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The Mancunian Way: When pollution spikes

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Thursday July 21, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

Air pollution data justifies widening Ulez to Greater London, says Sadiq Khan

Critics say Ulez is a ‘blunt instrument that has caused real hardship to Londoners’

Evening Standard

Mum calls for schools to be closed on days when pollution levels are high

"We did all this work for Covid, protecting people's lives and this is just as bad and it feels like very little action is happening and the impact on children's health and future health is being ignored."

Manchester Evening News

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Climate emergency is a legacy of colonialism, says Greenpeace UK

Report says global south has been ‘used as place to dump waste’ and that people of colour are suffering disproportionately

The Guardian - UK

Punjab Minister blames previous govts. for environmental pollution in State

Renewable Energy Minister Aman Arora directed the officials to give special focus to transitioning to renewables and green energy to deal with rising energy costs and combat climate change

The Hindu

Biden blames pollution in Delaware for him and others getting cancer

The White House says that president has had several non-melanoma skin cancers removed

The Independent UK

Dublin ranked among cleanest cities in Europe for air quality

High levels of pollution in the air space can cause health issues for people and will do more damage longer-term as well with climate change.

Irish Mirror

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INEOS says new Grangemouth ground flares will cut noise and pollution

After years of complaints and warnings from SEPA, INEOS is seeking permission to install new ground flares

Daily Record

Emphasis on creating extensive awareness on single use plastic ban

‘Order not completely implemented as large consignments are coming from neighbouring States’

The Hindu

Govind Karjol expresses concern over pollution of waterbodies

Minister says it has become difficult to provide clean and pure drinking water

The Hindu

Punjab assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan orders study of Gaunspur village

LUDHIANA: The Punjab assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan who visited Walipur and Gaunspur villages near Buddha Dariya has ordered a thorough study through PGI to check the impact of pollution on the air, water and soil of Gaunspur village on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Old cars forced off road as Europe’s clean air zones nearly double

Low-emission zones, now in 320 cities, are increasing as EU battles pollution health emergency

The Guardian - UK

Offshore fish farms: a new wave of food production … or the ‘wild west’ of ocean pollution?

Deep-sea aquaculture is proliferating around the planet, promising to ‘feed the world’. Yet many fear the harm this new frontier could wreak on marine life

The Guardian - UK

NGT order to West Bengal govt on noise pollution

KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday asked the state to explore various aspects of noise pollution in the city and other parts of the state, which have been raised by green crusader Subhas Datta, the applicant in a noise pollution case.

The Times of India

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ABC News

Europe and UK heatwave updates: Air pollution surges as temperatures soar to 40C — as it happened

Air pollution is spiking across Britain, France, and southern Europe amid record-breaking temperatures and scorching wildfires. Catch up on the latest updates from overnight.

Manchester Evening News

With Greater Manchester in the midst of an ‘ozone pollution episode’, should the region change how it monitors air quality?

Clean Cities Campaign says the city-region should be striving to use WHO guidelines.

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Ozone pollution episode

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Tuesday July 19, 2022.

Reuters

Air pollution surges as heatwave sweeps across Europe

Air pollution is spiking across Britain, France, and southern Europe amid record-breaking temperatures and scorching wildfires.

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Daily Mirror

Brits urged to stay out of sea after 'black and smelly' pollution found on popular beach

Sun-lovers hoping to take a dip in the sea on the warmest day of the year have been told to stay away after a patch of 'black and smelly' sand was found on Exmouth Beach

AAP

Plibersek's plan to fix sick environment

Australians have been promised a radical overhaul of the nation's environment laws after a landmark report detailing the shocking state of its natural assets.

Irish Mirror

Irish Water reported almost 9,000 incidents to Environmental Protection Agency since 2014 including untreated sewage and explosions

The sheer number of reports lays bare the crumbling condition of Ireland’s national water infrastructure, which has seen decades of underinvestment

The Conversation

To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution

Midsummer is the time for forecasts of the size of this year’s “dead zones” and algal blooms in major lakes and bays. Will the Gulf of Mexico dead zone be the size of New Jersey, or only as big as Connecticut? Will Lake Erie’s bloom blossom to a human health…

The Denver Post

EPA knocks Colorado’s system for issuing air quality permits to minor polluters like drilling sites, gold mines

DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency found “important concerns” with the way Colorado regulators review and issue permits to minor polluters such as mines, asphalt plants and oil and gas drilling rigs, and those problems risked further damage to the state’s already poor air quality, according to a 309-page report…

The Times of India

West Bengal Pollution Control Board collects Rs 8 lakh fine from traders, shoppers for use of banned plastic

KOLKATA: After imposing fines on a section of traders and shoppers for using banned plastic bags in several district towns across the state, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has turned the lens on Kolkata markets.

The Times of India

Ghaziabad corporation gets only 25% of funds it received last year to tackle bad air

GHAZIABAD: The municipal corporation of Ghaziabad, where the air quality is one of the worst in the country, has this time received only a fourth of the funds it was sent by the Centre last year to tackle pollution. Officials said GMC got only Rs 15 crore under the 15th…

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