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Harrowing image shows dead sea turtle on beach covered with bits of plastic bags

Sea turtles cannot regurgitate plastic meaning their guts become blocked, causing them to die of starvation. Nearly all species of sea turtle are classified as endangered

Daily Mirror

The Earth's Corr: With calls to reduce meat consumption, meat free days at Stormont, schools and hospitals would be a good start

Experts say we need to reduce meat consumption to battle climate change, biodiversity loss and live healthier lives

Belfast Live

Commentary: Supreme Court can’t stop the climate movement

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s power over carbon pollution in West Virginia v. EPA jeopardizes a clean and livable planet at the worst possible moment. Along with its recent decisions on abortion and guns, it seems that the court’s conservative majority has no qualms…

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We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?

Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty.

The Conversation

All-time high in Bengaluru: 8 fishkills in 6 months of 2022, says report

BENGALURU: The first half of this year has sounded a death knell for aquatic life in many Bengaluru lakes. The city has witnessed the highest number of fishkill incidents in a calendar year in 2022, as per a report by ActionAid Association (India) that was submitted to Karnataka State Pollution…

The Times of India

Chinese Scientists Develop Robot Fish that Gobble up Microplastics

Robot fish that "eat" microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in southwest China. Soft to touch and just 1.3 centimeters (0.5 inch) in size, these robots already suck up microplastics in shallow water. The team…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shipping’s dirty secret: how ‘scrubbers’ clean the air – while contaminating the sea

Told to reduce air pollution, the shipping industry could have switched to cleaner fuels – instead, many vessels turned to special devices that simply dump the toxins into the water

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Dwarka Expressway to be ready in 2023: Gadkari

Apart from relieving traffic congestion on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway and arterial roads, the Dwarka Expressway will immensely help in reducing air pollution in the Delhi-NCR

The Hindu

SC Governor seeks to protect port from landmark's pollution

Republican Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina signed an executive order Monday seeking to protect the nation's ninth-busiest port from pollution

The Independent UK

After plastic, West Bengal pollution control board lens now on thermocol

Kolkata: With a steady reduction in the use of SUP carry-bags across city retail markets, the state pollution control board (PCB) has now trained its lens on other banned items, like polystyrene, popularly known as thermocol — another non-biodegradable item — which takes around 500 years- 1 million years to…

The Times of India

Former Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman tries in vain to alert cops on mobile thieves

BENGALURU: Alerted by his daughter, who had witnessed two bike-borne men snatching a mobile phone on Hebbal flyover and had made a note of the two-wheeler on Saturday night, a former Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman tried to convey the same to police. But he was shocked to realise…

The Times of India

Hair care tips in monsoon

Not just the skin, but even the hair and scalp are the victims of the rains and the pollution. The situation is aggravated by sweat, which further attracts dust particles and other polluted elements. Below listed are some commonly seen problems of hair and scalp and some guidelines for maintaining…

The Times of India

Dobbs highlights environmental racism

Communities near polluting sites are more likely to need abortion care in the first place

Salon

NASCAR racing in downtown Chicago the last thing the city needs

These races would steer our city in exactly the wrong direction environmentally because they cause an obscene amount of pollution.

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IIT-Kanpur to establish network of air-quality sensors to measure pollution in rural India

Three-year pilot project could pave the way for a national network of air quality sensors in rural India

The Independent UK

Anger simmers for Dutch farmers who oppose pollution cuts

Dutch farmers are embroiled in a summer of discontent that shows no sign of abating

Bristol Post

Bristol Clean Air Zone: The story so far as start date finally announced

It has been a long journey

The Times of India

National Green Tribunal orders monitoring panel to check pollution of river in Salem

CHENNAI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the government to constitute a monitoring committee, headed by the chief secretary, within two weeks to restore the water quality of Thirumanimuthur river. The river, near Kollapatti and Mallasamudram in Salem and joins the River Cauvery, has been polluted by discharge of…

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Explained | Altering green laws

Will new penalties on environment violations soften the blow for air, water and land polluters?

The Times of India

Chennai: Illegal waste dump yard along Cooum catches fire

CHENNAI: An illegal dump yard along the Cooum River beneath the Maduravoyal flyover caught fire on Saturday, causing severe pollution in surrounding areas localities such as Mogappair West.

Salon

Microplastic pollution knows no bounds

Palau, a remote Pacific country with a population smaller than most US towns, is rife with microplastic pollution

The Hindu

Explained | The background of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on limiting the Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Supreme Court limited how the anti-pollution law can be used to control carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by a 6-3 majority.

The Guardian - UK

US cruise ships using Canada as a ‘toilet bowl’ for polluted waste

Lax Canadian regulations create ‘perverse incentive’ for US cruise ships en route to Alaska to discharge toxic mix of chemicals and wastewater off British Columbia, report says

ABC News

UN report says climate change might be pushing more than a million species into extinction, calls for First Nations intervention

Climate change, pollution and deforestation are pushing a million species towards extinction. Here's what we can do to help.

The Guardian - UK

‘The sea is more blue’: Gazans head to the beach after sewage cleanup

Internationally funded treatment plants have reduced sea pollution in Gaza to lowest level in years

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