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Law needs to protect UK from spring air pollution increase

Research ‘supersites’ in UK cities reveal pollutant sources, from agriculture and traffic to wood fires

The Guardian - UK

Gopal Rai says Delhi govt to study gas sucking system used in Mumbai to curb landfill fires

NEW DELHI: To prevent fires at landfills, Delhi government will study the gas sucking system, which is used in Mumbai, and replicate it in the capital, environment minister Gopal Rai said on Thursday. The minister announced this after chairing a joint meeting with experts from IIT Delhi, TERI, Centre for…

The Times of India

NGT admits petition over illegal mining

Southern bench of the apex environmental tribunal issues notices to 13 respondents

The Hindu

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Cleaner Earth: Healing ozone hole, less smog, more eagles

As bad as the environment seems with climate change and other pollution, scientists say humanity has also done a pretty good job of cleaning up past messes

The Independent UK

Chicago air pollution among the worst in the U.S., new report finds

The American Lung Association ranked the Chicago metro area’s levels of smog and particle pollution among the top 25 in the country.

Chicago Sun-Times

Breaches of English farm pollution laws rise as rules remain largely unenforced

Exclusive: violations of farming rules for water last year reached highest level since legislation was introduced

The Guardian - UK

From 'biologically dead' to chart-toppingly clean: how the Thames made an extraordinary recovery over 60 years

It might surprise you to know that the River Thames is considered one of the world’s cleanest rivers running through a city. What’s even more surprising is that it reached that status just 60 years after being declared “biologically dead” by scientists at London’s Natural History Museum. Yet despite this…

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African cities can do more to protect children from climate change

Six in 10 people will be living in cities by 2030. This is concerning. Cities are responsible for over 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet cities can also do a lot to mitigate climate change and help people adapt to its impacts. Cities can use renewable energy sources, promote…

The Conversation

6 symptoms of poor air quality

These are some of the common signs and symptoms of poor air quality, according to experts.

LiveScience

Trying to get a handle on dark spots and pigmentation at home? Experts say *this* is how treat hyperpigmentation

Dark spots be gone

Marie Claire

What is the Air Quality Index?

What is the Air Quality Index and what exactly does it refer to?

LiveScience

Air quality in the US since the passage of the Clean Air Act

On average, air quality has improved in the United States in the past several decades. Still, 82 million Americans lived in counties with pollution levels above the national standards in 2019.

USAFacts

New group will monitor pollution and sewage discharge in the River Almond

The group River Almond Action Group (RAAG) have met local politicians

Daily Record

Burning question: Is Delhi losing the battle against air pollution?

IIT Delhi has found that this year stubble burning has started earlier than previous years and that Punjab is a bigger culprit in this matter than Haryana.

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Pollution versus politics in the uneasy town of #Thoothukudi

Even as governments, courts, lawyers, political parties and residents’ associations are grappling over the levels of pollution caused by Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), a coastal town of southern Tamil Nadu, 13 lives have been lost in police firings in the last two days here in a bid…

Newslaundry

Delhi’s Yamuna: A huge septic tank

Delhi has found new ways of contaminating the Yamuna river: electronic waste. As also the subsoil and ground water: A United Nations-backed study pointed out that India generated nearly 5 per cent of electronic waste produced globally in 2016.

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