Pollution
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How can we make Brexit work for the environment?
Craig BennettCraig Bennett: Leaving the EU puts about 70% of UK environmental safeguards at risk. But Brexit is not a mandate to make us the dirty man of Europe again – we have to make it work for the environment, from the grassroots up
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From the ‘red-tape’ slashing desires of the Brexiters to the judgment of green professionals, all indications are for weaker environmental protections
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After officer’s asbestos-linked death, police seek people who helped in aftermath of IRA attack aimed at Margaret Thatcher
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Our new alliance unites 600m city dwellers in fight against climate change
Michael Bloomberg and Maroš Šefčovič
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How Brexit could damage our health
Christopher Birt
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Documents seen by Guardian show that the commission’s in-house science service told it in 2010 that tests had uncovered what researchers suspected to be a ‘defeat device’
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Major changes to the capital’s most famous shopping street look to be on their way, though how closely they match Sadiq Khan’s manifesto promise remains to be seen
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In Bangladesh, one of the world’s most polluted cities has led the way globally in ridding itself of harmful PM10 particles
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Figures show the numbers of licenced diesels rose by 29% from 2012-15, despite warnings over their contribution to illegal levels of air pollution
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Air pollution has been linked to child mental illness. Are we all doing our bit?
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Ineos company emails reveal huge amounts of treated wastewater are likely to be disposed of in the sea
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How will Transport for London and the new mayor’s transport deputy address the heavy pressures on the capital’s road space and the strong passions they arouse?
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Worcester city council is about to become the latest authority to ban the release of helium balloons – but what are the alternatives?
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Climate has barely been mentioned during the EU campaign. But there will be grim tangible consequences for our air, sea and wildlife if we vote to exit
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New research is first to establish the link and builds on other evidence that children are particularly vulnerable to even low levels of pollution
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Cruises are a popular attraction for Americans on vacation, but a report card rating cruise lines’ efforts to reduce pollution may come as a rude shock
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The shipping industry burns fossil fuels on a grand scale, and scarcely even tries to reduce its emissions
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Vehicles are the source of a third of the air pollution in the Chinese capital, which restricts their use during episodes of heavy smog. Electric cars, buses, scooters and bicycles offer an alternative, cleaner form of transport
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Scientists describe ‘cultural loss of unprecedented magnitude’ as global atlas reveals extent of light pollution in the world’s skies
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A team of scientists at the National Centers for Environmental Information in Boulder, Colorado have produced a digital atlas of the Earth that shows the levels of light pollution
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A poll of environmental professionals showed most think the UK benefits from EU air pollution rules
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City links: From behaviour-changing Wi-Fi in the trees to Jarvis Cocker as the voice of Sheffield’s trams, we round up the best city stories from this week
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Scientists say finding is alarming, and shows that harm caused by air pollution to the lungs, heart and brain has been underestimated
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Toxic air set to cause as many as 9 million premature deaths a year around the world in the next four decades, with economic costs rising to trillions a year
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Sixty years on since the introduction of measures to reduce air pollution we’d like to hear your smog recollections
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Bolivia’s ‘city of eternal spring’ has a history of water struggles but some neighbourhoods that lack piped water are taking matters into their own hands
Global air pollution crisis 'must not be left to private sector'