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UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says

Professor Richard Thompson, a marine litter expert, says delegates must act decisively to ‘look next generation in the eye’

The Guardian - UK

Decision Time As Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Begin

Countries were to start the clock Tuesday on 10 days of talks aimed at hammering out a landmark global treaty on combating the scourge of plastic pollution.

International Business Times

Nations will try again on plan to confront world's 'spiraling' plastic pollution mess

Nations gather in Geneva Tuesday for what many hope will be the final meeting to craft a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet

The Independent UK

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‘Grave, growing, and underrecognized danger:’ New report sheds light on plastic pollution

The plastic pollution crisis is costing the U.S. some $1.5 trillion in health-related costs every year – and the threat is only expected to grow

The Independent UK

The Oil Wells Near the Denver Suburbs Worried Her. The Health Risk Alarmed Her Even More.

Recently retired Colorado scientist Lisa McKenzie chased the link between fracking and adverse birth outcomes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Capital & Main

A 'Thinker' Drowns In Plastic Garbage As UN Treaty Talks Open

A replica of Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture "The Thinker" outside the United Nations headquarters was being slowly submerged in plastic rubbish Monday as countries gathered in a bid to finalise a global treaty on plastic pollution.

International Business Times

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

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Swapping your tarmac driveway for this smart paving solution can reduce your risk of flooding

This unusual grass paving for driveways can not only prevent flooding but also offer an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional tarmac

Ideal Home

Global plastics treaty talks resume in Geneva: Is this the ‘world’s last chance’ to act?

Campaigners say that industry lobbyists must be banned from the talks to secure a meaningful outcome.

Euronews

Countries under pressure to finalise UN plastic pollution treaty as talks resume

Countries are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, where they will hope to break a deadlock in talks for a legally binding agreement on plastics.

Evening Standard

Smoke from Canadian wildfires brings unhealthy air to large swaths of the Midwest

Smoke from Canadian wildfires hovered over several Midwestern states Saturday, bringing warnings of unhealthy air

The Independent UK

New Push To Reach Plastic Polution Pact

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

International Business Times

Dangerous Mekong River pollution blamed on lawless mining in Myanmar

Fishing communities in Laos feel effect of pollution from gold, rare earth mining in rebel-controlled areas of Myanmar.

Al Jazeera

Labour MPs urge Thames Water to recover £2.5m paid to executives in April

Exclusive: Letter to water company sets out demands, including resolving most severe cases of pollution

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Warning issued as SEPA hunt for cause of 150 dead fish in river

Sepa is hunting for the source of pollution that has killed around 150 fish in Cumbernauld, around July 29, 2025.

The Guardian - US

Trump bids to scrap almost all pollution regulations – can anything stop this?

EPA tries to rescind ‘endangerment finding’ – part of ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda that experts say poses grave threat

Newslaundry

July 31, 2025: Air pollution’s impact on water

In this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, we visited a water pumping station in Malviya Nagar. While heavy rainfall brought the AQI to a satisfactory level in the area, other parts in Delhi continue to breathe polluted air – at one monitoring station, the AQI was pegged at 119.

Benzinga

Dirty Is The New Defensive: Fossil Fuel Stocks Get A Regulatory Lifeline

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hasn't signed off yet – but its proposal to cancel the 2009 "endangerment finding" marks a seismic regulatory shift. That finding has long served as the bedrock for standards on vehicle tailpipe emissions, methane limits from oil fields, and power plant pollution under the Clean…

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The Independent UK

East Midlands airport hit with huge fine for environmental pollution

The Leicestershire transport hub was fined £892,500 in total for three offences

Newslaundry

Exclusive: India’s e-waste mirage, ‘crores in corporate fraud’ amid govt lapses, public suffering

What happens to your old phone or fridge once you’re done with it? Maybe you sold it, maybe passed it on, or maybe it’s just gathering dust. When it finally breaks down, you’d hope it’s recycled responsibly: its toxic parts removed, with no harm to the environment or human health.…

International Business Times UK

Julian Brown Is NOT Missing — But Why Is He Hiding? Here's Why Some Fear Big Companies Want Him Gone

Julian Brown isn't missing, but his silence after warning he was 'under attack' raised fears of a cover-up by powerful industries. Here's what we know.

The Conversation

Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the rest of the universe.

The Guardian - UK

Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds

Pollution incidents reported between 2014 and 2019 were compared against scientific study that used satellite imagery to count slicks

The Conversation

Street lamps aren’t the only form of artificial light pollution – here’s how to create darker nights

Without a view of the stars at night, Don McLean would never have been able to write Vincent and Vincent van Gogh would not have painted Starry Night. Viewing a sky full of stars is part of what makes us human. The light from stars has travelled thousands of miles…

The Guardian - UK

Call to make wet wipe producers pay for polluting England’s waterways

Water firms claim wet wipes, which shed microplastics and cause blockages, are main source of sewage pollution

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