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Paris 2024 Hopes To Be Model For Lower-carbon Olympics

This year's Paris Olympics will use renewable energy, serve lots of vegetarian meals and heavily restrict plastic bottles, but can an event involving so much construction and international travel ever be environmentally sustainable?

International Business Times

Tube staff working on most polluted lines tend to be off sick more, study finds

Some drivers were exposed to more than twice as much dust as staff working on Tube station platforms

Evening Standard

Air pollution levels have improved in Europe over 20 years, say researchers

But 98% of Europeans live in areas WHO says have unhealthy levels of PM2.5

The Guardian - UK

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Legal action could end use of toxic sewage sludge on US crops as fertilizer

Intent to sue federal regulators charges they have failed to address dangerous levels of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ known to be in sludge

The Guardian - US

Kerala govt deposits ₹335 crore in ring-fenced account for waste management projects

Kerala government has deposited about ₹335 crore to a separate, ring-fenced account of the Department of Local Self-Governments towards setting up common sewage and faecal treatment plants to check pollution of the Vembanad and Ashtamudi lakes, among other projects.

The Hindu

The Guardian view on low-traffic neighbourhoods: spread the word – these schemes work

Editorial: Rejecting green transport policies was a backwards step by Rishi Sunak. New research proves it

The Guardian - UK

7 simple ways to improve air quality in your home without a purifier

Don’t have an air purifier? Try these other surprising ways to improve air quality in your home and to help you breathe easy.

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Row over possible River Cam bathing spot frequented by Darwin and Lord Byron

Proponents of ‘bathing waters’ designation say it would force action on sewage but others worry about impact of more visitors

The Guardian - UK

Meghalaya’s Byrnihat most polluted ‘city’ in India

Meghalaya’s Byrnihat, an industrial town on the border with Assam, was the most polluted city in India during February, data released by the CREA said.

The Hindu

Ulez helped London cut road pollution faster than rest of UK, report says

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan hails ‘remarkable progress’ on air quality, with NO2 pollutants lower last year than in lockdown year of 2020

The Guardian - UK

New reservoir will fuel petrochemical expansion on Texas coast

Blocked in Louisiana, Formosa Plastics looks to grow around Lavaca Bay instead. But it and other interested industrial plants are waiting for more water.

The Texas Tribune

Noxious weeds to help fuel proposed biomass power plant near Singleton

Redbank biomass generator would burn 850,000 tonnes of waste wood

Newcastle Herald

Ammonia levels four times higher in Europe’s farming regions, study finds

Agriculture produces 80% of ammonia in air which forms particle pollution when it reacts with traffic emissions

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency says white foam at Teddington Lock was natural occurrence as sewage row intensifies

Row comes after MP Sarah Olney had described the scene at Teddington Lock as ‘absolutely disgusting’ and ‘clear environmental hazard’

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The Guardian - US

‘Explosive growth’ in petrochemical production poses risks to human health

New report warns of deadly health risks from fossil fuel pollution, including alarming rise in neurodevelopmental issues

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EPA Delays Emissions Rules For Existing Gas Plants

EPA delays rules for existing gas plants to focus on reducing emissions from coal and new gas plants, addressing concerns of environmental justice groups.

The Guardian - US

Texas farmers claim company sold them PFAS-contaminated sludge that killed livestock

Two ranches also allege biosolids with ‘forever chemicals’ ruined crops, polluted drinking water and left their properties worthless

The Guardian - UK

Calls for a global fund to tackle air pollution, killer of 7m a year

Health campaigners are voicing concerns that the issue is being neglected – despite the devastating death toll around the world

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