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Installing suction technology in roads 'could help clean up Britain's dirty air'

Discreet device found to significantly reduce human exposure to harmful air pollution

Evening Standard

Flame retardant pollution threatens wildlife on all continents, research finds

More than 100 species, from frogs to killer whales, contaminated with long-lasting chemicals with serious health effects

The Guardian - US

Colombia and Mali leading efforts to improve air quality, new ranking finds

Low and middle income countries addressing air pollution in climate plans, while UAE, host of Cop28, among rich nations lagging behind

The Guardian - UK

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Delhi AQI remains 'moderate' at 83, shows marginal improvement from Tuesday

Amid concerns around stubble burning in neighbouring Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, the overall air quality in the national capital continued to remain in the 'moderate' category on Wednesday.

Dynamite News

EU to crack down further on microplastics after glitter ban

The European Commission aims to cut plastic pellet pollution by 74% by the end of the decade

The Guardian - UK

What you need to know about the loophole hiding the extent of US wildfire pollution

Exceptional events rule has become ‘regulatory escape hatch’ for states that want to meet federal air-quality standards

The Guardian - US

Wildlife and swimmers at risk from sewage 'gushing' into waters, SNP conference hears

A CALL has been made to step up monitoring of water quality amid concerns of the risks to wildlife and swimmers from untreated sewage “gushing”…

The National (Scotland)

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The Week in Detail: From Warkworth to walkways

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

Newsroom.co.nz

Toxic PFAS from US military bases polluting drinking water, report finds

Plumes of ‘forever chemicals’ from at least 245 sites are contaminating water for nearby communities

The Guardian - US

Texas Wants to Adopt Outdated Cancer Risk Standard Despite Concerns

TCEQ is proposing to quietly adopt its 17-year-old cancer standard that leading scientists and public health officials call inadequate.

Texas Observer

Texas quietly moves to formalize acceptable cancer risk from industrial air pollution. Public health officials say it’s not strict enough.

Without public hearings, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is proposing to adopt its 17-year-old standard that scientists and public health officials say fails to account for cumulative air pollution.

The Texas Tribune

Himachal Pradesh HC says ULBs and PRIs will be personally responsible to ensure no waste is dumped in any of rivers, rivulets or streams

SHIMLA: In a matter related to the dumping of plastic waste, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh has directed to ensure that no waste is dumped in any of the rivers, rivulets or streams throughout the State. It said that for this purpose it is not only the Pollution Control…

The Times of India

Mexico takes mining company to court seeking new remediation effort for Sonora river pollution

Mexico is pursuing a criminal complaint against the country’s largest copper producer seeking to force a new remediation program for river pollution in the northern state of Sonora

The Independent UK

Police officers and vulnerable families 'exposed' by Watercare privacy breach

As a plan to pump treated wastewater into the Manukau Harbour is notified today, locals are furious at Watercare publishing private details of about 120 submitters and to add insult to injury, misrepresenting their views. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Ulez: ‘Ongoing discussions’ with Mayor over alternatives to scheme, says Labour leader Keir Starmer

Labour leader said his party had ‘an obligation to look at other options’

Zenger

Killer Whale Diet Determines Pollution Exposure, Endangering Species

New research highlights importance of diet in hazardous pollution levels for North Atlantic killer whales

The Conversation

How oil companies put the responsibility for climate change on consumers

The political response to the climate crisis remains largely inadequate in the face of heat waves, hurricanes, floods and forest fires that are accelerating and intensifying.

The Conversation

Expanding London's Ulez has sparked fractious debate – psychologists explain how it can be de-escalated

Drivers of the most polluting vehicles are now charged £12.50 a day (or more for heavier vehicles) to drive within London’s M25 orbital motorway, following an expansion to the city’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) in August 2023.

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The Guardian - US

‘A sacrifice zone’: East Palestine’s wastewater is flooding into this Ohio community

Wastewater from the derailment site cleanup will be injected far underground in the foothills of the Appalachians

The National (Scotland)

‘Missed an open goal’: Scottish Government refuses to establish environmental court

THE Scottish Government has been accused of an “unlawful failure” to consider the establishment of an environmental court.

The Hindu

Houseboat owners to stage protest on October 16

Raising various demands, houseboat owners in Alappuzha under the aegis of the All Kerala Houseboat Owners Samyuktha Samithi will organise a march and dharna in front of District Collectorate here on October 16.

The Guardian - US

Microplastics detected in clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains

Findings regarding clouds above Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama highlight how microplastics are highly mobile

The Guardian - AU

Groundwater a significant source of pollution on Great Barrier Reef, study shows

New research casts doubt on effectiveness of targeting surface runoff only and highlights need to use fertilisers more efficiently, experts say

Newsroom.co.nz

When breathing kills

Air pollution is the invisible killer behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand. There's no safe level of it, but it's an easy issue to ignore.

The Hindu

How plastics affect our daily life

Grandparents used cotton/jute bags & glass/steel vessels/bottles before plastic age. 1907 saw the dawn of plastic age with Bakelite. Today, almost everything is made of plastic. But plastic pollution is a global problem, with 19-23 million tonnes of waste entering aquatic ecosystems yearly. We must reuse plastic bottles/bags & use…

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