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Ivory Coast builds a wall to protect endangered urban park

Concerned about illegal logging and pollution in Banco National Park in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan, authorities are erecting a concrete perimeter wall that they hope will preserve its distinctive ecosystem.

Reuters

Illinois’ transition to electric vehicles crucial to stopping pollution-related deaths: report

Health advocate is calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to speed the transition to electric vehicles.

Chicago Sun-Times

11,000 litres of water to make one litre of milk? New questions about the freshwater impact of NZ dairy farming

Water scarcity and water pollution are increasingly critical global issues. Water scarcity is driven not only by shortages of water, but also by rendering water unusable through pollution. New Zealand is no exception to these trends.

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Do wood burners add to air pollution in cities? Yes, say citizen scientists

Pioneering Bristol study blames the solid-fuel burners in people’s homes for breaches of World Health Organisation guidelines

The Guardian - UK

Work under way to prevent pollution after burning superyacht sinks in marina

Firefighters battled to extinguish the fire for hours as it ripped through the 85ft vessel in Torquay.

The Independent UK

Fury as children's asthma study shows stark North-South divide in cases

Experts believe air pollution and poor housing in the North are the reason children there are twice as likely to need an inhaler to treat asthma.

Daily Mirror

The Environmental Justice Exchange: Living Around Chicago’s Industrial Corridors

Our host, Brett Chase, was joined for a live digital discussion on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Watch the conversation to learn about how community organizers are fighting pollution near industrial corridors on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

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10 ways to save butterflies as numbers plummet due to pollution and climate change

The latest Red List for British butterflies shows many beautiful native species are under threat from a myriad of problems including climate change, nitrogen pollution and landscape change

Daily Mirror

National Farmers Union funding legal challenges to curbs on river pollution

Exclusive: Environmental groups criticise NFU for helping companies to fight Defra rules on nitrates in waterways

The Guardian - UK

River pollution in Himachal Pradesh: NGT dismisses Centre's review plea

SHIMLA: Dealing with the matter of remedial action against the failure of the authorities in Himachal Pradesh in preventing pollution in Balad, Sirsa and Satluj rivers in Baddi industrial area in Solan district, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed the review application filed by the Union ministry of environment,…

The Times of India

Use of loudspeaker: Dakshina Kannada sets up 7 panels

MANGALURU: The Dakshina Kannada district administration has set up seven committees, involving officials from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, police and other departments, to implement the government circular dated May10, 2022, related to the use of loudspeakers in public places and religious centres in the district.

The Times of India

710 Freeway expansion dropped after decades of planning, marking a milestone for L.A.

LOS ANGELES — A decades-old plan to widen one of America's busiest cargo corridors was scrapped Thursday, as the agency acknowledged it must find a new way to lessen traffic without adding lanes.

Los Angeles Times

Senate confirms Steven Cliff to lead highway safety agency

The Senate has confirmed former California pollution regulator Steven Cliff to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The Independent UK

Recycled Treasures

It's not news that the ocean and its inhabitants are threatened by pollution and plastic is one key threat to the sea, however, the problem persists. Two Russians living in Thailand have collaborated in an attempt to alleviate the situation through an art exhibition called "Gifts Of The Sea". Guru…

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‘Front-row seats to the apocalypse’: Cannes doc takes on Delhi pollution, sectarian violence

India’s prolific movie industry enjoyed pride of place at the Cannes Film Festival, starring as the film market’s first-ever guest of honour. FRANCE 24 spoke to director Shaunak Sen about his stunning New Delhi-set documentary “All That Breathes”, which screened at the festival this week.

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland environment bosses failing own targets on 40% of 'protected' habitats

Their shortcomings “reflect the state of our air, water and land” according to DAERA’s NI Environmental Statistics Report

The Guardian - UK

Big Tobacco is killing the planet with plastics. No smokescreen should be allowed to hide that

Greenwashing ploys cannot mask the pollution wreaked both by cigarettes and new nicotine products

The Times of India

API residues causing pollution in Himachal Pradesh: NGT dismisses Centre's review application

SHIMLA: While dealing with the matter of remedial action against failure of the authorities in Himachal Pradesh in preventing pollution of rivers Balad, Sirsa and Satluj in Baddi Industrial area in Solan district, the National Green Tribunal has dismissed the review application filed by Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and…

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API residues causing pollution: NGT dismisses Centre's review application

Wales Online

Two-fifths of British butterflies threatened with extinction, analysis shows

The insects face an uncertain future due to climate change and nitrogen pollution

The Conversation

Oil hazards aren't the main worry of Nigeria's coastal residents: toilets are

Nigeria’s coastal areas are known to present environmental hazards and risks. Oil exploration and exploitation is one source of these hazards. Oil spillage, gas flaring, air and water pollution and agricultural land contamination are serious problems in the region, with implications for human and environmental health.

Los Angeles Times

Plastics industry, facing crackdown, targets Democrats with mailers deemed deceptive

LOS ANGELES — Cheryl Auger was stunned this month when one of her Pasadena neighbors and friends received a flyer in the mail featuring her state assemblyman, with a line stating, “Higher taxes on plastic products will enrich corporate interests with no guarantee of reducing plastic waste.”

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Says Rich Countries Putting Children around the World at Risk

Rich countries are creating unsafe living conditions for children both at home and around the world, a UNICEF report released Tuesday said, calling on states to reduce waste and cut pollution. UNICEF's Innocenti Research Center studied 39 countries from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European…

The Independent UK

Brazil president announces carbon market, thin on details

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has announced the creation of a carbon market in Brazil but it is voluntary and the announcement is thin on the kind of details that make for a robust trading forum

The Conversation

Plastic pollution: European farmland could be largest global reservoir of microplastics

Plastic particles smaller than 5mm (known as microplastics) are well-documented pollutants in ocean and freshwater habitats. The discovery of microplastics in the most remote rivers of the Himalayas and the deepest trenches of the Pacific Ocean has sparked widespread concern. But how much microplastic lies closer to home – buried…

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