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Tories step up campaign against Ulez extension

We’ve all been there. Stuck in the wrong seat at a dinner party or cornered in someone’s kitchen by a friend of a friend, usually a man, who confidently informs you that advertising doesn’t work on them – they’re too smart. Ignoring the fact they’re dressed head to toe in…

Evening Standard

Call for urgent overhaul of Australia’s monitoring of ‘astronomical’ plastic pollution

Australian Academy of Science points to over-reliance on volunteers and says more regular surveys needed

The Guardian - AU

Sadiq Khan says he will take ‘no lectures’ from Boris Johnson over Ulez plans

Mr Johnson has urged people to stop the mayor’s ‘mad expansion plan’ which aims to boost London’s air quality.

The Independent UK

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Electric Vehicle White Paper 2023

The Evening Standard roadmap for driving the electrification and decarbonisation of London’s transport

Evening Standard

Standard launches major report setting out road to e-car future

London has more than 11,000 public charging points — but needs more to fuel e-car revolution

Evening Standard

UK's 20 most polluted rivers revealed in Top of the Poops league table - see list

Data crunched by Top of the Poops has shown how waterways across England and Wales were severely polluted in 2021 by water companies pumping out sewage for millions of hours

Daily Mirror

Great Salt Lake’s retreat poses a major fear: poisonous dust clouds

The largest salt lake in the western hemisphere risks ‘one of the worst environmental disasters’ as it faces the prospect of disappearing in just five years

The Guardian - US

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Vast artwork unveiled to mark decade since Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s air pollution linked death

Her mother is calling on MPs to back the ‘Ella’s Law’ bill, which would improve air quality

Evening Standard

Fine dust levels drop in Chiang Mai after rain

CHIANG MAI: The air quality in this northern province, which had been poor in the past 15 days due to the high levels of hazardous ultra-fine PM2.5 dust particles, slightly improved on Thursday morning after some rain on Wednesday evening.

Bangkok Post

Upset Ohio town residents seek answers over train derailment

Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a school gym to seek answers about whether they are safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off

The Independent UK

Tijuana sewage pours through San Diego border canyons after recent pipe break

SAN DIEGO — Millions of gallons of raw sewage from Mexico are gushing into San Diego through two canyons along the border, according to federal officials. The spill is coming from at least two pump stations that were forced to shut down after a construction crew last week inadvertently ruptured…

Tribune News Service

The Standard View: 10 years on from Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s death, we must rid the capital of its toxic air

It’s 10 years ago to the day that nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died following a severe asthma attack. In the preceding three years, Ella — who lived near the South Circular Road in Lewisham — had been to hospital almost 30 times and suffered multiple seizures. In December 2020, she became…

Evening Standard

London has the worst toxic air hotspots as Ella’s mother calls for change

London is still suffering from the worst fatality rate from air pollution in England, data shows

Evening Standard

It’s been a decade since Ella Kissi-Debrah died. But Rishi Sunak still drags his heels on clean air for all

The PM sent ‘thoughts and hearts’ to the nine-year-old’s family but his environment secretary refused to back clean air targets, says Green MP Caroline Lucas

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The Conversation

UK laundry releases microfibres weighing the equivalent of 1,500 buses each year

Around 35% of the microplastics contaminating the world’s oceans come from washing our clothes. When washed, synthetic clothing sheds tiny plastic fragments (typically shorter than 5mm). Known as microfibres, these fragments are a common type of microplastic, and when released pose a serious threat to marine environments.

The Independent UK

Ohio derailment aftermath: How worried should people be?

Plumes of smoke, questions about dead animals, worries about the drinking water

Chicago Sun-Times

City was ‘negligent,’ showed ‘incompetence’ protecting Little Village from pollution, report finds

A once-secret inspector general’s report says City Hall dropped the ball on Crawford plant implosion in 2020.

The Independent UK

New Jersey groups fight power plants and wait for environmental justice law

Residents of largely minority areas in New Jersey are fighting three proposed gas-fired power plants as they wait for the state’s environmental law _ signed with great fanfare nearly three years ago _ to take full effect

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Inverse

Artemis I: NASA's Historic Moon Launch Caused More Noise Pollution Than Expected

The audacious mission rumbled the surrounding area more than we knew. That could have had an effect on the launch facility and nearby wildlife.

The Guardian - UK

Wood burning air pollution in UK has doubled in a decade

Experts say wood burners have become ‘middle-class status symbols’ and government should regulate sale in urban areas

Dublin Live

Map reveals Dublin's best and worst air quality spots with quays and Temple Bar topping list

A street-by-street map has shown that Temple Bar, Dublin's quays and Smithfield have poor air quality

Daily Record

Busy Ayr road reopens as emergency Scottish Water works are complete

A burst sewer pipe saw the busy town road shut for repairs.

Evening Standard

What is Ulez and how has if affected air pollution?

The Mayor has called Ulez "the most effective way to cut toxic air"

Chicago Sun-Times

City must do a better job holding polluters accountable for air quality violations

Making sure Chicagoans in every corner of the city can breathe clean air shouldn’t be difficult.

Axios

What we know about the Ohio train derailment

The 150-car Norfolk Southern freight train was pulling at least five tanker cars containing vinyl chloride, a colorless but hazardous gas.

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