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After plastic, West Bengal pollution control board lens now on thermocol

Kolkata: With a steady reduction in the use of SUP carry-bags across city retail markets, the state pollution control board (PCB) has now trained its lens on other banned items, like polystyrene, popularly known as thermocol — another non-biodegradable item — which takes around 500 years- 1 million years to…

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Former Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman tries in vain to alert cops on mobile thieves

BENGALURU: Alerted by his daughter, who had witnessed two bike-borne men snatching a mobile phone on Hebbal flyover and had made a note of the two-wheeler on Saturday night, a former Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman tried to convey the same to police. But he was shocked to realise…

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Hair care tips in monsoon

Not just the skin, but even the hair and scalp are the victims of the rains and the pollution. The situation is aggravated by sweat, which further attracts dust particles and other polluted elements. Below listed are some commonly seen problems of hair and scalp and some guidelines for maintaining…

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Dobbs highlights environmental racism

Communities near polluting sites are more likely to need abortion care in the first place

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NASCAR racing in downtown Chicago the last thing the city needs

These races would steer our city in exactly the wrong direction environmentally because they cause an obscene amount of pollution.

Chicago Sun-Times

IIT-Kanpur to establish network of air-quality sensors to measure pollution in rural India

Three-year pilot project could pave the way for a national network of air quality sensors in rural India

The Hindu

Anger simmers for Dutch farmers who oppose pollution cuts

Dutch farmers are embroiled in a summer of discontent that shows no sign of abating

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Bristol Clean Air Zone: The story so far as start date finally announced

It has been a long journey

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National Green Tribunal orders monitoring panel to check pollution of river in Salem

CHENNAI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the government to constitute a monitoring committee, headed by the chief secretary, within two weeks to restore the water quality of Thirumanimuthur river. The river, near Kollapatti and Mallasamudram in Salem and joins the River Cauvery, has been polluted by discharge of…

The Times of India

Explained | Altering green laws

Will new penalties on environment violations soften the blow for air, water and land polluters?

The Hindu

Chennai: Illegal waste dump yard along Cooum catches fire

CHENNAI: An illegal dump yard along the Cooum River beneath the Maduravoyal flyover caught fire on Saturday, causing severe pollution in surrounding areas localities such as Mogappair West.

The Times of India

Microplastic pollution knows no bounds

Palau, a remote Pacific country with a population smaller than most US towns, is rife with microplastic pollution

Salon

Explained | The background of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on limiting the Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Supreme Court limited how the anti-pollution law can be used to control carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by a 6-3 majority.

The Hindu

US cruise ships using Canada as a ‘toilet bowl’ for polluted waste

Lax Canadian regulations create ‘perverse incentive’ for US cruise ships en route to Alaska to discharge toxic mix of chemicals and wastewater off British Columbia, report says

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UN report says climate change might be pushing more than a million species into extinction, calls for First Nations intervention

Climate change, pollution and deforestation are pushing a million species towards extinction. Here's what we can do to help.

The Guardian - UK

‘The sea is more blue’: Gazans head to the beach after sewage cleanup

Internationally funded treatment plants have reduced sea pollution in Gaza to lowest level in years

The Times of India

Ghaziabad: 4 hospitals release untreated water into rivers, told to pay Rs 63 lakh

GHAZIABAD: The UP pollution control, on the directions of the National Green Tribunal, has fined four hospitals in the city Rs 63.3 lakh as compensation for illegally discharging untreated biomedical waste and sewage into rivers, officials said on Thursday.

The Times of India

What activated charcoal does to your skin

Life in the modern-day world is quite different from the one our previous generations experienced. While rapid advancements in technology has powered globalization urbanization at a frenetic pace, it has also brought along some not-so-great elements incl. global warming, ever-increasing pollution levels in its wake. But sometimes even with the…

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Kochi Police issue order banning honking

KOCHI: City police have yet again issued a directive banning overtaking by buses and heavy vehicles in the city limits. The latest order issued on Thursday also bans noise pollution through honking.

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Deep Water: 5.4 Million Tons Of Microplastic Trash Each Year In Atlantic, Says Study

The study was conducted in the city of Rostock in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The Guardian - UK

Tesco suppliers must raise standards to avert death of River Wye, say campaigners

River Action warns of phosphates in excrement produced by intensive chicken farming suffocating life

Tribune News Service

How reaching for the clothes in your closet helps fight climate change

A small, simple and cheap way to prevent some future climate pollution is to wear the clothes already in your closet roughly twice as many times as you might have otherwise before tossing them.

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland turning Republic into a ‘toilet’ for excess manure pollution

Officials investigate irregularities in poultry and pig waste exports to Ireland, as ammonia risks turning soil into a ‘wasteland’

Irish Mirror

Anti-poverty and environment groups demand cost of living and climate pollution solutions

"'The cost of living crisis is hitting the poorest in Ireland the hardest"'

The Times of India

Tips to straighten your hair without any damage

Onset of changing weather often affects our hair turning them into brittle, frizzy and split ends. Bouncy and nourished Hair make our looks really appealing. Outdoor pollution and use of heated styling appliances strips off the moisture content from the scalp making our hair look damaged and cause breakage.

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