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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

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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

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.

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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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Chronicle Live

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

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

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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.

Dublin Live

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

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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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Salon

How air pollution harms the brain

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

The Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

‘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 National (Scotland)

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.

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

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