Union will on Wednesday lay out plans to cut air and water pollution levels to zero by 2050.

Radio France Internationale

Doctors say 'fossil fuel addiction' kills, starves millions

A new report from doctors and other health experts says the world's fossil fuel addiction is making the world sicker and is killing people

The Independent UK

Perth and Kinross councillor raises loch sewage spill concerns with Scottish minister

Councillor Willie Robertson has written to Scotland's environment minister to draw her attention to a recent discharge of sewage into Loch Leven and ask if anything can be do to stop further pollution incidents in future

Daily Record

Punjab witnessed reduced levels of pollution this Diwali, AQI reduction of 16.4% from last year

BATHINDA: Punjab environment minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer has stated that this year's air quality improved as compare to last years on the day of Diwali.

The Times of India

On social media, Delhittes share videos of flouting of firecracker ban

NEW DELHI: Social media was abuzz with videos of people bursting firecrackers with impunity on Diwali in the national capital, defying a ban in place to curb pollution. The veracity of these videos could not independently verified.

The Times of India

Delhi's post-Diwali air quality best in five years: Environment minister Gopal Rai

NEW DELHI: There was 30 per cent less pollution on Diwali in Delhi as compared to last year and the city recorded its best air quality for the day after the festival in five years, environment minister Gopal Rai said on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Two-thirds of cattle farms in north Devon cause river pollution

Nearly nine in 10 farms inspected failed to comply with regulations, according to a report from the Environment Agency

The Guardian - UK

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Salon

EPA calls out environmental racism

The EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution

The Times of India

Stubble burning contribution to Delhi's pollution increases to 10 percent on Diwali

NEW DELHI: The contribution of stubble burning to Delhi's pollution on Diwali increased to around 10 percent, the highest this year so far, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). However, it was still lower than previous years -- it was 25 percent on…

Manchester Evening News

Streets of India light up for Diwali 2022 festival while sparking concern over air pollution

The use of firecrackers all across India during Diwali was met with either partial or complete bans

The Times of India

With AQI of 265, Delhi's air on day before Diwali least polluted in 7 years

NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 265 on Sunday, which was lowest for the day before Diwali in seven years, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed. Diwali will be celebrated across the country on Monday.

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Crowds throng Anand Vihar bus stand ahead of Diwali, Chhat Puja despite Covid, pollution

A huge throng gathered at the footbridge of the Anand Vihar Metro Station in the national capital ahead of the festival season. Read more on Dynamite News:

Wales Online

Living in the noise, dust and pollution of the UK's largest open coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran, Merthyr Tydfil

"Everything was black. We were constantly cleaning... We couldn't open the windows. The noise would penetrate the house... the noise of the diggers is just horrendous. There's no sleeping with it."

Tribune News Service

Prolonged poor air quality in Washington hits highest mark in past decade

SEATTLE — Rain and winds in the Seattle area are a welcome relief as they pushed out wildfire smoke that has clouded the air for weeks on end.

Daily Mirror

Water watchdog Ofwat slammed for £500,000 staff bonuses amid sewage pollution

New figures show £509,832 was paid out in the last five years despite anger at Ofwat for failing to hold the water industry to account over leaks and sewage pollution

Chronicle Live

Car drivers could eventually be charged Newcastle Clean Air Zone toll fee

Newcastle and Gateshead's councils chose not to slap drivers with the charge for using their personal cars, but both say that might not last forever

Newcastle Herald

Lake Macquarie and its people deserve a clean cut from power station

Community groups are concerned that the impacts of Vales Point power station on the lake will increase under a foreign private equity firm.

Belfast Live

Stormont 'needs to get back to work to deliver clean air strategy' says Asthma + Lung UK NI

They say we are on an air pollution 'cliff edge' after DAERA published the latest air quality report

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