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EPA enacts tougher pollution rule for trucks, vans and buses

EPA enacts tougher pollution rule for trucks, vans and buses

Comment this story Comment Manufacturers should reduce harmful pollution from the tailpipes of new trucks, delivery vans and buses under a long-awaited regulation the Biden administration finalized on Tuesday – a rule that could protect public health in poor communities but that doesn’t go as far as many proponents had hoped. The settlement marks the …

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California has approved a very bold plan to reduce pollution that warms the planet

California has approved a very bold plan to reduce pollution that warms the planet

Start your day with LAist Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings. It’s been a big week on the climate front. On the same day state utility regulators cut rooftop solar incentives, state air regulators approved a very ambitious roadmap to reduce global heating emissions. The overall goals include reducing greenhouse gas emissions …

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Government to weaken water pollution targets in ‘attack on nature’

Water pollution targets are due to be weakened by the government next week, the Guardian can reveal, as Environment Act targets will give farmers an extra three years to reduce the dumping of their waste into the watercourse. River activists said the news was proof the government had not given up on its “attack on …

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More Americans Head Into Danger As Climate Disasters Rise |  CNN

More Americans Head Into Danger As Climate Disasters Rise | CNN

CNN — People are moving en masse to places at high risk of climate disasters, despite the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in recent years, researchers say. A study released Thursday by researchers at the University of Vermont found that over the past decade, Americans have moved away from areas prone to …

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Study: Early pregnancy particulate matter exposure, pre-pregnancy adiposity and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in Finnish primiparous women: An observational cohort study. Image Credit: Ground Picture / Shutterstock.com

Gestational diabetes mellitus linked to early particle exposure with high BMI

The incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is rapidly increasing worldwide and affects up to one in six pregnant women. A new Primary Care Diabetes A review study relates this to a high body mass index (BMI) before the onset of pregnancy, associated with exposure to different levels of particles (PM) of a certain size. …

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Air pollution linked to nearly a million stillbirths a year

Nearly one million stillbirths a year can be attributed to air pollution, according to the first global study. Research has estimated that nearly half of stillbirths could be linked to exposure to pollution particles smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), mostly produced by burning fossil fuels. The study looked at 137 countries in Asia, Africa and …

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Canadians are ditching some plastic habits as nationwide ban looms, data shows - National |  Globalnews.ca

Canadians are ditching some plastic habits as nationwide ban looms, data shows – National | Globalnews.ca

Canadians appear to be slowly reducing their use of straws and plastic grocery bags ahead of a nationwide ban on these items taking effect next month, according to new statistics. The Canadian government is seeking to reduce indoor plastic pollution by the end of the decade as negotiations for a formal plastics management treaty begin …

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Water chiefs accuse UK government of failing to stop sewage pollution

Water company bosses have blamed the UK government’s inaction for the lack of progress in stopping sewage pollution, according to newly revealed letters. According to Environment Agency data, sewage was dumped into UK seas and rivers more than 770,000 times during 2020 and 2021, equivalent to almost 6 million people. ‘hours. During his short stint …

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