Pollution
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Letters: Those who want to use bikes simply as transport are largely still forced on to the highway – nearly always shared with heavy traffic
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A new low-cost alternative to smelting could solve Australia’s electronic waste problem, eliminate shipping emissions and create new business opportunities
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Our roads are choked. We’re on the verge of carmageddon
George MonbiotCar use takes a huge toll on our health and on the planet. We need to kick our addiction to driving
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Scientists will sail from the UK to the Falkland Islands to study the level of microplastic pollution on tiny zooplankton at the bottom of the food chain
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Mining giant to pay damages after court rules sulphur dioxide emissions at copper plant led to death of politician
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Peace and quiet is an increasingly scarce commodity in the modern world
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Inexpensive over-the-counter product could help millions of people avoid worst health effects of breathing toxic air, say scientists
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Traders blend cheap fuel with sulphur levels many times the European limit for sale in African countries, says Public Eye
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Metals firm Norilsk Nickel shut down one of its factories in June in an attempt to clean up the notoriously polluted city. But when a river turned red after a spillage this month, it was clear its environmental problems are far from resolved
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A report says businesses in Europe are exporting highly polluting, high-sulphur diesel to the African market, exploiting weak fuel standards there
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Beautiful yet terrifying, Edward Burtynsky’s aerial photography is a reminder of just how much human activity has affected the planet
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Some 15,000 people responded to the mayor’s air quality consultation, with 79% backing plans to bring forward restrictions on polluting vehicles, reports BusinessGreen
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The actor is a believable everyman engineer in a harrowing, courageous account of the 2010 oil rig tragedy – and the corporate greed that caused it
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The London Assembly is investigating how the mayor and Transport for London can prevent clogged roads suffocating the capital
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Pollutionwatch Some wear-particles from brakes and tyres are small enough to be inhaled, and the increase in wear-particles can outweigh the benefits of improvements in exhaust emissions
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Exclusive: MPs and activists want BP’s exploration licences to be suspended over ‘very critical safety issue’ identified by US regulators
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Bay Area Rapid Transit authorities plan to use enzyme mists and open underground restrooms in an attempt to reduce odor-causing bacteria in subway
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Study finds dirty air takes huge economic toll on poor countries and costs the world more than $5tn annually in lost work days and welfare costs
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In a sign that the tide is turning against toxic microplastics, a new coalition has been formed to try to stop microfibers from poisoning our oceans
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Pipeline is feared to have broken in Arctic city of Norilsk, where Daldykan river runs close to nickel-producing factory
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Globally, it’s those who have done least harm to the environment who are hit hardest by its degradation. And that’s true in London too
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The Long Read: In the heartland of the American right, people harmed by polluting industries have instead come to hate the government whose environmental regulations protect them. Now they’re voting for Donald Trump
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Climate change is a racist crisis: that’s why Black Lives Matter closed an airport
Alexandra Wanjiku KelbertToday’s BLM protest at London City airport makes perfect sense: whether it’s via air pollution or police detention, race inequality is alive and kicking in Britain -
MPs and campaigners warn new amendment could open the door to dirty, harmful coal projects with no means to demand environmental assessments
Waste crime is 'the new narcotics', says Environment Agency chief