#air-pollution — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #air-pollution, aggregated by home.social.
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Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
By Guardian staff and agenciesMore than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa
#Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies
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#EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on #datacenter plans
By MATTHEW DALY
Updated 1:37 PM EDT, September 3, 2026WASHINGTON (AP) — "A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked backlash in communities across the United States and transformed the midterm election landscape.
"The EPA proposal would eliminate a federal requirement that states notify the public and seek comment before issuing #AirPollution permits for data centers and other #IndustrialFacilities. States could still offer opportunities for public comment, but the EPA would no longer mandate them as a condition for states to grant permits.
"Critics say the move could thwart local residents from learning about proposed data centers or making their voices heard before projects are approved and construction begins. The move comes during a widespread backlash as #TechGiants build hundreds of massive #ServerWarehouses to fuel #ArtificialIntelligence and #CloudComputing.
" 'By eliminating the long-standing federal requirement for public notice, this proposal continues efforts by the Trump administration to turn its back on the fundamental EPA principle of transparency,' said Mike Koerber, a former deputy director of EPA’s air quality office.
"If made final, the plan could create 'an unlevel playing field where citizens in one state are kept completely in the dark about new data centers and heavy industrial emissions in their backyards, while neighboring states maintain oversight,' he said.
"Under the EPA plan, states with weak or no requirements for #PublicComment could speed permits for data centers, #PowerPlants and other #PollutionSources without consulting the public or even informing communities where the facilities are located, Koerber and other critics said."
#USPol #EPAFail #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #EnergyWaste #CorporateGreed #CorporateColonialism #DatacenterMoratoriums #Datacentres #Hyperscale #PhysicalMedia #NoPublicComment #SneakyTechGiants #AI
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Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/04/pollutionwatch-ships-air-pollution-emissions-port-study #AirPollution #CruiseShips #pollution #viruses #PublicHealth #environment #ManMadeClimateChange #BigOilKnew #PhaseOutFossilFuels
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There are serious life-shortening consequences of breathing polluted air
by Dr Karine Nohr
A British landmark study of over 3,400 London children aged between 6 and 9 years old measured the impact of air quality improvement following the introduction of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and found that reduced emissions are strongly associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Just published by one of the global leading medical journals, the ‘Lancet Public Health’ , the ‘CHILL’ study is one that all of us, everywhere, need to understand.
The study measured the health of children’s lungs living in areas that would subsequently become low-emission traffic zones and then re-measured annually for 5 years after the introduction of ULEZ.
Prior to the study, children living in these traffic areas had reduced lung size and reduced lung function.
Key findings of the study were that after the introduction of ULEZ, London children not only had reversed stunting of the growth of their lungs, with many of them coming back up to the normal size expected for their lungs, but they also had increased lung capacity. The proportion of London children suffering from clinically impaired lung capacity had dropped significantly.
This is such an important finding for protecting the health of our children.
This study provides strong evidence that traffic-related air pollution is a serious risk factor for lung disease and early death and behoves us all to take the impact of our use of fossil fuels very seriously, driving being the most significant contributant of air pollution.
Despite controversy, Sheffield Councillors introduced a CAZ in 2023, and pollution levels have dropped sharply.
Dr Laura-Jane Smith, a London consultant in Respiratory Medicine, sees patients every day in her clinics who are fighting for their breath. She said that her adult patients who live in the ULEZ area are also reporting that they are breathing better and they are having fewer flare-ups that could see them end up in hospital.
Now there is clear proof of how much harm is done to the lungs by vehicle use. So should we all start asking ourselves, ‘How essential is it for me to make this journey by car?’
The argument that has been used by some car drivers that any driving restrictions are ‘infringements of their rights’ must be weighed against infringement of the right of the rest of us, particularly children, but also adults, the right to breathe clean air, and the serious life-shortening consequences of breathing polluted air.
#AirPollution #CAZ #CHILL #CleanAirZone #climateChange #DrLauraJaneSmith #environment #health #LancetPublicHealth #lungCapacity #RespiratoryMedicine #sustainability #ULEZ #UltraLowEmissionZone -
Less #airpollution previously related to clean air and #climate policies is linked to improved #cognitivescores over time in NYC children
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-026-01328-1
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The #EPA proposal would eliminate a federal requirement that #states notify the #public & seek comment before issuing #AirPollution permits for #DataCenters & other #industrial facilities. States could still offer opportunities for public comment, but the EPA would no longer mandate them as a condition for states to grant permits.
#Trump #law #transparency #regulation #electricity #energy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #tech #AI #Vote
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Via #LLRX The #EPA #data on #cancer risk from #airpollution has gone dark – Grist reporter Sachi Kitajima Mulkey explains how EPA’s data on #cancer #risk from air pollution has gone dark. For decades, communities have relied on the agency’s cancer risk estimates to hold #polluters accountable. And this year, it’s missing. #pollution #publichealth #medicine #data #government #politics #policy #poverty #cities #discrimination #lowincome #trump #GOP #republicans #congress https://www.llrx.com/2026/08/the-epas-data-on-cancer-risk-from-air-pollution-has-gone-dark/
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Schools are starting to go back, there's rain about and air quality may have taken a dip but let's celebrate what #Oxfordshire has achieved so far and make sure it stays on the agenda for future administrations. #CleanAir #AirPollution #ActiveTravel
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Global Energy Monitor: U.S. gas power proposals tied to data centers nearly doubled in the first half of 2026. “The Global Oil and Gas Plant Tracker² now counts 189 gigawatts (GW) of gas-fired capacity in the U.S. across the announced, pre-construction, and construction phases, which is intended to meet the exponential increase in electricity demand brought by the booming data center […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/01/global-energy-monitor-u-s-gas-power-proposals-tied-to-data-centers-nearly-doubled-in-the-first-half-of-2026/ -
London’s Ulez linked to healthier lung growth in children
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London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/23/london-low-emission-zone-working-other-cities-cautious-clean-air
#London #environment #AirQuality #AirPollution #traffic #emissions
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Thriving lichen-loving moth is an exception to the rule | Letter
By Guardian StaffMark R Shaw says airborne pollutants have caused a massive decline in insect numbers, in response to a Country Diary
#Insects #Wildlife #Environment #Pollution #Airpollution #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Floodlight: One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law’. “The largest planned AI data center in New Jersey is being accused of violating federal law after a Floodlight visual investigation found the site running dozens of unpermitted gas-powered generators. Thermal drone footage we captured last week showed the partly completed DataOne facility in Vineland […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/29/floodlight-one-of-east-coasts-largest-data-centers-accused-of-violating-federal-law/ -
These measures should be implemented. While we wait, if you can afford to do so, switch from open flame heating and cooking to electric, preferably heat pumps and induction, and filter your home/office air. A budget item that can be helpful if you're handy with duct tape is a filtered fan, look up Corsi Rosenthal Box. >>
#Airpollution affects us all, but there is a way we can breathe easier | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/air-pollution-health-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels
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27-Aug-2026
Scented #cleaning products create invisible #airPollution
Surface cleaners remove germs and grime, but their fragrances react with indoor ozone to form #nanoparticles at levels rivaling that of city traffic -
One of east coast’s largest datacenters accused of ‘violating federal law’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/new-jersey-vineland-datacenter-permits #DatacentersUs #NewJersey #ClimateCrisis #Pollution #Microsoft #AirPollution #Health #Energy #Energy #GreenhouseGasEmissions #Environment #UsNews
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One of east coast’s largest datacenters accused of ‘violating federal law’
By Evan Simon of FloodlightThermal drone footage shows a Microsoft-backed AI datacenter powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/new-jersey-vineland-datacenter-permits
#DatacentersUS #NewJersey #Climatecrisis #Pollution #Microsoft #Airpollution #Health #Energy #Energy #Greenhousegasemissions #Environment #USnews #TheGuardian #EvanSimonofFloodlight
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Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk
#Health #WildfireSmoke #Wildfires #AirPollution #ClimateChange #Dust #PublicHealth #Environment #HumanHealth #Science #Canada #WildfireSeason
https://the-14.com/vulnerability-to-wildfire-smoke-is-in-our-genes-thanks-to-an-evolutionary-quirk/ -
U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49446748
#HackerNews #USGovernment #DataCenters #PublicInput #AirPollution #TechNews
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Report finds rock art damage more extensive than thought
By Alistair Bates and Kimberley PutlandThe Murujuga Rock Art monitoring program finds pollutants from previous industrial activity have damaged a larger area of ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula than previously thought.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/pilbara-murujuga-rock-monitoring-report/107075210
#EnvironmentalImpacts #IndigenousAustralians #AirPollution #IndigenousCulture #Industry #AlistairBates #KimberleyPutland
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#EPA to drop requirement for public notice of polluting #datacenters
State and local regulators would decide whether the public gets a say on minor-source permits
The #EnvironmentalProtectionNetwork, which is made up of former employees of the EPA itself, says the proposed rule change would eliminate mandatory public notice and comment requirements for so-called minor New Source Review (NSR) industrial #airpollution permits in state plans under the #CleanAirAct (CAA).
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/08/25/epa-to-drop-requirement-for-public-notice-of-polluting-datacenters/5292341 -
via #LLRX The EPA’s data on #cancer risk from #airpollution has gone dark. Grist reporter Sachi Kitajima Mulkey explains how EPA’s data on #cancer #risk from air #pollution has gone dark. For decades, communities have relied on the agency’s cancer risk estimates to hold #polluters accountable. And this year, it’s missing. #government #politics #maga #trump #censorship #healthcare #EPA #datasets #research #education https://www.llrx.com/2026/08/the-epas-data-on-cancer-risk-from-air-pollution-has-gone-dark/ #publichealth #medicine #energy
