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Delhi: Cash incentives to tackle farm fires?

NEW DELHI: Supporting Punjab government’s proposal to incentivise paddy farmers for not burning harvest stubble in the winter, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said Delhi government was “ready to do whatever it can” to reduce air pollution.

The Times of India

Plastic Pollution Can Be Removed From Lakes By Naturally-Occurring Bacteria

The research team explained that bacteria break down the carbon compounds in plastic to use as food for their growth.

Zenger

Gull poo pollution warnings on Scottish beaches ‘out of proportion’, say experts

British Trust for Ornithology says droppings are ‘innocuous compared to wet wipes or dog poo in plastic’

The Guardian - UK

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Editorial: Port of LA’s broken clean-air pledges show the need for regulation

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are a hub of international trade, and also the biggest source of smog-forming emissions in Southern California because of their heavy concentration of diesel-guzzling trucks, ships, trains and cargo-handling equipment.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Want to fight climate change and drought at the same time? Bring back beavers

Millions of highly skilled environmental engineers stand ready to make our continent more resilient to climate change. They restore wetlands that absorb carbon, store water, filter pollution and clean and cool waters for salmon and trout. They are recognized around the world for helping to reduce wildfire risk. Scientists have…

Los Angeles Times

Bangor businesses urged to check drainage connections after latest Ward Park pollution

"Contamination of the water has unfortunately occurred on a number of different occasions over the past number of years."

Belfast Live

Delhi: Forecast time to be cut by a third to make pollution curbs effective

NEW DELHI: With the Commission on Air Quality Management, the central government's body on pollution in Delhi-NCR, deciding to base anti-pollution measures under the Graded Response Action Plan on predicted air quality rather than recorded air quality, scientists are updating the system to shorten the forecast time by one-third.

The Times of India

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Mountain of unwanted clothes from the UK washes up on Ghana's beaches

A massive mountain of clothes strewn across a beach in Africa has shown the true cost of pollution from 'one-off' throwaway clothing, with the UK thought to be Europe's largest exporter

Daily Mirror

Air pollution ‘likely’ to increase the risk of developing dementia, say experts

A Government research group has found that air pollution is "likely" to increase the risk of accelerated cognitive decline and suffering from dementia

Daily Mirror

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meets Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat, says will work with Centre to clean up state's waters

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann held a meeting with Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Delhi on Tuesday to raise the issue of pollution in River Satluj, Ludhiana’s Buddha Nullah and falling water table in the state.

The Times of India

Concrete Ideas

New technology and methods may help clean up the cement and concrete industries—two of Texas’ most conspicuous polluters.

Texas Observer

West Virginia v. EPA: Was "Major Questions" Necessary?

A correct interpretation of the statute at issue—Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act—does not give the EPA the authority to issue the sort of regulations at issue in the case.

Reason

How Minnesota's little, polluted Crow River clouds the Mississippi

COSMOS, Minn. — Carrie Jennings flits around the South Fork Crow River like a water bug in the old one-seat canoe she bought years ago for $100, then pauses midstream to peer down at the brown water.

Tribune News Service

Calls for bold action on emissions in Scotland after report shows dementia link

A new report has found incidents of dementia and cognitive decline are "almost consistently associated" with exposure to air pollution

The National (Scotland)

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Radio France Internationale

Thousands of dolphins die in Black Sea, collateral victims of war in Ukraine

Ukrainian biologists have warned that dolphins in the Black Sea are dying at an alarming rate due to deadly noise pollution caused by Russian warships and submarines.

The Guardian - UK

Plastic in the Depths: how pollution took over our oceans

So much plastic pours into the sea every year that species are now endemic to it. A new Guardian series looks at where it comes from, the harm it does and what can be done about it

ABC News

Coalition government's pre-election carbon credit shake-up created 'sovereign risk', department warned

Then-energy minister Angus Taylor blindsided the carbon market with a decision that effectively ripped up contracts worth billions of dollars. Previously secret documents reveal the government was repeatedly warned about the chaos that could occur.

The Guardian - UK

Anglian Water chief lands £1.3m pay despite two-star pollution rating

Campaigners say bonus curbs on Peter Simpson not enough as company logs 25% of all serious pollution incidents last year

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NGT directs DPCC to ensure parks not used for non-conforming purposes

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the municipal corporation to ensure that public parks are not used for installation of mobile towers or any other non-conforming purposes. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Conversation

Fish in a major South African river are full of microplastics

We are living in the plastic age. Plastics are literally everywhere: clothes, furniture, computers, phones and more contain plastic materials. It’s no wonder, then, that the food we eat, the water we drink and even the air we breathe is contaminated with microplastics.

The Times of India

Kolkata mayor and state’s urban development minister Firhad Hakim backs biomining to get rid of garbage heaps

KOLKATA: The city and the rest of Bengal are all set to do away with the mountains of legacy waste in next two years with aggressive biomining and segregation of wastes at source, city’s mayor and state’s urban development minister Firhad Hakim said at an environmental workshop.

The Times of India

Pollution Under Control Certificate violation in Delhi: More than 1,000 e-notices sent in two days

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government’s transport department has sent more than 1,000 ‘e-notices’ in the last two days to owners of vehicles that are due for a pollution check. The recipients got a week’s time to get their vehicle checked and get a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate, failure of…

Daily Mirror

'Devastating' cyanide pond spill killed '2,000 fish' as firm agrees £20k payout

Fishermen knew something was wrong at Adam's Pond at Shipley Country Park, Heanor, Derbyshire, when dead fish started 'popping up', with Environment Agency tests revealing cyanide had entered the water

Bangkok Post

Watchmaker has eye on youth with ocean clean-up efforts

As marine pollution has become a global crisis, Maurice Lacroix has entered a long-term partnership with #tide, a specialist in upcycling ocean-bound plastic waste.

The Hindu

Chennai scores high as pollution stays within permissible limits: NCAP tracker

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report and analysis of air pollution levels across 10 cities throws insights into breaching and safety limits

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