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Geared-up to improve ambient air quality in city, says Collector

Departments asked to come up with action plans to identify the main source of pollution

The Hindu

Grandad 'trapped in his home' by fatal condition that will need oxygen tanks soon

Leon Johnson's doctor wrongly assumed he had "smoked all his life" when he began getting short of breath and "couldn't walk very far" in 2017

Daily Mirror

Grandad 'trapped in home' by school run

"If I go for a walk and the vehicles are out, I just can't breathe"

Liverpool Echo

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Pollution from California’s 2020 wildfires likely offset decades of air quality gains

LOS ANGELES — It was a nightmare fire season that California won’t soon forget.

Los Angeles Times

Government not doing enough to hit 2030 air pollution targets, warns NAO

‘People’s health will suffer’ because government is ‘dragging its feet on tackling air quality,’ Labour MP says

The Independent UK

Homeowners warned to 'think twice' about using log burners after alarming discovery

Rising energy prices could be driving struggling families to burn wood or other solid fuel

Wales Online

‘Forever chemical’ response may push costs to water utilities

WASHINGTON — Federal efforts to address pollution by so-called forever chemicals may push increased costs onto water and wastewater agencies.

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Grangemoor Park in Cardiff to remain closed until end of the year for maintenance work

The park was built on a former landfill which has been polluting Cardiff Bay for years

Wales Online

Evening Standard comment: Plug It In, London, for a cleaner future

Air pollution is a silent killer, with up to 36,000 deaths a year attributed to long-term exposure. Toxic air has been linked to the development of strokes, heart disease and exacerbates asthma.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan says opportunity to cut pollution being squandered by Government

Government plans to reduce the most harmful form of air pollution do not go far enough and will condemn a generation of children to ill health, Sadiq Khan has warned.

Evening Standard

Streets in Bristol with the worst air pollution

Air pollution causes up to 36,000 deaths in the UK each year

Bristol Post

Clean Air Day: Parents urged to ditch the car and cycle children to school

Parents and children in London are being encouraged to ditch the car and use active travel for the school run on Thursday to mark Clean Air Day.

Evening Standard

Climate change and air pollution are wrecking children’s health, a landmark review reveals

New research highlights the public health threat of climate change and air pollution to children and offers recommendations to healthcare professionals.

Inverse

'Forever chemical' response may push costs to water utilities - Roll Call

Federal efforts to address pollution by so-called forever chemicals may push increased costs onto water and wastewater agencies.

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Wales Online

The most polluted areas of Wales revealed

People in more deprived areas are likely to be breathing the most polluted air

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MP presents scouts with badges for tackling plastic pollution

Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley visited youngsters at Carluke Scouts last week.

The Hindu

Focus on infra creation in Visakhapatnam - Chennai Industrial Corridor, A.P. CM tells officials

Jagan advocates creation of a fund to fund initiatives to check pollution

Los Angeles Times

Don’t fear LA’s ban on gas stoves. Electric appliances are the future

Los Angeles is taking a necessary and overdue step in the fight against climate change and lung-damaging air pollution. The City Council voted last month to ban most natural gas-fueled appliances in newly constructed residential and commercial buildings, aiming to get the new rules in place by Jan. 1, 2023.

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The Guardian - UK

Barcelona to install sound level monitors in bid to beat noise pollution

Noise meters will be deployed to confirm ‘acoustically stressed’ areas where action will be taken

The Conversation

South Africa's estuaries face a growing threat from pollution: we took a close look at four

The Conversation

Air pollution in fast-growing African cities presents a risk of premature death

Ten more African cities have signed on to the C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration to improve air quality. C40 is an international group of mayors collaborating to make cities more environmentally sustainable.

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution got worse during lockdown in many countries, study finds

University of Chicago reports little change in global average particulate pollution in 2020, with increases in areas such as India

The Hindu

Delhi government proposes to empower local bodies, station house officers to act against noise pollution

The Delhi government has proposed to the Union Environment Ministry to designate SHOs as an authority to prosecute violators under noise pollution rules.

Bangkok Post

Pollution cuts life expectancy by two years

Air pollution shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday.

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu: New rules for poultry farms from January 23

CHENNAI: Poultry farms with more than 25,000 birds at a single location will now have to obtain consent to establish (CTE) and consent to operate (CTO) under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the State Pollution Control…

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