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The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

The Tories think their war on traffic rules is a vote magnet. Here’s why they are wrong

Labour must dare to stand firm in defence of green policies such as Ulez, says charity CEO Phineas Harper

The Guardian - UK

Air we breathe in UK depends on race and income, studies show

It is vital we tackle the injustice that means black or mixed race people and the poor face worst pollution

The Guardian - UK

Extreme heat, unhealthy air hits Chicago Friday

Dual threat puts the most vulnerable at risk on what’s expected to be the hottest day of the year. Temperatures, humidity should lower over the weekend.

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Study finds higher level of air pollutants in western parts and major roads of Bengaluru

Study finds no major diff. in PM2.5 levels in urban & suburban areas of Bengaluru. Higher PM2.5 levels in western parts & major roads. CSTEP & Google develop hyperlocal air quality maps to help officials identify pollution hotspots & introduce interventions.Study finds no major diff. in PM2.5 levels in Bengaluru…

The Hindu

Gauhati High Court prescribes relief for oft-abused Assam wetland

Gauhati High Court suggests 12 relief measures to save Ramsar site Deepor Beel from urban pollution. Solutions include setting up of sewerage treatment plants, no solid waste dumping, construction of promenade, cycling/walking tracks, and curtailing/regulating commercial fishing

The Hindu

Mangrove forest thrives around what was once Latin America's largest landfill

It was once Latin America’s largest landfill

The Independent UK

Dust from Silvertown Tunnel construction causing ‘horrendous’ issues, say local residents

Gardens, children’s playgrounds, road signage, cars and homes are being caked in dust

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Massachusetts rejects request to discharge radioactive water from closed nuclear plant into bay

Massachusetts environmental regulators have denied a request by the company dismantling a shuttered nuclear power plant to release more than 1 million gallons of radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay

The Independent UK

Ulez being used as ‘political football’ warns London mother who lost daughter to pollution

Ulez should not be used as a political football in any upcoming elections the mother of a London schoolgirl and the first person to have air pollution listed on her death certificate has warned.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Sadiq Khan must hold fast over Ulez expansion

It is a simple political principle that good policy makes for good politics — the thinking being that voters reward leaders who improve their lives. But the connection, insofar as it exists, is not absolute. Something Labour learned the hard way in Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan to stand by Ulez after Starmer’s stark warning over Uxbridge defeat

Mayor of London ‘open to ideas’ but committed to policy

The Independent UK

Milan mayor backs Sadiq Khan and says London Ulez is an inspiration

Exclusive: Guiseppe Sala says policy on polluting cars in UK capital should be supported by national politicians

The Guardian - UK

Ulez: what is it, how much does it cost and why is it so controversial?

All you need to know about London’s ultra-low emission zone, back in the headlines after the Uxbridge byelection result

The Guardian - UK

From sewer to safety: top scientist moots wastewater monitoring in new STPs

Monitoring sewage is the best way of having a good estimate of pathogens in the population, says Tata Institute for Genetics and Society director Rakesh Mishra.

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Three arrested for Chamoli electrocution incident

Police on Saturday arrested three people in connection with the death of 16 people due to electrocution at a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Chamoli district.

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Kate Higham wants to turn the tide on global warming

Kate Higham's eyes are wide open to the challenges facing the world today – and she's going to do something about it

The Guardian - UK

Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and PepsiCo named UK’s biggest packaging polluters

Surfers Against Sewage’s annual audit finds 12 companies responsible for 70% of branded pollution

The Texas Tribune

EPA will decide if the state is doing enough to reduce pollution in two East Texas counties

The federal agency has settled a lawsuit the Sierra Club brought over pollution from a coal-burning power plant. The agreement requires the EPA to weigh in on the state’s plan to improve air quality in Rusk and Panola counties.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pollution from Canada’s wildfires was similar to breathing secondhand smoke indoors, study shows

The Canadian wildfires this summer exposed people to secondhand smoke at levels not seen since smoking was banned indoors in 2006, according to preliminary findings from Rutgers University researchers.

The Independent UK

Exclusion of race in federal climate justice screening tool could worsen disparities, analysis says

A screening tool the federal government is using to decide which neighborhoods have a disproportionate amount of pollution and climate risk could worsen air pollution exposure disparities along racial lines, according to a new analysis

Tribune News Service

Workers lack protections when wildfire smoke makes the air dangerous

Millions of American workers have breathed in dangerous levels of air pollution this year as smoke from Canada’s record wildfire season blankets cities across the Northeast.

The Guardian - UK

Flying in Europe up to 30 times cheaper than train, says Greenpeace

Campaigners say cheap flights, made possible by tax breaks for airlines, are encouraging people to heat the planet

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The Texas Tribune

A Texas energy company will pay $1.3 million over pollution in the Permian Basin, EPA says

The EPA last year announced aerial surveillance of “super-emitters.” At least one other company in New Mexico faced a similar fine.

The Guardian - UK

Light and noise pollution ‘are neglected health hazards’, say peers

Lords committee calls for creation of advisory groups to tackle the pollutants, which may increase risk of heart disease and premature death

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