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Environment

Just four fines issued for wood-burning complaints in a year in England | Air pollution

Only four fines out of 5,600 complaints have been issued for illegal burning of wood in smoke-control areas from September…

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Environment

Pollution exposure linked to mental health hospital admissions, says study | Air pollution

Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased risk of hospital admission for mental illness, according to the most…

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Environment

Satellite data reveals true scale of methane pollution » Yale Climate Connections

TRANSCRIPT: When you throw away organic material like food and yard waste, it often ends up in a landfill, where…

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Environment

Watchdog warns Defra and Ofwat they could face court over sewage dumping | Pollution

The government, its water regulator and the Environment Agency could all be taken to court over their failure to tackle…

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Environment

Swimming status of Ilkley’s River Wharfe in limbo over sewage pollution | Rivers

The first river to be given bathing water status in England is in limbo waiting for the Environment Agency (EA)…

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Health

As wildfires intensify, prolonged exposure to pollution linked to premature death

Researchers have found evidence that living in areas prone to wildfire smoke may negatively impact an individual’s life expectancy. In…

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Health

Air pollution in India linked to millions of deaths

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that long-term exposure to air pollution contributes to millions of deaths in India.…

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Environment

Exposure to air pollution increases infertility risk, US study finds | Medical research

Maternal and paternal exposure to common air pollutants may increase the risk of infertility because it can be detrimental to…

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Environment

‘It’s nonstop’: how noise pollution threatens the return of Norway’s whales | Whales

From the moment that the biologist Dr Heike Vester presses play, the sound of the static of the fjord fills…

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Environment

Trump allies begin attack on EPA and rules protecting US drinking water | Pollution

Donald Trump’s allies have fired the opening salvoes of his coming administration’s attack on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the…

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