Air Pollution Caused 160,000 Deaths in Big Cities Last Year: NGO
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world’s five most populous cities last
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Court: Nigerian Farmers Can Sue Shell in UK Over Pollution
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a group of Nigerian farmers and fishermen can sue Royal Dutch Shell PLC in English courts over pollution in a region where the Anglo-Dutch energy giant has a subsidiary.
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Soot-Stained Flora and Fauna Drive DC Circuit Fight
Environmentalists asked the appeals court Tuesday to step in where federal regulation has failed to ensure that polluted air and water won’t end in extinction.
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Fossil Fuel Pollution Causes 1 in 5 Deaths Globally: Study
Fossil fuel pollution caused more than eight million premature deaths in 2018, accounting for nearly 20% of adult mortality worldwide, researchers reported Tuesday.
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Plume of Sahara Dust Caused Spike in European Air Pollution
A plume of Sahara dust that has blanketed parts of southern and central Europe in recent days caused a short, sharp spike in air pollution across the region, researchers said Tuesday.
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Hungary, With 13K Deaths Linked to Pollution, Ordered to Clean the Skies
Since 2008, the European Union has pushed to improve air quality by setting tough limits on pollution. Hungary on Wednesday became the latest EU nation found to be failing to meet those standards.
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Third Circuit Grapples With Steel Plant’s Post-Fire Duties
Environmentalists urged the Third Circuit on Friday to expand the reporting duties owed by U.S. Steel after harmful emissions lingered in a Pennsylvania town for three months following a plant fire.
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Meet ‘Baby’ Claire, Explorer of Antwerp’s Bad Air
Claire is the brainchild of Professor Roeland Samson whose research ropes in Antwerp citizens to help his team more widely measure exposure to air pollution.
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UK Supermarkets Caught in Plastic Packaging: Study
Britain’s major supermarket chains remain big users of plastic packaging that blights the environment, despite efforts to cut down, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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Rubbish-Covered Lake Brings to Light Balkans Waste Problem
Trucks and building machines are parked on a river dam in southwest Serbia but not for construction work. Instead, huge cranes are being used to clear tons of garbage crammed at the foot of the power plant.
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Air Pollution Linked to Irreversible Sight Loss: Study
Air pollution is likely to increase the risk of irreversible sight loss, according to the results of a long-term study published Tuesday.
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Deadliest Catch: Thailand’s ‘Ghost’ Fishing Nets Help Covid Fight
Underwater divers in plastic-choked waters off the coast of Thailand snip through discarded nets tangled around a reef — a new initiative helping protect marine life and aiding the fight against coronavirus.
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PG&E to Rehab San Francisco Harbor Due to Century-Old Pollution
The utility will fund a cleanup and restoration project at the Marina Small Craft Harbor following a 2001 lawsuit over contamination from factories used to create gas from coal over a century ago.
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Navajo Nation, New Mexico Reach Settlements Over Mine Spill
The Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico have reached multimillion-dollar settlements with mining companies to resolve claims stemming from a 2015 spill that resulted in rivers in three Western states being fouled with a bright-yellow plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals, officials confirmed Wednesday.
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Full Picture Shows Air Wasn’t Much Cleaner in Early Lockdown
Early data showed decreases in air pollution as cities went into lockdown during the pandemic. After controlling data for weather variables, researchers say three pollutants are worse than previously believed.
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From Macaques to Crabs, Wildlife Faces Threat From Face Masks
Masks that helped save lives during the coronavirus pandemic are proving a deadly hazard for wildlife, with birds and marine creatures ensnared in the staggering number of discarded facial coverings littering animal habitats.
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Pollution Trial of Canada-Owned Pulp Mill Opens in France
A Canadian-owned paper pulp company went on trial on Wednesday for flouting emissions rules at its mill in southern France, the country’s biggest.
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Study: Warming Already Baked in Will Blow Past Climate Goals
The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past international agreed upon goals to limit climate change, a new study finds.
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A federal court in California denied the city of Sunnyvale’s request to dismiss San Francsico Baykeeper’s Clean Water Act suit alleging the city’s sewer system unlawfully releases polluted stormwater and raw sewage into waterways.
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Air Pollution in Eastern Europe Adds to Pandemic Health Woes
With the arrival of cold and foggy winter weather amid the pandemic, eastern Europe is facing an extra respiratory health hazard — air pollution.
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