Pollution
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The world's largest cruise ship and its supersized pollution problemAs Harmony of the Seas sets sail from Southampton docks on Sunday she will leave behind a trail of pollution – a toxic problem that is growing as the cruise industry and its ships get ever bigger
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Why air pollution in schools is such a big deal – and what to do about itIan Colbeck: About 3,000 British schools are in areas where air quality is poor, with those in poorer communities suffering more
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Boris Johnson 'held back' negative findings of air pollution reportReport’s author says City Hall publicised positive conclusions but held back the finding that deprived schools were disproportionately affected by toxic air
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Superblocks to the rescue: Barcelona’s plan to give streets back to residentsThe Catalan capital’s radical new strategy will restrict traffic to a number of big roads, drastically reducing pollution and turning secondary streets into ‘citizen spaces’ for culture, leisure and the community
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The global air pollution 'blindspot' affecting 1 billion peopleMore than 100 of the world’s poorest and most poorly governed countries have no or limited monitoring of the polluted air their citizens are breathing
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Japan's coal-fired plants 'to cause thousands of early deaths'Greenpeace slams ‘insane’ plan for dozens of power plants, with huge implications for air quality and climate change
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Tampons aren't for toilets: biodegradable bag hopes to fight the flushersAround 9.3 million women use tampons in the UK, but we don’t often speak about how we dispose of them
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Britain accused of undermining tougher EU limits on killer air pollutionEnvironment minister Rory Stewart told Tory MEPs to support ‘get-out clause’
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UK accused of trying to undermine EU air pollution targetsExclusive: Leaked papers reveal that Tory MEPs were told to support a ‘get-out clause’ in proposed new Europe-wide laws
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For companies who bottle pure mountain air, like one in Canada, plummeting air quality is a business opportunity. For the rest of us, it’s a killer'Smog is our best advertising': pollution has an upside for some
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Life in San Joaquin valley, the place with the worst air pollution in AmericaAir quality in sun-baked California area has been identified as the worst in the US. Residents are concerned, but low wages mean long hours in the thick of it
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Sadiq Khan to more than double size of London's clean air zoneNew mayor of London calls air pollution ‘our biggest environmental challenge’ and plans to bring the increased ultra low emission zone into force early
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UK water companies receive record sewage leak finesFirms face tougher penalties aimed at reducing the number of pollution offences
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Air pollution health timebomb poses a major threat to developmentA World Health Organisation report shows little escape from poisoned air in poorer countries, resulting in 3 million premature deaths worldwide a year
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WHO: air pollution causes 7m premature deaths a year – videoAir pollution has grown 8% globally in the past five years, with billions of people now exposed to dangerous air, according to new data
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Air pollution: how does it affect you?With new WHO data shedding light on the severity of the problem, we want to hear from readers across the globe on their experiences of air pollution
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