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France, Germany, Luxembourg: Where do people experience the worst noise pollution in Europe?

Only three countries are estimated to have less than 10 per cent of their populations exposed to harmful noise levels.

Euronews

Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report finds

About 110 million people suffer stress and sleep disturbance that lead to tens of thousands of early deaths

The Guardian - UK

Scottish island at centre of campaign to tackle ocean plastic pollution

A Scottish island has been chosen as the starting point of a national campaign to tackle marine plastic pollution

The National (Scotland)

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Moon dust is less toxic than urban air pollution, scientists discover

Breathing in moon dust can still give you what one astronaut called "lunar hay fever."

Space

How the end of carbon capture could spark a new industrial revolution

The U.S. Department of Energy’s decision to claw back US$3.7 billion in grants from industrial demonstration projects may create an unexpected opening for American manufacturing.

The Conversation

Nigerian monarch demands $12 bn for clean-up before oil giant Shell exit

An influential traditional chief in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta has demanded that UK energy giant Shell pay $12 billion for environmental pollution before it leaves the region.

Radio France Internationale

Microplastics beneath skin to toxic lakes: Wellcome Photography Prize spotlights climate and health

The shortlist of 25 photos captures our changing world in extraordinary depth, from rooftop picnics to undersea greenhouses.

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Nigerian communities set to have oil pollution High Court claims tried in 2027

Members of the Bille and Ogale communities began legal action in 2015, claiming they have suffered systemic and ongoing oil pollution for years.

Evening Standard

White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open

One plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021

The Guardian - US

Louisiana bill would redefine gas as ‘green’ amid Trump energy push

Critics of the plan say that there’s nothing green about fossil fuel production

The Independent UK

Pioneering Camden clean air charter backed by seven major employers

Signatories pledge to making 12 tangible steps towards reducing air pollution emissions

Evening Standard

Which cities across the world have the worst air pollution and how does London compare?

In 2024, only 17% of cities met the World Health Organisation’s air pollution guideline

Evening Standard

Pollution fines of more than £100m will go to environmental projects, Defra says

Concerns had been raised the cash from fines on water companies would not be ringfenced for schemes such as river restoration.

Evening Standard

UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say

Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a week

The Guardian - UK

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International Business Times

Warning Signs On Climate Flashing Bright Red: Top Scientists

From carbon pollution to sea-level rise to global heating, the pace and level of key climate change indicators are all in uncharted territory, more than 60 top scientists warned Thursday.

Evening Standard

Toxic air will claim 30,000 lives this year, doctors warn as impact of dirty fumes on health laid bare

Exposure to air pollution can shorten people’s lives by 1.8 years - ‘just behind some of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide’, the authors warn

The Independent UK

Warning over UK’s ‘toxic air’ which will be linked to 30,000 deaths this year

Air pollution is a ‘public health crisis’ costing taxpayers up to £50bn a year, warns Royal College of Physicians

LiveScience

Satellite coated in ultra-dark 'Vantablack' paint will launch into space next year to help combat major issue

Researchers from the U.K. plan to launch a CubeSat covered with a newly formulated "hull-darkening" Vantablack paint into space next year. If successful, the coating could help mitigate light pollution from private satellite "megaconstellations."

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Newslaundry

How birds are taking a hit from microplastic contamination

Two decades ago, research found that changes in bird songs could be used as warnings for detecting man-made environmental disturbances and risks such as the excessive presence of carbon monoxide.

The Conversation

Matariki and our diminishing night sky: light pollution from cities and satellites is making stars harder to see

This week, Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the star cluster also known as the Pleiades.

Evening Standard

MPs to reintroduce bill in name of girl, 9, who died in pollution-linked death

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah became the first person to have air pollution listed as a cause of death following a landmark inquest in 2020.

The Independent UK

Cancer-causing asbestos has been regulated for decades and removed from buildings. Trump could allow one form to return

Exposure to any type of asbestos is known to cause cancer and it is linked to tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. each year

The Conversation

Coal power plants were paid to close. Is it time to do the same for slaughterhouses?

The food industry will go to great lengths (and spend a fortune) to lobby policymakers, confuse the public and politicise scientific findings. You can see the results in the UK’s delay of a ban on junk food advertisers targeting children, or the orchestrated backlash to a report that recommended cutting…

Euronews

Will a new strategy improve European water management?

One third of the EU is affected by water scarcity and with water pollution and high demand for water, more investment and innovation is needed. We look at the pros and cons of the proposals in the new European Water Resilience Strategy.

The Conversation

Plastics threaten ecosystems and human health, but evidence-based solutions are under political fire

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations Environment Programme announcing that the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution will reconvene in August.

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