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Big emitters get help to manage emissions

New compensation will go to big emitters under a revamped scheme designed to support heavy industry to cut pollution more quickly while remaining profitable.

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Britain's Conservative Government Sticks It to Consumers With Plastic Fork Ban

The country's new ban increases costs for businesses while doing nothing to address the problem of global plastic pollution.

Reason

England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey says the new ban will stop pollution from "billions of pieces of plastic." Advocates applaud the move but say it doesn't go far enough on its own.

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Pollution in River Yamuna: NGT constitutes High-Level Committee for Delhi, to be headed by LG

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday constituted a High-Level Committee (HLC) of concerned authorities in Delhi where pollution of Yamuna is higher (about 75 per cent), compared to other river basins States. Read on for details:

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Using gas cookers with poor ventilation can have detrimental effect on children with asthma

21% of Irish homes use a gas cooker

Irish Mirror

Harmful PM2.5 levels in 15 Bangkok districts

Fifteen districts of Bangkok were found with harmful levels of PM2.5 dust, above the government's safe threshold of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m³), on Monday morning, the Pollution Control Department reported.

Bangkok Post

Scientists alarmed at discovery of sick frogs in Royal National Park near coal mine pollution

Scientists raise concerns about the health of frogs in the Royal National Park, after sick amphibians were found near the site of coal mine pollution.

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Single-use plastic plates and cutlery to be banned in England, government reveals

Move will ‘stop pollution of billions of pieces of plastic’, says environment secretary Therese Coffey

The Independent UK

The 28 locations across Bristol where air pollution is illegal

15 of them are outside the Clean Air Zone

Bristol Post

EPA proposes new standards for most dangerous type of air pollution

Declaring that current standards are no longer sufficient to protect public health, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed strengthening federal rules for one of the world’s most dangerous and pervasive types of air pollution — fine particulate matter.

Los Angeles Times

GRAP stage III invoked in Delhi-NCR, non-essential construction work banned

NEW DELHI: Amid a sudden spike in air pollution due to foggy weather, the Centre's air quality panel on Friday directed implementation of curbs under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR. The curbs include ban on non-essential construction and demolition work.

The Times of India

EPA moves to toughen standards for deadly soot pollution

The Biden administration is proposing lower limits for a deadly air pollutant, saying tougher standards for soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year

The Independent UK

On Ropar MLA's directions, PPCB issues notice against branded companies for not recycling waste plastic envelopes

ROPAR: On the instruction of Ropar MLA Advocate Dinesh Chadha, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has issued a notice against branded companies for not recycling the waste plastic envelopes.

The Times of India

The rising onslaught of noise

Noise pollution is getting harder and harder to escape in urban areas

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H-bombs or chicken bones: the race to define the start of the Anthropocene

Humanity is now a ‘geological superpower’ and declaring a new epoch is critical to tackling its impact, scientists say

The Guardian - UK

Poison in the haze: documenting life under Ahvaz’s oppressive orange skies

Ahvaz, in western Iran, is one of the world’s most polluted cities. Mohamad Madadi has made it a mission to photograph his home town’s environmental crisis

Chicago Sun-Times

Asphalt plants ordered to cut pollution for Chicago city contracts

Bidding is again open for city work to provide materials that fill potholes and repair streets.

The Independent UK

Report: US's largest estuary, Chesapeake Bay, earns D-plus

An environmental group has given the Chesapeake Bay watershed a D-plus grade in its “State of the Bay” report — the same grade it gave the watershed two years ago

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Daily Mirror

Sewage pumped into UK waters unmasked as map shows pollution leaving drains for HOURS

Almost 120 storm drains have been issued with red or amber alerts, with almost half currently releasing untreated excrement into public open waterways

The Conversation

Urban light pollution is a danger for marine ecosystems – new research

Cities are artificially lit to allow humans to make use of the night. This light pollution means that stars are often barely visible in urban skies. But reduced stargazing is not the only impact of artificial light at night.

Evening Standard

Ulez expansion: Sadiq Khan’s pollution scheme expected to generate £300m in first year but zero by 2027

The income from the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone could hit £300m in its first year – but is expected to fall to zero after four years, it can be revealed.

Daily Mirror

UK's most polluted beaches mapped - with over 60 raw sewage warnings in place

The scale of the UK's problem with untreated sewage being released into coastal waters around the UK has been laid bare in updated beach pollution maps. Pollution risk warnings are currently in place for some popular beaches

The Conversation

Noise pollution: how the sounds of the city were redefined as 'urban music' in 1920s Japan

Cash machines, elevators and escalators that talk. Jingles in department stores, train stations, supermarkets and shopping arcades. Loud speaker warnings about the dangers of riding on the bus or train, overlayed by sirens, car horns, traffic and pedestrians. “For a culture that places a high value on quiet,” US journalist…

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Adelaide rivers dump microplastics in sea

Adelaide's rivers and creeks are acting as conveyor belts for microplastic pollution and fast fashion could be a big part of the problem, a study has found.

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Rivers are still people in South Asia despite court showdown

Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution is being met with opposition.

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