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Plastic Rafts Revive Lake: Indigenous women use totora to cut pollution by 30%; flamingos return

In an inspiring environmental initiative, indigenous women in Bolivia are rejuvenating Lake Uru Uru with totora plants. By creatively constructing floating rafts from discarded plastic bottles, they foster new aquatic growth while tackling pollution and ecological damage. Laboratory findings highlight a 30% decrease in contaminants in revitalized areas. This project…

The Times of India · Sep 8

UN's WMO Marks Clean Air Day With Warning That Extreme Wildfire Smoke Events Have Tripled Since 1990s

The World Meteorological Organization reports a tripling of extreme wildfire smoke events since the 1990s, posing significant challenges to global air quality improvement efforts and health risk assessments.

International Business Times UK · Sep 7

What if cleaning the air could make the world richer? UN-backed report reveals a $15 return for every $1 spent on pollution and climate action

A UN report highlights that addressing air pollution and climate change together offers economic gains. Coordinated actions could prevent millions of premature deaths and slow global warming significantly. Every dollar invested in these measures is projected to yield fifteen dollars in returns. By 2035, annual benefits would equal nearly three…

The Economic Times · Sep 7

A farmer turned 70 acres of his Oregon barley farm into a wetland; now it hosts 140 bird species and endangered fish

A farmer in southern Oregon transformed 70 acres of his 400-acre barley farm into a wetland in 2021, creating an unexpected refuge for wildlife while helping address agricultural water pollution. Karl Wenner, a co-owner of Lakeside Farms near Klamath Falls, worked with conservation agencies and other partners to convert flood-prone…

The Times of India · Sep 7

Wildfires, heatwaves threaten global air quality and health, UN warns

Wildfires and heatwaves are threatening global efforts to improve air quality and protect human health, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Monday. The UN agency warned that increasingly severe fires are raising exposure to toxic PM2.5 pollution, even as regulations have reduced industrial and transport emissions in Europe and North…

France 24 · Sep 7

Bittu Tabahi cleaned MP’s polluted Ajnar River by hand for months; now Dutch CEO says ‘come work for us’

A 20-year-old BSc student from Madhya Pradesh has gone from cleaning a polluted river by hand to receiving a public invitation from Boyan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup. Surendra Singh Choudhary, known online as Bittu Tabahi, has spent months removing waste from the Ajnar River, documenting the effort online…

The Economic Times · Sep 5

Studies Link New Mexico Drilling to Radiation, Air Pollution, Health Risks

Small towns in the Permian Basin have become a petri dish for the perils of living amid the nation's largest oil fields.

Capital & Main · Sep 4

In 2023, Massachusetts expanded regional support by funding 4 Regional NPS Coordinators. 3 years later, the initiative had produced 16 watershed plans and 30 project proposals

Massachusetts launched a program to aid small towns with water pollution challenges. Regional coordinators helped develop sixteen watershed-based plans, increasing the state's total significantly. These coordinators also assisted in submitting over thirty grant proposals for pollution mitigation projects.

The Economic Times · Sep 4

Sarawak town chokes as haze pushes air pollution past Malaysia’s emergency threshold

Air pollution in a town in Malaysia's Sarawak state has breached emergency levels due to haze from forest fires in neighboring Indonesia

The Independent UK · Sep 4

Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds

Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common viruses

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4