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Dog attacks could become even MORE common in the UK - and there's one reason why

High temperatures and air pollution has previously been linked to aggression in humans, monkeys, rats and mice. Now a study has found the phenomenon also applies to dogs

Daily Mirror

Wood-burning stoves should be banned in London due to ‘big impact’ on air pollution, expert urges

A ban on wood- burning stoves should be considered in London as they are having a “big impact” on air pollution, health experts have said.

Evening Standard

Action to tackle air pollution failing to keep up with research

Globally, outdoor air pollution is second only to tobacco as greatest cause of lung and respiratory cancers

The Guardian - UK

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Teacups made from Glasgow pollution used to highlight toxic dust in air we breathe

The 'Smogware' tea sets use dirt particles to visualise the toll of air pollution - with the Lord Provost among those taking afternoon tea from the cups to mark Clean Air Day.

Daily Record

Pita weighs options to fight PM2.5

CHIANG MAI: A Move Forward Party (MFP)-led government will aim to have Chiang Mai as the location for an Asean centre aimed at tackling high levels of PM2.5 pollution.

Bangkok Post

Imagine the outcry if factories killed as many people as wood heaters

Imagine a fleet of ageing factories operating in neighbourhoods across Australia.

The Conversation

Swansea motorists are being asked to turn their engines off near a city school

Air quality and sound monitoring units have also been installed to measure air quality in the area and if the scheme is successful, it could spread to other schools

Wales Online

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Dog bites may be more common on hot and polluted days, study suggests

The likelihood of dog bites occurring in these conditions increases by up to 11%, the research suggests.

The Independent UK

Neville Sassienie obituary

Other lives: Jewish community leader convinced that spiritual work and political activism were indivisible

The Guardian - UK

What will the UN high seas treaty mean for protecting the ocean?

The world's first international treaty on the high seas, set to be adopted by the United Nations on Monday, contains landmark tools for the conservation and management of international waters.

Radio France Internationale

Many urban waterways were once waste dumps. Restoration efforts have made great strides – but there's more to do to bring nature back

In the 19th century, many of Australia’s urban creeks and rivers were in poor shape. Melbourne’s major river, the Maribyrnong, was full of waste from abattoirs, tanneries and factories.

The Conversation

More than 200 doctors and health staff urge action on air pollution from Rishi Sunak

The letter, signed by some 209 GPs, nurses, paediatricians, and other hospital staff, asks Mr Sunak to support schemes like the Ultra low emission zone (Ulez)

Evening Standard

Labour MSP asks for Humza Yousaf’s backing to nationalise ‘failing’ bus networks

Mercedes Villalba has called for Scotland’s bus networks to be returned to public ownership after services ground to a halt in Dundee.

The National (Scotland)

Canadian wildfire smoke gives Minnesota city the worst air in the US

St. Paul, Minnesota, has the worst air quality in the United States as smoke from massive Canadian wildfires drifts across the state

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Southern Water refuses order to release memos about sewage discharges

Information commissioner had demanded that the water company publish 53 documents last year

Evening Standard

Clean Air Day 2023: London leads the way in UK’s most eco-friendly areas

Tower Hamlets is the area with the most public green spaces, with the London borough home to 12 parks, playing fields or public gardens within a 1,000 m radius.

Bristol Post

West Country sea will turn green in row over sewage

People are being reassured that it poses no risk to water quality or wildlife.

Bangkok Post

Time to take axe to PM2.5

It has been two weeks since new PM2.5 emissions standards took effect.

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Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan extends London’s high air pollution alert

The Mayor decided to extend Tuesday’s high air pollution warning status into Wednesday after receiving advice from forecasters

The Hindu

Unhindered dumping of waste chokes Ashtamudi Lake

Despite multiple projects and mass drives to protect Ashtamudi Lake, waste dumping continues to choke the Ramsar site

Manchester Evening News

'Thousands' of dead animals spotted in Salford Quays after 'huge fish kill'

An investigation has been launched

Manchester Evening News

'Don't swim' warning in force at EIGHT Lancashire beaches after storm causes raw sewage leak

An underground pipe burst, leading untreated waste to flow into the sea off the Lancashire coastline

Evening Standard

The anti-Ulez protests: a lightning rod for rage over London’s ultra-low emission zone expansion

The expansion of the ultra low emissions zone has provoked outrage among many drivers but, Kate Wills asks, are legitimate concerns becoming tangled up in far-Right conspiracy theories?

Evening Standard

Postcard from a drowned city — corpses, floating land mines and rockets in the canals of Kherson

The catastrophic Nova Kakhovka dam explosion has turned Kherson into what the locals are calling ‘Venice from hell.’ Tom Mutch reports from a humanitarian and environmental disaster zone

The Guardian - UK

Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could be about to come to a juddering halt

A proposed plastics treaty could join the rescue of the ozone layer as a landmark success, says specialist environment correspondent Geoffrey Lean

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