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Air Quality

www.cliftonbrown.co.uk

Air pollution is the biggest single environmental threat to public health and Ministers are continuing to take robust action to improve air quality and minimise public health impacts. Air pollution has reduced significantly since 2010:…

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SoCal air quality officials haven't acted to cut port pollution: They escaped to a desert resort instead

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Next time you take in Southern California's notoriously hazy skies and dirty air, remember that smog regulators still aren't using their power to crack down on one of the region's biggest polluters.

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Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disease Control: Air Pollution (13 May 2024)

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Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disease Control: Air Pollution (13 May 2024)

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Tesla’s Fremont Plant Accused Of Spewing Toxins And Polluting California Air

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Tesla's Fremont plant has received 112 notices of violation from local air pollution body since 2019

Tuesday, May 14

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Tesla is sued over air pollution from factory operations in Fremont, California

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A California nonprofit has sued Tesla over what it calls the company's "ongoing failure to comply with the Clean Air Act" at its Fremont assembly plant.

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Canada Wildfire Smoke Causes Poor Air Quality in Kansas City, Kansas Among Worst in U.S.

Kansas City, Kan., is experiencing some of the worst air quality in the United States due to the flow of Canadian wildfire smoke into the Midwest. This has resulted in places like Indonesia, Qatar, and Cambodia also facing extremely poor…

Monday, May 13

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Editorial: SoCal air quality officials haven't acted to cut port pollution. They escaped to a desert resort instead

www.latimes.com

Southern California air quality officials discussed port pollution at a luxury Rancho Mirage resort 100 miles from the harbor, when they should be adopting long-delaying rules for L.A. and Long Beach ports to slash health-damaging…

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Canadian wildfire smoke drifts south, prompting air quality alert for Minnesota

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires was predicted to spread across the state Sunday, prompting the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to issue an air quality alert for the entire state.

Saturday, May 11

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Scientists develop vacuum to suck pollution out of the air

www.mirror.co.uk

Climeworks said it envisions a future where carbon capture reaches great heights, with 1 million tons are sequestered yearly by 2030

Friday, May 10

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Expect more air quality alerts than normal this summer, but not as many as 2023

bringmethenews.com

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recently released a report forecasting more than seven air quality alerts this summer.

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Next-Gen Air Filter? Cage-Like Material Shows Promise in Trapping Greenhouse Gases

www.techtimes.com

Researchers have developed a porous polymer called a "cage of cages" to capture CO2 and other greenhouse gases, advancing the search for innovative materials to combat climate change and pollution.

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Breathe in the world’s cleanest air on these ‘absurdly beautiful’ islands

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Escape London’s pollution with the best air quality in the world (Picture: Getty Images)

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The months of life lost to air pollution in West Midlands as study warns of '2,300 early deaths'

Dirty air is also causing thousands of asthma and lung cancer diagnoses and 1,000 strokes in the West Midlands, according to the data

Thursday, May 9

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People Of Color Make Up Over Half The Population Breathing Unclean Air

Counties with severe air pollution, where all three measures of air quality have failed, 63% of nearly 44 million residents are of color.

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West Midlands air pollution causing up to 2,300 early deaths each year, research suggests

phys.org

Every resident of the West Midlands lives in an area exceeding the World Health Organization's air quality guidelines, and air pollution in the region is causing up to 2,300 premature deaths each year according to new research.

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Placental DNA methylation patterns altered by pregnancy air pollution exposure, research reveals

The relationship between prenatal air pollutant exposure concentrations and changes in placental deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation.

Wednesday, May 8

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Catch up on the day’s stories: ‘Ozempic babies,’ pollution-sucking vacuum, music with a message

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KPHO, KTVK, CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN ???? Welcome to 5 Things PM! A giant pollution-sucking vacuum just started operating in Iceland. The direct air capture plant, dubbed “Mammoth,” takes in air and uses chemicals to strip out the carbon.…

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The 'world's largest' vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here's how it works

www.wral.com

Direct air capture, or DAC, is a technology designed to suck in air and strip out the carbon using chemicals.

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The smell of cooking food is actually air pollution, study finds

thehill.com

It’s hard to resist the delicious smell of food cooking at restaurants, food trucks and street vendors. However, a new government study suggests those aromas may be negatively impacting air quality.