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Restoring the Great Lakes: After 50 years of US-Canada joint efforts, some success and lots of unfinished business

The Great Lakes cover nearly 95,000 square miles (250,000 square kilometers) and hold over 20% of Earth’s surface fresh water. More than 30 million people in the U.S. and Canada rely on them for drinking water. The lakes support a multibillion-dollar maritime economy, and the lands around them provided many…

The Conversation

Climate Irony: Cleaner Air Linked To Increase In Atlantic Hurricanes

However, an NOAA study found an uptick in air pollution elsewhere in the world produced a decline in tropical cyclones.

Zenger

In the Air at the Wellcome Collection review: pollution and politics permeate

The stuff we breathe is the subject of this fascinating new show

Evening Standard

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Pollution ‘sacrifice zones’ must end, groups say in pushing new law

A coalition of environmental and social justice organizations say they will write a proposed law to fight the addition of polluting businesses in already stressed communities.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pollution is responsible for one in six deaths each year — and it’s getting worse

A landmark report reveals that one in six deaths are due to pollution, particularly in lower and middle-income countries.

Inverse

Now that air pollution hotspots have been identified, let’s find solutions

Superimpose a map of tree coverage on the pollution map. Trees use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. They also remove pollution out of the air.

Chicago Sun-Times

Can’t buy your hay fever medicine? Don’t panic, there are other ways to get through the pollen season

There’s a shortage of a key ingredient in some popular drugs, but sufferers can turn to other treatments and strategies to help

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Locals blame coal power plant in Maharashtra for death, sickness

Air pollution from a thermal power plant in India’s Chandrapur killed 1,300 people in the area in 2020, research claims.

Al Jazeera

Study: Pollution Behind 1 in 6 Global Deaths in 2019

Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published Wednesday, with experts raising alarm over increasing deaths from breathing outside air and the "horrifying" toll of lead poisoning. Human-created waste in the air, water and soil rarely kills people immediately, but…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NHRC flags pollution effect on human rights

In advisory, it urges Centre and States to take action

The Hindu

‘We’re sitting in the stew pot and slowly burning’: Pollution responsible for one in six deaths worldwide

Pollution accounted for one in six deaths worldwide in 2019, a study has found.

Evening Standard

‘I’m very conscious of art-washing but we have to bloody well do something’: the show tackling air pollution

From a 1661 pamphlet imploring action on smog to works by Tacita Dean and Dryden Goodwin, In the Air gives artistic form to the stuff we draw into our lungs

The Guardian - UK

State pollution board asks IIT for full study of Goa air quality

PANAJI: The Goa state pollution control Board (GSPCB) has decided to conduct a comprehensive study to understand the air quality across the state for future mitigation strategies.

The Times of India

Pollution caused one in six deaths worldwide in 2019, finds study

Decline in deaths from pollution linked to extreme poverty offset by deaths linked to industrial pollution

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Reuters

Pollution killing 9 million people a year, Africa hardest hit

Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Global pollution kills 9 million people a year, study finds

A new study says pollution of all types is killing 9 million people a year

The Guardian - UK

Pollution responsible for one in six deaths across planet, scientists warn

Toxic air, water and soil are ‘existential threat to human and planetary health’, says global review

WEKU

Eliminating fossil fuel air pollution would save about 50,000 lives, study finds

Burning oil, coal and other fossil fuels releases plumes of tiny, dangerous particles. A new study estimates that eliminating that pollution would save about 50,000 lives in the U.S. each year.

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The Times of India

‘At 2.4 million in 2019, India led world in pollution deaths’

NEW DELHI: Pollution led to over 2.3 million (23 lakh) premature deaths in India in 2019, accounting for over a fourth of the nine million such fatalities worldwide, an update to The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health published in The Lancet Planetary Health said. Economic losses from modern forms…

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: May 17, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Schools, Offices Close in Tehran as Sandstorm Hits Iran

Schools and government offices closed in the Iranian capital on Tuesday and elsewhere in the country after yet another sandstorm blanketed Tehran, state TV reported. The report said the air quality was very poor and that the pollution from the dust was high. It was the third severe sandstorm in…

The Guardian - UK

Light pollution falling amid soaring energy prices, star survey finds

Reasons behind drop include people being more conscious of energy use during cost of living crisis, says CPRE

ABC News

Australia's most polluted postcodes for 2022 revealed by Australian Conservation Foundation

Air pollution kills 3,000 people every year, according to the Australian Conservation Foundation which has revealed the most polluted regions in the country.

The Times of India

Kolhapur: Fish die in Panchaganga downstream of Ichalkaranji, activists blame textile units

KOLHAPUR: Incidents of fish death have been reported in the Panchaganga river, downstream of the textile town of Ichalkaranji.

Benzinga

Climate, Shlimate: China's Daily Coal Output Up 11% From Last Year

The Chinese government doesn’t appear to be overly concerned over the impact of coal pollution on the environment – in fact, the nation's daily coal output in April was up by 11% year-over-year following a directive from Beijing to ramp up production.

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