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Mayors file legal complaint over plastic waste washed up on French coast

A hundred people gathered on a beach in Pornic on France's north western coast (Loire-Atlantique) on Saturday to denounce the pollution of plastic micro-beads washed up there and on other beaches in recent weeks. Several elected officials have filed a legal complaint against what they describe as an "environmental nightmare".

Radio France Internationale

LPG versus dirty fuel use in Ghana: bring gas supplies closer to people and more of them will use it

Hundreds of millions of people living in sub-Saharan Africa still use polluting cooking fuels. A recent survey across 33 countries in the region found that over 90% of households were found to use firewood, charcoal, or other heavily polluting fuel as their primary cooking fuel.

The Conversation

Freezing fog warnings issued by Met Office as cold snap bites

The yellow weather warning is in place between midnight and 11 am today (January 22)

Wales Online

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Weather warnings issued over freezing fog

The Met Office said the haze will be so thick that visibility drops as low as 50m in some parts of England.

The Independent UK

Gas stoves are giving your kid asthma

No, the government isn't coming for your stove. Yet parents might want to rip them out themselves

Salon

Man Utd told to NOT accept any Sir Jim Ratcliffe bids after he registers takeover interest

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who owns INEOS, announced his plans to buy Manchester United from the unpopular Glazer family this week - but charity Greenpeace are worried about sportswashing

Daily Mirror

Sections of Balkan river become floating garbage dump

Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three countries end up accumulating in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during wet weather

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No definite answer to cause of mass crab deaths on north-east coast as experts give their verdict

It had been claimed that work to expand a port in the area had triggered the deaths

Wales Online

Why The Night Sky Is Vanishing

In many inhabited places, the night sky never fully grows dark and why the night sky is vanishing.

Zenger

Well done Humza Yousaf for listening to Record's plea on blight of disposable vapes

Record View says disposable vapes must be banned now.

Daily Record

Scottish Government set to consider disposable vape ban after Record calls for crackdown

Humza Yousaf says ministers will review options as campaigning Green MSP Gillian Mackay raises alarming blight of e-cigs litter.

Daily Record

What do you think of suburbs revolting against Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion?

Sadiq Khan’s plan to expand London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone is facing legal opposition from suburban councils, who argue that the plan disproportionately affects residents outside the city centre

Evening Standard

NSW environment watchdog to require companies to show how they will hit net zero and then nudge them to improve

The state’s EPA is unveiling what it calls Australia’s ‘most comprehensive plan’ to cut carbon emissions

The Guardian - AU

Balmaclellan residents see gardens flooded by raw sewage

Used toilet paper and human faeces has been spotted coming out of a manhole near the village hall

Daily Record

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Plastic bottle deposit return scheme finally looks set to start in England

Campaigners say long delay is adding to pollution and not including glass will break manifesto pledge

Daily Mirror

Stinkiest place revealed as city receives nearly 1,000 smell complaints in a year

Stoke-on Trent recorded 860 complaints about smell last year and has the dubious honour of being the stinkiest authority in the UK the survey by Airmatic has found

Daily Mirror

Ynysddu residents fear toxic waste is 'spilling past village' near where children play

Villagers have spoken of their fears for after witnessing a mysterious liquid flowing downhill from a mine where a toxic chemical was dumped several decades ago

Daily Record

Time to ban disposable vapes clogging up streets as Record launches campaign

Record View says it is an issue that needs to be dealt with now.

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The Guardian - AU

Thailand’s tuk-tuks go green amid rising demand for electric models

Travel without the combustion-engine fumes and noise is increasingly popular in the country with some of the world’s worst air pollution

Wales Online

Villagers in Wales fear toxic waste is leaking from Monsanto dump site

The Ty Llwyd Quarry near Caerphilly is believed to contain highly carcinogenic PCBs after being dumped at the site decades ago by chemical company Monsato

The Guardian - UK

Environmental justice targets needed to cut global inequality, say researchers

Plan unveiled at Davos to find fair limits on impact of climate and other crises, which most affect poorer countries

The Conversation

Why gas stoves matter to the climate – and the gas industry: Keeping them means homes will use gas for heating too

Gas stoves are a leading source of hazardous indoor air pollution, but they emit only a tiny share of the greenhouse gases that warm the climate. Why, then, have they assumed such a heated role in climate politics?

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak calls on Sadiq Khan to scrap planned Ulez expansion after fury from Tory MPs

Rishi Sunak has urged the Mayor of London to “properly reconsider” plans to expand the ultra low emission zone (Ulez) across the capital later this year.

Evening Standard

Britain’s first zero emissions street could be reinstated permanently

‘Doing nothing is not an option’, chairman of the City’s streets committee says

Evening Standard

Ulez expansion: We won’t put in your cameras, Harrow council tells London mayor Sadiq Khan

Mayor facing backlash against plans to expand Ulez across London in August

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