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Rishi Sunak denies reports ministers are reconsidering super fines for polluting water firms

The Prime Minister has hit back at reports the Government is reconsidering super fines for water companies that dump sewage in Britain’s rivers.

Evening Standard

Change your car or, better yet, ditch it — for the sake of our children

It’s great to see new evidence that the Ulez has been incredibly effective at taking the most polluting vehicles off the road — it’s making a big difference to the air quality in urban areas. Our children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, especially in boroughs such as Islington…

Evening Standard

UK city's air so polluted it's like smoking 189 cigarettes a year - see your area

One city in the UK has such bad air pollution that it is equivalent to residents in Northampton smoking 189 cigarettes a year according to one study

Daily Mirror

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City of London proposing to make skyscrapers dim their lights at night

Plans for Square Mile would create ‘brightness zones’ governed by curfews amid the darkened buildings

The Guardian - UK

Gas stove pollution: will air purifiers or even plants make your home safer?

Air quality experts weigh in on different methods to keep air pollution out of the home and refute commonly held beliefs

The Guardian - US

Offsetting Beetaloo Basin emissions would require unproven CCS technology, off-limits international credits, CSIRO finds

The researchers were tasked with determining how — and if — the Northern Territory government's promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin could be achieved.

ABC News

City Hall giving passes on air pollution, CPD shooting probed and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Climate groups fear a key government policy to drive down emissions will instead push them up

Climate advocates are insisting changes be made to one of the federal government's key emissions-reduction tools, warning it currently risks perversely allowing emissions to increase.

ABC News

Clean Air Zone charges 'highly unlikely' except in two Greater Manchester boroughs, Andy Burnham says

The government has asked Greater Manchester to analyse the impact of introducing charges on some vehicles in the city centre

Manchester Evening News

Wood-burning stove warning: Health alert for anybody that has a fireplace in their home

A major health warning has been given to Brits using wood burning stoves rather than switching on central heating in a bid to save money in the cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: Mother calls for wood-burner ban after child’s death

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s mother has called for a ban on wood-burning stoves in London after her child became first person in Britain whose death was linked to air pollution.

Evening Standard

Urgent health warning issued to anyone with a wood burning stove in their home

An urgent health warning has been issued to anyone who owns a wood burning stove, as they produce 750 times more tiny particle pollution than a modern HGV truck.

Edinburgh Live

Ulez expansion is the right thing to do — for the sake of our children

It’s great to see new evidence that the ULEZ has been incredibly effective at taking the most polluting vehicles off the road - it’s making a big difference to the air quality in urban areas. Our children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, especially in boroughs such as Islington…

Evening Standard

Polluters like Southeast Side plant often get a pass on air-quality violations in Chicago, Sun-Times finds

Fewer than half of all citations written by Chicago city health inspectors in recent years for air pollution end up sticking, records show. That’s left neighbors of polluters unhappy.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Liverpool Echo

Stark warning to anyone with a wood burner in their home

Many people now use wood burning stoves but they could be extremely damaging to health

The Guardian - UK

Ultra low emissions zone expansion cut London pollutants by up to 26% – study

Findings of lower diesel and PM2.5 emissions may fortify mayor as he extends scheme across whole city

The Guardian - UK

Pollution revolution: can electric motorbikes help clean up Benin’s air?

Polluted air is the second biggest killer in Africa; for moto-taxi drivers the risk from exhaust fumes is high. New bikes could be part of the solution – if they are affordable

Newcastle Herald

Bayswater Power Station in the Hunter Valley fined for dumping salt water into local creek

AGL's Bayswater Power Station has been fined $15,000 for allegedly discharging saline water into a nearby waterway.

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The Guardian - UK

Arsenic found in London air raises fears over use of waste wood as fuel

Many people warming homes with wood from construction sites unaware of health risks, say experts

The Guardian - UK

Share your experience of wood burners in the UK

We would like to speak to people in the UK following calls for the stoves to be banned due to air pollution

The Conversation

Seven ways to protect your health when cooking with gas

Cooking can pollute the air inside your house to such an extent that breathing in your kitchen may be as safe as breathing by a busy roadside. A poor supply of oxygen can prevent gas or solid fuels burning properly, which produces harmful pollutants such as fine particulate matter and…

Daily Mirror

Stargazers' warning as increasing light pollution worldwide blinks out night's skies

Increasing light pollution worldwide means looking up at the stars in the night's sky is becoming increasingly difficult for people who live in populated areas, according to experts

Bangkok Post

Thai air conditioner market set to recover

B.Grimm Carrier (Thailand), the marketer of Carrier air conditioners, expects Thailand's overall air-conditioner industry to resume growth of 5-10% in 2023, after three years of contraction during the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Polluted air in London found to increase blood pressure in teenagers

Researchers found that long-term exposure PM2.5 can increase blood pressure in children aged 11 to 16

Bristol Post

'Consider log burner sales ban' says Green Party co-leader amid health fears

Smoke from wood burners could have "dangerous" health implications

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