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The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Amid droughts, climate change and development, Todd Votteler has ideas for how Texas can prevent future conflict over resources.

Texas Observer

Warning issued to folks with lung or heart disease following second air pollution spike

"During periods of High Pollution the symptoms of people with lung or heart disease may worsen"

Belfast Live

Are you heading to Florida’s Gulf Coast? Beware of red tide affecting several spots

A bloom of the toxic algae known as red tide continued to plague parts of Southwest Florida’s coastline over the past week with fish kills and respiratory irritation.

Miami Herald

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How can men help fight skin damage due to pollution

Amidst this fast-paced style of living combined with increased exposure to heat and pollution, self-care and grooming is steadily gaining significance amongst men. With air pollution levels worsening daily, the unhealthy air affects our health and takes a massive toll on our skin in various ways.

The Times of India

Third Newcastle school to ban cars outside its gates at pick-up and drop-off times

Chillingham Road Primary will become the latest place to try and stop parents driving to pick up their kids

Chronicle Live

Sewage floods family's garden after developer's drains overflow

Daryl Murray and his partner Lisa contacted developers Bellway Homes several times after returning home from holiday to find their garden in a state and a 'foul smell' in their house

Wales Online

Cost of living: Childline calls in Northern Ireland up 40% as children worry about rising costs

Despite these increases, the charity is seeing a drop in volunteers across Northern Ireland

Belfast Live

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Rajasthan: As places become too loud, district collectors told to take proper action

JAIPUR: Loud noises at public places breached prescribed limits set by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in more than 95% places, sans industrial zones, across the state from January 1 to November 2022.

The Times of India

Pennsylvania lifts ban on gas production in polluted village

One of Pennsylvania’s largest drillers will be allowed to extract natural gas from underneath a rural Pennsylvania community where it has been banned for a dozen years because of accusations it polluted the water supply

The Independent UK

Cost of Living: Residents warned on fuel use as NI town hits highest level of air pollution

The local authority issued advice to those in the area to only use ‘smokeless’ fuels

Belfast Live

Why does India still use and trade asbestos?

Russia is among the nations that supply India with asbestos, a substance banned in several countries.

Al Jazeera

Now's the time for Ella's law to stop children choking on killer air and toxic fumes

Air pollution kills more than four million a year across the globe and around 99% of the world’s population live in areas failing to meet WHO guidelines for air pollution

Daily Mirror

Delhi Air Quality Remains 'Very Poor' At 337 AQI

The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'very poor category' with AQI recorded at 337.

Dynamite News

Water is a source of Scottish pride - don't let that source get polluted

Scots are rightly concerned about the recurring problem of sewage and chemical pollution in our water.

Daily Record

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Daily Record

Sewage pollution in Scottish waters named among top eco concerns in poll

EXCLUSIVE: A Survation poll shared with the Record highlights Scots' concerns after raw human waste was dumped in rivers and seas 10,000 times last year.

Tribune News Service

EPA says no drinking water was contaminated by Keystone Pipeline oil spill in Kansas

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said no drinking water was contaminated after a Keystone Pipeline oil spill in northern Kansas.

Chicago Sun-Times

Docs to Pritzker: Truck diesel pollution is killing Illinoisans

Doctors ask the governor to commit to targets for replacing diesel engine vehicles with electric models.

Chronicle Live

Newcastle Clean Air Zone confusion worries as car drivers assume they will be hit by pollution tolls

A councillor has warned that many motorists wrongly believe they will have to pay the tolls of up to £50 per day once the pollution-cutting scheme comes into force next month

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The Guardian - UK

Government to weaken water pollution goals in ‘attack on nature’

Exclusive: Despite demands from water campaigners, there will be no overall target for river health

The Conversation

70 years on from London's Great Smog, we still need cleaner air to protect health

London’s Great Smog of December 1952 was the largest in a series of “pea soupers” which brought normal activity to a halt across the capital. The smog lasted from December 5 to December 9 and led to a large spike in hospital admissions and as many as 12,000 deaths.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka shuts schools as extreme weather brings pollution

Schools across Sri Lanka are closed as health and environment officials say the air quality in most parts of the island nation is unhealthy partly due to extreme weather conditions

Reuters

Sri Lanka shuts schools as cyclonic storm raises pollution, India braces for landfall

Schools were closed across Sri Lanka on Friday due to high air pollution levels as a cyclonic storm passed by its coast, raising strong winds and rain, with forecasts that it will make landfall on India's southeastern coast around midnight.

Bristol Post

Bristol Clean Air Zone could be scrapped says mayor Marvin Rees - if pollution levels fall

The Clean Air Zone launched last week in a bid to cut air pollution levels in central parts of Bristol

Daily Mirror

Drying up lake could release toxic clouds of dust threatening 2.5 million people

Salt Lake City lies in the path of any dust clouds kicked up from the ever growing exposed lake bed with arsenic levels in some areas recorded as 35 times the safe level established by the Environmental Protection Agency

Tribune News Service

Toxic chemicals found in virtually every SC river tested. Action needed, critics say

Virtually every river, creek and lake tested recently by South Carolina regulators was found to contain “forever chemicals,’’ materials once used by industry that today are being linked to a variety of toxic effects on people.

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