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Minister inaugurates vehicle emission testing drive to curb air pollution
The Nation
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July 11, 2025
Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Friday formally inaugurated the vehicle emission testing campaign in Islamabad. As part of the launch, a team from the Islamabad Transport Authority inspected the minister’s own vehicle using...
Air France-KLM joins EU Flight Emissions Label with EASA
Travel Daily News
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July 11, 2025
BRUSSELS/COLOGNE/PARIS/AMSTERDAM – The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Air France-KLM signed an agreement to launch the airline group’s preparations to partner on the EU Flight Emissions Label (FEL). Air France-KLM is working...
Study links surge in lightning disasters in Bangladesh to transboundary air pollution
Mongabay
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July 11, 2025
Air pollution — especially from transboundary dust and sulfate particles — is intensifying lightning activity in Bangladesh, particularly during the pre-monsoon season. Studies show that these pollutants, mostly coming in from northern and western...
Sridhar Babu urges young engineers to tackle rising climate change, urbanisation, pollution issues
NewsMeter
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July 11, 2025
Hyderabad: Promotion of composite and steel structures for high-rise buildings in Hyderabad has changed the landscape of the city, and young engineers are looking at sustainable solutions in the construction industry, said minister for IT,...
US pollution measurement practices raise questions about reliability of data
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
A Guardian analysis has raised fresh questions over the way regulators and corporations measure the air quality impact of planned factories that risk emitting dangerous levels of pollution. Between 2014 and 2024, air pollution permit applications...
Air pollution in Heather Park 'within legal limits'
George Herald
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July 11, 2025
'The plant is operating in full compliance with its licensing conditions.' - SHEQ manager The asphalt plant. Photo: Alida de Beer GEORGE NEWS - Emissions from the Much Asphalt plant at Witfontein are well within legal limits, according to tests...
Op-ed: Casting the spotlight on light pollution, for people and nature
The Star Press - Indiana
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Artificial light, while beneficial to humans, has disrupted the natural day-night cycle and created light pollution, negatively affecting wildlife. Humans also suffer from light pollution, experiencing sleep disturbances, weakened immune systems,...
2040 emissions target: Where EU's climate policy is headed
ANSA
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July 11, 2025
It's summer in Europe: The continent has been hit by a heatwave, driving up temperature far above anything comfortable for most people, animals or vegetation. There are also droughts and wildfires in some areas, while others battle flooding. Right...
Congestion pricing in NYC cuts air pollution, boosts transit, and survives Trump’s attacks
Environmental Health News
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July 11, 2025
New York City’s new congestion toll has reduced car traffic and pollution while raising hundreds of millions for public transit upgrades, despite efforts by the Trump administration to shut it down. Oliver Milman reports for The Guardian. In...
The Duration of Heat Waves is Accelerating Faster Than Global Warming
Technology Networks
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Register for free to listen to this article Thank you. Listen to this article using the player above. ✖ Want to listen to this article for FREE? Complete the form below to unlock access to ALL audio articles. New research finds that not only will...
Global warming may cause calorie deficit and decreased food production, study finds
The Daily Californian
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Each degree Celsius of global warming could result in the loss of about 120 calories per person per day in food production, according to a study co-authored by Tamma Carleton, assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC...
A century of pollution: $55M project turns industrial site into 228 apartments
MLive - Michigan
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July 11, 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI — Like many Michigan communities, industrial activity once dominated Kalamazoo, said Adam Patton, vice president of PM Environmental. One formerly-industrial site just east of downtown Kalamazoo is getting a makeover. By fall 2026, a...
Google’s AI ambitions push emissions far from net-zero target
Sustainability News
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July 11, 2025
Google’s promise to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 looks increasingly out of reach. In its latest sustainability report highlighted by The Guardian, the company said emissions were up 51% from 2019 to 2024. But a separate analysis claims...
Rise in global warming may lead to increase in heatwave duration: Study
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 10, 2025
The longest heatwaves will see the greatest acceleration in extending in duration, and the frequency of the most extreme heat waves will increase the most, the study found Image for representational purposes only (File Pic) A new study has...
‘Significant’ risk of Amazon forest dieback if global warming overshoots 1.5°C
Eco-Business
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July 10, 2025
Dieback would see large numbers of trees die, shifting the lush rainforest into a dry savannah. The research, published in Nature Climate Change, assesses the impact of “overshooting” the aspirational goal of the Paris Agreement on the Amazon and...
In Indonesia, a start-up captures coolants to stop global warming
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 10, 2025
This photo taken on June 10, 2025 shows a team of technicians from climate startup Recoolit working to capture emissions from a large AC unit in the basement of a housing complex in Jakarta. In the basement of a Jakarta housing complex, surrounded...
World AFP In Indonesia, a start-up captures coolants to stop global warming
Yahoo News
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In the basement of a Jakarta housing complex, surrounded by the silver piping of the air-conditioning system, Indonesian technician Ari Sobaruddin is doing his part to tackle climate change. Ari and his colleagues will spend 12 hours capturing AC...
Lawmakers call for federal action on Tijuana River pollution crisis
Mission Valley News - California
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July 11, 2025
Sen. Alex Padilla visited the Tijuana River Valley region in June 2023 to advocate for improved sewage treatment. (File photo courtesy of Sen. Alex Padilla) California lawmakers on Thursday re-introduced the Border Water Quality Restoration and...
Lagos, China Partner On Low-Carbon Drive To Cut Emissions
Biz Watch Nigeria
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July 11, 2025
The Lagos State Government has announced its readiness to partner with China on the Lekki Low-Carbon Demonstration Zone Project under the China-Nigeria Low-Carbon Demonstration Initiative (Nextier) to tackle carbon emissions in the state. In a...
Global warming contributed to 1,500 more deaths during Europe's heat wave, study says
NBC News
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July 9, 2025
The new study is the first “real-time” analysis of its kind, it says. It goes further than the usual assessments of the meteorological impacts of heat waves — and instead looks at the harder-to-measure toll on human life. Climate change...