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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 Guardian - UK

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 Conversation

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

The Independent UK

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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.

Reuters

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

Bristol Post

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

Daily Mirror

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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Ballymun family at wits end with stench of sewage flowing into home for decade

Linda Donnelly realised upon moving into her home in Ballymun that there was a “diabolical” smell of sewage coming from her front garden, and she has been in regular contact with Dublin City Council over the years in an attempt to sort the issue

Dublin Live

Supreme Court admissions case could upend environmental justice laws

In recent years, more states have crafted environmental justice policies to help communities of color plagued by polluted air and water, poor health outcomes and limited access to green space.

Tribune News Service

Poor performance now ‘the norm’ for some water firms, warns Ofwat

Serious pollution, poor service and weak financial management embedded, says England and Wales water industry regulator

The Guardian - UK

How air pollution harms the brain

Air pollution doesn't just harm your lungs and skin — new research shows it also harms the brain

Salon

Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush – here's the proof, captured by high-powered lasers

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and expose people in public restrooms to contagious diseases.

The Conversation

‘Eco’ wood burners produce 450 times more pollution than gas heating – report

Report from chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty finds air pollution kills up to 36,000 people a year in England

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Water to phase out peat burning by tenants on grouse moors

SCOTTISH Water has confirmed that it will phase out the burning of peatlands on its properties.

The National (Scotland)

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Dublin Live

Concerning footage shows seal floating on dumped mattress in Dublin Bay

The seal can be seen floating on the mattress surrounded by rubbish in the water despite activists having only recently cleaned the area

Los Angeles Times

Local air regulators say it’s impossible to meet smog standards without federal help

LOS ANGELES — Southern California air regulators have approved a sweeping plan to reduce pollution in the nation’s smoggiest region within the next two decades, but say they cannot meet national air quality standards without federal action.

Dynamite News

Delhi's Air Quality Remains 'Very Poor' For Fifth Day Straight; AQI At 323

In the Delhi University area, the quality of the air was recorded as 'very poor' at 341 and the Pusa area at 312.Read on for details:

Bangkok Post

Hazy days to diminish 10% if new PM2.5 measures pan out

The Department of Pollution Control aims to reduce the number of heavily polluted days in metropolitan Bangkok and 17 northern provinces by 10% next year by strictly controlling sources of PM2.5 fine dust.

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Reuters

Countries split on plastics treaty focus as UN talks close

The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with agreement to end plastic pollution but a split on whether goals and efforts should be global and mandatory, or voluntary and country-led.

Evening Standard

What is Ella’s Law? Sadiq Khan apologises to family whose daughter was killed by air pollution

Ella, who lived near the South Circular Road in Lewisham, south-east London, died after an asthma attack in 2013, caused by excessive levels of air pollution

Wales Online

The optimistic change in air quality on Cardiff's most polluted streets

Latest figures show, on average, vehicle traffic is at 80% of pre-pandemic levels in Cardiff

The Independent UK

Negotiations begin for a global treaty on plastic pollution

On Friday afternoon more than 2,000 experts will wrap up a week of negotiations on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address what even industry leaders in plastics say is a crisis

Evening Standard

Toxic air: New ‘Ella Bill’ to enshrine right to clean air backed by Lords

The Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill, also known as Ella’s Law, is named after Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah

The Independent UK

Denver gets go-ahead from EPA after progress on lead pipes

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday approved a nearly $700 million plan to remove all lead water pipes in the Denver region, saying the local water utility’s approach for reducing lead levels is succeedings and making swift progress

ABC News

ABS finds saltmarshes sequestered 10m tonnes of carbon in 2021

In the past the coastal ecosystems have been viewed as wastelands, but a NSW agency says they can absorb eight times as much carbon as "land-based" forests and farmers are joining the effort to preserve them.

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