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Ammonia air pollution hot spots found in parts of UK with most factory farms

Householders living near industrial chicken and pig farms say smell makes their eyes sting and they gasp for breath

The Independent UK

How the Environment and Pollution Shape Your Health Through Everyday Toxins and Workplace Exposures

Explore how environment, pollution, toxins, and workplace exposures affect environmental health, driving long-term disease risks through everyday air, water, food, and occupational contact.

Medical Daily

Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms

Map reveals most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions, which are dangerous to health and environment

The Guardian - UK

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EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators

The Independent UK

Chiang Mai’s New Year revelry hit by smog and war-related price spikes

Air pollution caused by wildfires is another blow to northern Thailand’s tourism industry as businesses suffer amid war in Iran

The Guardian - AU

‘Protected’ seagrass meadows aren’t necessarily healthy – because pollution doesn’t stop at the shoreline

I spent last summer wading through seagrass meadows across Northern Ireland, from the sheltered waters of Strangford Lough to the exposed coast at Waterfoot Bay. I was collecting seagrass leaves and testing them for nitrogen pollution. Every meadow I visited sits inside a marine protected area – a stretch of…

The Conversation

Troubled Lake Erie is being transformed into a vast water research facility

For long a dumping ground for pollutants, the Great Lake is being seeded with sensor buoys to make it the world’s largest digitally connected body of freshwater

The Guardian - US

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Five warning signs that rivers are polluted – even when they look clean

After months of relentlessly miserable weather for most of the UK, spring brings renewed enthusiasm for spending time outdoors hiking, wild swimming, paddling or on walks.

The Conversation

Light pollution has increased by 16 percent in less than a decade, but study reveals there's good and bad news for astrophotographers

A study published this week suggests that light pollution has increased significantly, but that countries with policies in place are actually dimming

Digital Camera World

The Marseille miracle: how cutting pollution brought the sea back to life

The resurgence of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in Marseille represents an important example of marine resilience, demonstrating the ability of nature to recover if the pressures exerted by humans are mitigated. For years, untreated wastewater from the city decimated large sections of Posidonia oceanica meadows, which provide important ecosystem services…

The Times of India

Light pollution has brightened Earth by 16% since 2014, satellites find

Artificial lights at night brightened up planet Earth by 16% from 2014 to 2022, a new study using satellite images has found.

Space

Activists ring alarm bells about halt in Poland's air pollution progress

Poland's "Clean Air" program, aimed at reducing pollution and household heating demand, is losing momentum

The Independent UK

Georgia Drivers in These Counties Must Pass Emissions Before Renewing

If you live in Georgia and own a vehicle, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about emissions testing—but not everyone realizes it depends on where you live. In certain counties, passing an emissions test isn’t optional; it’s a required step before renewing your vehicle registration. This requirement is part of…

Budget and the Bees

As States Spend Millions to Woo Data Centers, Colorado Is Having a Reckoning

Legislators debate a possible moratorium while residents take their demands and health fears directly to a data center developer.

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Midwest’s bottleneck bridge is getting help at last – but is it all good news?

Upgrade to Brent Spence Bridge linking Kentucky and Ohio clouded by concerns about cost overruns, pollution and housing

The Guardian - US

US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says

Marcos Orellana, a special rapporteur, found lax environmental standards and lack of oversight allowed pollution to accumulate

MarketBeat

3 Obscure Sectors Where Institutions Are Quietly Loading Up on Shares

Institutional algorithms are flagging urgent buying in protection equipment, pollution control, and electronics. Here are three stocks leading the charge.

LiveScience

Science news this week: Artemis II lifts off, diabetes cured in mice, and smog in China shapes Arctic storms

April 4, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids

Southern California’s Salton Sea was once a resort playground, with sunny beaches, celebrities and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the 1950s and ’60s.

Euronews

Dangerous lignite: Bosnia and Herzegovina has problems with its energy transition

Will Bosnia-Herzegovina's belated start to the energy transition delay its EU accession? The country is struggling to move away from coal-fired power generation. There is a shortage of desulphurisation plants. The air pollution is at an extreme level. The consequences are serious: Cancer from coal?

The Guardian - UK

Why reducing air pollution deaths isn’t just about reducing air pollution

Study shows reducing vulnerability to pollution, for example by expanding healthcare access, saves millions of lives

Bangkok Post

Sharp rise in illnesses as air pollution grips Chiang Mai

Authorities have warned that this year

The Guardian - UK

UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying

Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units

The Independent UK

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter

LiveScience

China's huge push to reduce air pollution had an unexpected consequence in the Arctic

China's cuts to aerosol emissions reduced sea ice loss, but it may have revealed a bigger story about climate change.

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