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California seeks to ban sales of diesel big rigs in a bold bid to cut pollution

Saying they had a “moral obligation,” California regulators could soon ban the sale of diesel big rigs by 2040, ending a long reliance on the polluting vehicles that are the backbone of the American economy.

Los Angeles Times

Another California exodus: Dairy cows leave for greener pastures in Texas, Arizona as farms squeezed

Michael Oosten's grandparents were dairy farmers in the Netherlands and immigrated to California in the 1920s, starting their own dairy farm in Paramount in 1945 before relocating to bigger farms in Artesia and Bellflower.

Los Angeles Times

Lung cancer risk could be increased by air pollution, claims new study

Lung cancer remains one of the most common and serious types of cancer in the UK. Could air pollution be a major risk factor alongside smoking? New research weighs in

Daily Mirror

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Air pollution increases hospital admission risk for autistic children, study suggests

Research shows hospital admissions are linked to even short-term exposure, with boys more at risk than girls

The Guardian - UK

Volunteers can’t save our rivers from this tide of filth

Letters: Citizen scientists are no replacement for an underfunded and toothless Environment Agency, writes Gary Bennett, while Anthony Davies laments the pollution of the River Wye by intensive chicken farming

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution causes 1,300 premature deaths a year, report finds

Households are being asked to avoid the use of solid fuel when possible

Dublin Live

Vales Point coal-fired power station in NSW could be polluting in breach of clean air laws

Environment groups question whether ageing station’s exemptions from some pollution standards are valid

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Emissions from Australia’s oil and gas industry rose 20% in first five years of safeguard mechanism

Scale of rise prompts warning Australia will struggle to cut emissions if Labor revamp allows new coal and gas

The Guardian - AU

Bandi Sanjay promises to solve Jawaharnagar dump yard pollution issue

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Jury says Sterigenics should pay $363 million to Illinois woman for exposing her to cancer-causing ethylene oxide

Sterigenics, its parent company and a corporate predecessor should pay $363 million in damages for exposing a Willowbrook, Illinois, woman and thousands of others to cancer-causing ethylene oxide pollution, a Cook County jury decided Monday.

Chicago Tribune

Vales Point pollution exemption will be passed to new owner

A contentious air pollution exemption granted to Vales Point power station would be carried over to the plant's prospective new owner Sev.en Energy if the existing conditions of sale are upheld.

Newcastle Herald

Free carbon credits could threaten Australia’s emission reduction targets, Labor’s advisers warn

RepuTex says safeguard mechanism could hand free credits to big industrial polluters and lock in fossil fuel production

The Guardian - AU

MP flags off plogathon, plantation drive in Kalaburagi

Stress on public participation in creating healthy cities, while fighting pollution

The Hindu

Plea for action on Nottingham road where you can 'taste the pollution'

Some have called for Canal Street to be reopened to ease congestion

Nottingham Post

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This household appliance could be filling your home with invisible health hazards

One of the main air pollutants commonly associated with using gas stoves is nitrogen dioxide.

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Air pollution can damage teens' hearts within two hours, study finds

Fine particulate air pollution increased cardiac arrhythmias in teens.

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: A scary new link between air pollution and lung cancer

A new study has upended the way researchers think about how air pollution causes lung cancer. The work cracks open a whole new way of thinking about certain cancers and how to treat and even prevent them. It also suggests environmental agencies may have good reason to impose much stricter…

Chicago Sun-Times

Indiana refinery to pay $2.75 million in air pollution case

BP, the giant oil company, agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by environmental groups that accused the Whiting refinery of repeatedly violating the U.S. Clean Air Act.

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The Independent UK

BP reaches $2.75M deal over Indiana refinery pollution

Oil titan BP has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit over air pollution from its largest refinery

The Texas Tribune

Website aims to make pollution permit information more accessible in Houston

Texas’ environmental regulators make it tricky for residents to track, or speak out against, industrial projects proposed near their homes. Advocates in Houston built a high-tech workaround.

The New Daily

A rapid shift to electric vehicles can save 24,000 lives and leave us $148 billion better off

Australia has a feasible rapid pathway to decarbonise its transport sector. The benefits of electric vehicles are hard to dismiss.

The Guardian - UK

NGO retracts ‘waste colonialism’ report blaming Asian countries for plastic pollution

Ocean Conservancy apologises for ‘false narrative’ of 2015 study that put blame for bulk of world’s plastic waste on five Asian states

Manchester Evening News

Beachgoers told to avoid swimming after sewage and pollution alerts issued

There are currently 28 pollution warnings in place throughout the UK.

The Conversation

A rapid shift to electric vehicles can save 24,000 lives and leave us $148bn better off over the next 2 decades

Reducing air pollution from road transport will save thousands of lives and improve the health of millions of Australians. One of the quickest ways to do this is to accelerate the current slow transition to electric vehicles.

Salon

Are beach showers polluting the ocean?

According to a recent study, the facilities are a “point source” of sunscreen contamination and threaten coral reef

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