The GuardianAir pollution: how bad is particulate matter for your health?verified_publisherThe Guardian - Donna LuMany types of air pollutants are harmful to human health. These include gases – such as carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides and sulphur dioxide – and particulates. Particulate matter refers to microscopic solid or liquid particles that are suspended in the air. These can be human-made, such as from …
The GuardianAustralia’s air pollution hotspots hit disadvantaged people harderverified_publisherThe Guardian - Donna Lu, Josh NicholasKerry-Ann Weirick’s asthma took a turn for the worse when she moved to the western Sydney suburb of St Marys. “I was going to hospital two or three times a year with really bad breathing problems,” she says. Weirick’s new place was near the Light Horse interchange, where several main roads cross, …
The Guardian‘Toxic trail of pollution’: states step up to curb the use of ‘forever chemicals’verified_publisherThe Guardian - Tom PerkinsFew chemicals have attracted as intense public and regulatory scrutiny as PFAS, but even as the highly toxic and ubiquitous compounds’ dangers come into sharper focus, industry influence has crippled congressional attempts to pass meaningful consumer protections. Federal bills designed to address …
The GuardianFrench oil giant TotalEnergies sues Greenpeace over emissions reportverified_publisherThe GuardianThe French oil major TotalEnergies has sued the environmental group Greenpeace France and the climate consulting firm Factor-X over a report claiming that the company massively underestimated its 2019 greenhouse gas emissions, Total said on Wednesday. The civil complaint, served on 28 April, seeks a …
The GuardianCollecting ‘gourmet’ eggs from black-headed gulls should be banned, says RSPBverified_publisherThe Guardian - Phoebe WestonLicences have been issued for more than 160,000 eggs to be taken from black-headed gull nests since 2019, government data shows, as conservationists call for the eggs to be “taken off all menus”. Each spring, thousands of eggs are collected from the amber-listed seabird’s nests and sold under …
The GuardianUN warns heat records could be broken as chance of El Niño risesverified_publisherThe GuardianThe chance of an El Niño weather phenomenon developing in the coming months has risen, the United Nations has said, warning that it could fuel higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday that it now estimated there was …
