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Northern Lights Set To Illuminate US Skies Amid Geomagnetic Storm

The best time to see the aurora will be between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., and viewers should seek out areas with little to no light pollution, such as rural locations or elevated spots.

International Business Times

Rep. Barragán wants to electrify America’s busiest container port. Here’s why this matters to Latino voters

'The Port of Los Angeles is both an economic engine and a source of significant environmental justice challenges for our community,' writes Rep. Barragán.

Fortune

Head of international shipping regulator says industry must do more to cut carbon pollution

Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, says international shipping companies need to do more to decarbonize their fleets right now

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Is air pollution killing us? The hidden crisis in our homes and cities

Air pollution is a major risk factor for various lung-related illnesses. Since the lungs are constantly exposed to the air we breathe, the quality of that air is critical to overall lung health. The impact of poor air quality affects all age groups, but it is especially severe for women,…

The Times of India

Dogs splashing in Hampstead Heath ponds pose pollution threat, study finds

Two pesticides which have been banned from farming were found where dogs had been swimming at the beloved London park

Evening Standard

The Last of the Sea Women review – female Korean divers as picturesque eco-feminist tradition

Sue Kim’s film about South Korea’s underwater fishers has everything from nuclear pollution to sexism to cover, but sticks to bland reportage

The Guardian - UK

How does air pollution affect our skin?

When the environment around us shifts, whether it's due to changing seasons or city living, our skin often takes a hit. Changes in temperature, more sun exposure, and higher levels of pollutants in the air can make our skin open to many problems.

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Methane emissions may be much worse than thought

Australia may have to overhaul its emissions measuring methods as new data suggests methane pollution from gas and coal projects may have been under-reported.

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Best Indoor Air Purifiers To Remove Pollutants, Smoke And Other Allergens

Long-term exposure to air pollutants such as fine particulate matter increases the risk of respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular diseases, and cancers. In 2020, household air pollution was responsible for an estimated 3.2 million deaths per year.

Medical Daily

How Texas Diminished a Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team

Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality weakened the unit in the years following the onset of the fracking boom. The operation never returned to what it was before.

Texas Observer

Shein’s UK profits double; Water companies penalised for poor performance; China targets EU brandy – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK gilt yields rise and water companies face paying £157m to customers

The Guardian - UK

Water companies ordered to return £158m to customers next year after missing key targets

For the second year in a row, no company achieved the top rating, although four companies did show an improvement from last year.

Evening Standard

Investigation into 'pollution incident' at Scottish distillery concludes

AN INVESTIGATION by an environmental watchdog which found a “leak” at a distillery on the Black Isle after the report of a pollution incident at…

The National (Scotland)

Air pollution inside Philly’s subway is much worse than on the streets

The air quality in the City Hall subway station in downtown Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly above the station. That is a key finding of our new study published in the Journal of Exposure Science Environmental Epidemiology.

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How Texas’ environmental agency weakened a once-rigorous air pollution monitoring team

Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality gutted the unit soon after the fracking boom swept the state oil industry. The operation never returned to what it was before.

The Independent UK

US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is set to hear arguments in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities

The Guardian - UK

British food firms lobbied to defer £1.7bn plastic packaging tax, documents reveal

New scheme to improve recycling rates and tackle pollution was pushed back by Tories after industry complaints

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Assam: Durga idol craft from waste, highlights plastic pollution issue

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Dangerous satellite air pollution exists in a legal loophole

Air pollution from re-entering satellites is a potential environmental disaster that evades Earth-based laws, experts say.

The Guardian - UK

Pollutionwatch: Dangers of adding rubbish to home fires

Tests show adding just 10% of waste to a wood burner indoors can double its particle pollution

The Conversation

The biodiversity jukebox: how sound can boost beneficial soil microbes to heal nature

In a race against time, scientists are exploring new ways to restore natural systems. Alongside traditional methods such as planting trees, reducing pollution and reintroducing native species, a surprising new tool is emerging: sound. Ecologists can harness sound to bring life back to degraded ecosystems.

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Fossil Fuel Pollution Worsened Hurricane Helene's Impact, Studies Find

Climate analyses of Hurricane Helene reveal the impact of fossil fuel pollution on exacerbating the storm's effects. Global warming increased rainfall and ...

International Business Times

Brazilians Choke As Fire Smoke Blankets 80% Of Country

With as much as 80 percent of Brazil under a blanket of smoke from historic wild fires, face masks last used during the coronavirus pandemic are coming out again.

The Conversation

In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat

Hundreds of industrial facilities with toxic pollutants were in Hurricane Helene’s path as the powerful storm flooded communities across the Southeast in late September 2024.

The National (Scotland)

'Shocking': High levels of faeces found at wild swimming locations

NEARLY 60 of Scotland’s most popular spots for wild swimming were polluted with high levels of faeces at least once this summer, analysis by The…

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