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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

ABC News

‘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

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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…

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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.

Zenger

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Tribune News Service

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’

The Guardian - UK

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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.

Wales Online

The five laws the Welsh Government wants to make on littering, pollution, farms, coal tips and infrastructure

The most commonly littered plastic items will be targeted

The Times of India

Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation to create awareness on banned plastic

HUBBALLI: HDMC has decided to launch awareness campaigns to educate people about the dangers of plastic. The environment department and the pollution control board have issued a notice announcing a ban on single-use plastics beginning July 1.

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Evening Standard

Illegal levels of pollution recorded in outer London ahead of ULEZ expansion

Illegal levels of toxic air pollution have been recorded in outer London ahead of plans to expand the Ultra-Low Emission Zone next year.

Birmingham Post

Farmers should be rewarded for reducing river pollution says Welsh Water executive

Steve Wilson said the idea will be discussed at the Royal Welsh Show later this month

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago sees worst air quality of the year on Fourth of July

Last year on Independence Day, Chicago reached a level of air pollution four times the hourly average of a normal summer day. “By 10:30 at night, it’s just a hazy fog and smoke everywhere that you can see,” one resident said.

Wales Online

Soil pollution could raise risk of heart disease among gardeners, study suggests

Research claims it could be raising oxidative stress, which leads to more “bad” free radicals, causing chain reactions in the body that damages other cells

The Times of India

Won’t back units flouting pollution norms: Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry

AHMEDABAD: The new team that took charge of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce Industry (GCCI) on Sunday said that it will focus on new age businesses and startups and refrain from making representations for units flouting pollution norms and acting irresponsibly. State industries minister Jagdish Vishwakarma said that the GCCI…

Tribune News Service

With state climate action in the spotlight, Gov. Wolf's carbon rule takes effect

Pennsylvania's fossil fuel power plants began having to comply with Gov. Tom Wolf's hallmark climate rule on Friday, one day after a U.S. Supreme Court decision restricted federal regulators' tools for cutting greenhouse gas pollution across the power sector nationwide.

Manchester Evening News

A new Clean Air Zone scheme has been submitted to government – so what happens next?

Greater Manchester's leaders say they want to scrap all charges now

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