Pollution
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Europe’s influence on cleaning up the air Britons breathe is driven by the 2008 clean air directive but dates back much further
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Townspeople rally to demand halt to shipping of volatile oil by rail as booms deployed on river to contain spill from unknown source
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Environmental crime is now the world’s fourth biggest crime and is a growing threat to security and natural resources, say UN and Interpol
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If implemented, weakened proposal means 14,000 people could die prematurely across Europe each year from 2030
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Settlement compensates investors who claimed BP publicly underplayed amount of oil flowing from Macondo well into Gulf of Mexico
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The capital of the Philippines has some of the worst traffic in the world, costing the metro area an estimated £45m a day. While some pin their hopes on new road projects, others think e-jeepneys could be part of the solution
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David Hill: Huge revenues generated by the Camisea project in Peru’s Amazon, but locals suffer from health epidemics and lack of clean water
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World pollutionwatch Leakage of natural gas from drilling and pipework means more methane is entering the atmosphere
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Mayor of London will submit statement and evidence in high court case brought by ClientEarth on the air pollution crisis in the capital
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Increase fuel efficiency of heavy good vehicles that cause a quarter of Europe’s traffic carbon emissions to meet climate targets, says clean corporate alliance
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A World Bank loan helped privatise sanitation in Ecuador’s largest city, but some residents say they still lack clean water and claim the river is polluted with sewage
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Malcolm Turnbull’s $150m pledge to boost agriculture in northern Australia comes under fire from conservationists
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Remain supporters point to latest water quality tests as an example of how EU membership has spurred a dramatic clean up of UK beaches
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Exposure to vehicular and industrial emissions heightens risk during pregnancy, researchers say
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Drone footage shot by Khmer Times shows mass pollution in the Cambodian Phnom Penh waterways, with the canal system blocked by rubbish ranging from plastic to sewage
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Judge finds festival had low culpability for incident in 2014 that led to death of 42 fish in Whitelake river and is ‘impressed’ with its response to incident
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On the road and lab test discrepancies undermining efforts to curb toxic air levels as UN environment assembly admits global response is not up to scratch
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As Harmony of the Seas sets sail from Southampton docks on Sunday she will leave behind a trail of pollution – a toxic problem that is growing as the cruise industry and its ships get ever bigger
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Why air pollution in schools is such a big deal – and what to do about it
Ian Colbeck for The ConversationIan Colbeck: About 3,000 British schools are in areas where air quality is poor, with those in poorer communities suffering more
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This election is Australia’s last chance to save the reef, which requires $1bn a year for 10 years to reduce water pollution to give it a chance to survive climate change, report warns
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Nitrogen compounds from fertilisers and animal waste drifting over industrial regions is combining to form fine particulate pollution, report finds
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More cycling, better public transport and car bans - cities from Delhi to Zurich are using a range of initiatives to lower traffic pollution and improve health
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London’s new mayor must re-define the nature of the job if he’s to make a real difference on transport, housing, policing and social exclusion in the capital
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Report’s author says City Hall publicised positive conclusions but held back the finding that deprived schools were disproportionately affected by toxic air
London: fatal lung conditions 'more likely' in deprived boroughs