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Chicago sees worst air quality of the year on Fourth of July

Last year on Independence Day, Chicago reached a level of air pollution four times the hourly average of a normal summer day. “By 10:30 at night, it’s just a hazy fog and smoke everywhere that you can see,” one resident said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Soil pollution could raise risk of heart disease among gardeners, study suggests

Research claims it could be raising oxidative stress, which leads to more “bad” free radicals, causing chain reactions in the body that damages other cells

Wales Online

Won’t back units flouting pollution norms: Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry

AHMEDABAD: The new team that took charge of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce Industry (GCCI) on Sunday said that it will focus on new age businesses and startups and refrain from making representations for units flouting pollution norms and acting irresponsibly. State industries minister Jagdish Vishwakarma said that the GCCI…

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With state climate action in the spotlight, Gov. Wolf's carbon rule takes effect

Pennsylvania's fossil fuel power plants began having to comply with Gov. Tom Wolf's hallmark climate rule on Friday, one day after a U.S. Supreme Court decision restricted federal regulators' tools for cutting greenhouse gas pollution across the power sector nationwide.

Tribune News Service

A new Clean Air Zone scheme has been submitted to government – so what happens next?

Greater Manchester's leaders say they want to scrap all charges now

Manchester Evening News

Seals are dying from plastic pollution

Intelligent, strong and top predators, seals are suffering from human acts and wastefulness

Salon

Kerry says US climate setbacks are slowing work abroad

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says setbacks for President Joe Biden’s climate efforts at home have “slowed the pace” of some of the commitments from other countries to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution in diplomacy abroad

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Glasgow city centre air pollution so bad asthma sufferers 'should avoid it' to stay safe

Asthma and Allergy Foundation made the claims while noting that air pollution in Scotland's major cities has returned to the same levels witnessed pre-pandemic.

Glasgow Live

Environmental justice advocates slam Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court decision Thursday to limit how the Environmental Protection Agency may regulate carbon dioxide emissions could make an already grave situation worse for those most affected by air pollution and climate change, community residents and advocates fear

The Independent UK

Court hobbles EPA on climate, and its options are limited

WASHINGTON — Since February, when the Supreme Court held oral arguments in a case challenging the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon pollution from power plants, environmental lawyers and climate activists braced for a ruling that tattooed a deep, restrictive swath into the agency’s ability to curb emissions.

Tribune News Service

Court hobbles EPA on climate, and its options are limited - Roll Call

The Supreme Court ruling limited the EPA’s authority to rein in emissions. But it left the agency some room to address climate change.

Roll Call

Warnings on air pollution need to be directed towards polluters – study

Focus of information places health responsibility on those who bear consequences of breathing poor air

The Guardian - UK

Gurugram: Less showers & heat worsened air in June

GURUGRAM: Scorching heat and lower than normal rainfall likely worsened air quality this June compared to the last year, with the city recording AQI as ‘satisfactory’ just once in the month, officials said on Thursday.

The Times of India

The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA's power to regulate carbon pollution – and sent a warning to other regulators

In a highly anticipated but not unexpected 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on June 30, 2022, that the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority under the Clean Air Act.

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California passes first sweeping US law to reduce single-use plastic

The bill states that 30% of plastic items sold or bought be recyclable by 2028 and economic responsibility falls to producers

France 24

US Supreme Court limits use of Clean Air Act to curb power plant emissions

In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

The Independent UK

Iowa court reverses precedent on Iowa pig farm lawsuits

The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a longstanding precedent that allowed landowners to sue for damages when a neighboring hog farm causes water pollution or odor problems that affect quality of life

Los Angeles Times

Nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics approved by California lawmakers

LOS ANGELES — Striking a blow against a pernicious form of pollution, California lawmakers on Thursday passed the nation’s most far-reaching restrictions on single-use plastics and packaging, with Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to sign the bill Thursday.

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The Hindu

KSPCB, BBMP to crack down on single-use plastic as nationwide ban takes effect today

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U.S. Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s authority in regulating greenhouse gases

The high court said a cap on power plants’ carbon dioxide emissions that forces a transition to other fuels may be a “sensible” solution to the climate crisis, but that Congress did not give the Environmental Protection Agency the broad authority to make such requirements. Texas was one of 17…

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules for coal-producing states, limits EPA’s power to fight climate change

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday for the major coal-producing states and sharply limited the Biden administration’s authority to restrict the carbon pollution that is causing global warming.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions

In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court has limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants

Roll Call

Supreme Court limits EPA power plant carbon emissions authority - Roll Call

The Supreme Court sharply curtailed the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon pollution from electric utilities.

The Independent UK

Climate concerns grow as US helps Europe replace Russian gas

President Joe Biden’s point man for global energy problems knows, he says, that transitioning away from the climate-wrecking pollution of fossil fuels is the only way to go

The Times of India

Pollution Control Board lens on 191 units to break supply chain of single-use plastic

Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) — which asked the 191 plastic carry bag manufacturers to stop producing single-use plastic (SUP) bags or anything below the thickness of 75-micron — also started monitoring the units to stop the supply chain of SUP. The WBPCB has identified 1,194 plastic…

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