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Vast majority of Londoners support ban on wood burners

Exclusive: Poll shows national support for ban in urban areas, where burners have worst impact

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners argue any further delay to Deposit Return Scheme would be ‘unbearable’

In the 867 days since the scheme was originally due to be introduced, 2 billion drinks containers have been sent to landfill or incinerated

Insider UK

One year on from the Clean Air Zone being paused, where are we now?

As we wait for a decision on the future of the Clean Air Zone one year after the plans were paused, Local Democracy Reporter Joseph Timan looks back at what happened and where we are now.

Manchester Evening News

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Further delay to Deposit Return Scheme would be ‘frankly unbearable’, say campaigners

ENVIRONMENTAL campaignrs have warned the Scottish Government that any further delay to the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) would be…

The National (Scotland)

Australia’s big emitters could cut CO2 by 90% by 2050 without offsets, report finds

Report finds that supply chains for major industries, including iron and steel, could cut annual CO2 to 17m tonnes by mid-century

The Guardian - AU

Industry maps net zero pathway with safeguard uncertain

Industry, government and financiers need to invest more than $20 billion per year for the Australian economy to expand without dangerous levels of pollution.

AAP

From cradle to compost: the disruptors who want to make death greener

Startups rush to gain foothold in a burgeoning industry as New York and California move to legalize human composting

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Welsh rivers pumped with sewage named among UK's most polluted

Six of the UK's top 20 most polluted are in Wales

Wales Online

Negotiations on cap for big polluters heat up

The government is locked in negotiations with the Greens and cross bench as it attempts to pass new climate legislation that some argue doesn't go far enough.

AAP

New legislation to tackle plastic waste

New legislation hopes to cut down on the extreme amount of waste due to single-use plastic

Salon

All choked up on bad air

A white mask looked dusty and had turned grey as if it had been left in a dustbin when in fact it had been worn for just one day by a resident in Lampang.

Bangkok Post

Exposure to traffic pollution proven to impair brain function

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time the effect of exposure to traffic pollution on the brain's functioning.

The New Daily

‘Not much time left’: Salt Lake City’s mayor on the Great Lake drying up

Former environmental activist Erin Mendenhall leads a fast-growing city threatened by toxic dust from the lake’s shrinking water levels

The Guardian - US

East London residents fear dangerous toxins spewing from ‘decade-long’ landfill fires

People living close to the former landfill site in Rainham are demanding action to end the near-constant fires, reports Barney Davis

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

EPA moves to restore rule on mercury from power plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reaffirming the basis for a rule that requires “significant reductions” in mercury and other harmful pollutants from power plants

Daily Record

Dismay over ruling study not needed for new housing in Kinross despite concerns over sewage entering Loch Leven

The Scottish Government has overruled a council direction to developers they complete an Environmental Impact Assessment for a proposed 160-home development on land north of Davies Park

Wales Online

Dead fish found after slurry spill turns crystal clear river brown

A resident said it was around the fifth pollution incident along the Afon Dulas since he had lived in the area

Radio France Internationale

France’s food safety authority Anses has moved to ban S-metolachlor, a common herbicide used by cereal farmers, because of significant groundwater pollution. The product joins an increasingly growing list of chemicals no longer allowed in French agriculture.

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Wales Online

English hospitals hit by hundreds of sewage leaks in a year

There were over 450 sewage leaks in England during a 12 month period

Tribune News Service

Health concerns related to the East Palestine train derailment: What to know

Following the derailment of about 50 train cars in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a week ago and the subsequent controlled release of vinyl chloride into the air to prevent an explosion, residents as far away as Pittsburgh are wondering about potential health impacts.

France 24

‘Why are they being hush-hush?’ Ohio villagers anxious, enraged after toxic train spill

Residents of an Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a gymnasium demanding reassurances after toxic chemicals spilled and burned in a huge plume over their homes and businesses.

Evening Standard

Tories step up campaign against Ulez extension

We’ve all been there. Stuck in the wrong seat at a dinner party or cornered in someone’s kitchen by a friend of a friend, usually a man, who confidently informs you that advertising doesn’t work on them – they’re too smart. Ignoring the fact they’re dressed head to toe in…

The Guardian - AU

Call for urgent overhaul of Australia’s monitoring of ‘astronomical’ plastic pollution

Australian Academy of Science points to over-reliance on volunteers and says more regular surveys needed

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan says he will take ‘no lectures’ from Boris Johnson over Ulez plans

Mr Johnson has urged people to stop the mayor’s ‘mad expansion plan’ which aims to boost London’s air quality.

Evening Standard

Electric Vehicle White Paper 2023

The Evening Standard roadmap for driving the electrification and decarbonisation of London’s transport

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