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Dirty waters: how the Environment Agency lost its way

The long read: Having created a watchdog for the environment, the government took its teeth out and muzzled it. Can public outrage rouse the Environment Agency to action?

The Guardian - UK

Peer influence and the relationship with tobacco temptations

Recent studies and policy initiatives have renewed the debate over smoking habits, especially among younger populations. Tobacco consumption has evolved into a global trend. Current trends indicate that although cigarette smoking is decreasing, alternative forms of tobacco use are increasing, particularly among individuals aged 18 to 24. India grapples with…

The Times of India

6 herbs that help clean lungs naturally

Air pollution is a pressing concern in the world we live in, and maintaining lung health has become important. While regular exercise and a balanced diet play a crucial role, nature has also provided us with potent remedies in the form of herbs. Several herbs have been traditionally used to…

The Times of India

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Landmark Lawsuit Proceeds Against New Mexico For Oil Pollution

Lawsuit in New Mexico challenges state's handling of oil and gas pollution, raising concerns over environmental protection and public health.

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Protect Windermere from sewage, campaigners urge UK party leaders

Open letter signed by naturalist Chris Packham and comedian Paul Whitehouse says pollution is degrading lake

The Guardian - UK

Fight over constitutional provisions to guard against oil, gas pollution moves ahead in New Mexico

A New Mexico judge has cleared the way for a landmark lawsuit to proceed over allegations that the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligations for protecting against oil and gas pollution

The Independent UK

Electric cars are not the only fix for green transport

Governments will need to look at more than just electric vehicles to make significant transport emission cuts, modelling from Monash University says.

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South West Water hands boss huge pay hike despite pollution soaring

The pay details come as the group also revealed that pollution incidents at South West Water soared by 80% in 2023

The Independent UK

Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study

Chinese scientists say further research on potential harm to reproduction from contamination is ‘imperative’

The Guardian - UK

Planned megafarm could make river as ‘filthy’ as Wye, Norfolk residents claim

Plans by Cranswick for scheme involving millions of chickens and pigs would kill wildlife in waterway, opponents say

The Independent UK

Scientists report plastic-eating fungus

A fungus living in the ocean can break down a major source of marine pollution a new study reports

Salon

Dining across the divide: ‘I don’t think she recognised how much things have improved, like pollution’

A lively chat saw different views on gas-guzzling cars and whether we are able to halt the climate emergency, but could they at least agree on air pollution?

The Guardian - UK

South Africa’s largest oil refinery sold for a few cents: will BP and Shell be held accountable for environmental damage?

The sale of the South African Petroleum Refinery (Sapref), jointly owned by multinational energy companies BP and Shell, to the state-owned Central Energy Fund for R1 (five US cents) raises questions about whether the company is evading its social and environmental liabilities.

The Conversation

Meth-addict fish, aggro starlings, caffeinated minnows: animals radically changed by human drugs – study

Addiction, anxiety and sex reversal have been reported in species by researchers as a range of substances contaminates ecosystems

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New York City postpones controversial, first-in-the-US congestion pricing plan

Kathy Hochul pushes back plan that was due to start this month and would charge tolls for cars and trucks to enter Manhattan below 60th St

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Work to clean up polluted wild swimming spots in jeopardy, campaigners say

Pressure groups warn of lengthy delays to river clean ups due to government red tape

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Ventilating classrooms could save tens of thousands of London children from air pollution harm

Hospital admissions for children with asthma tend to peak during September

International Business Times

Meet Neo Px: The Super Plant That Attacks Air Pollution

It may look like an innocent green plant, but its name evokes something far closer to a robot or interstellar rocket.

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Cutting pollution from the shipping industry accidentally increased global warming, study suggests

A reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions may have caused "80% of the measured increase in planetary heat uptake since 2020."

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New US rules aim to crack down on toxic air pollution by steelmakers

Rules target contaminants such as mercury, benzene and lead released by coke ovens used by facilities to burn coal

The Guardian - UK

Cleaner air in West Midlands could prevent 2,000 deaths a year, study finds

Meeting WHO guidelines would avoid many cases of diseases and save the NHS millions, research shows

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Eliminating This Common Pollutant Could Actually Lead to More Forest Fires

Inconvenient as it may be, smog, a common type of atmospheric pollution, cools the planet and lowers the risk of wildfires. But there are other solutions than learning to live with it.

The Guardian - UK

‘Termination shock’: cut in ship pollution sparked global heating spurt

Sudden cut in pollution in 2020 meant less shade from sun and was ‘substantial’ factor in record surface temperatures in 2023, study finds

France 24

Two women vie for Mexico's presidency amid polarization, spiralling violence

Mexico goes into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides, while drug cartels have split the country into a patchwork quilt of warring fiefdoms. The atmosphere is literally heating up, amid a wave of unusual heat, drought, pollution and political…

Evening Standard

Warning over asthma 'triple threat' from thunderstorms, pollen and pollution

Thursday’s weather could act as trigger for those with asthma

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