#airpollution — Public Fediverse posts

U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/u-s-govt-moves-to-suppress-pushback-on-data-centers-by-removing-requirements-for-public-input-on-pollution-epa-change-would-allow-air-pollution-permits-without-publicizing-them

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49446748

#HackerNews #USGovernment #DataCenters #PublicInput #AirPollution #TechNews

Report finds rock art damage more extensive than thought
By Alistair Bates and Kimberley Putland

The 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

#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

New York Times: E.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Data Centers. “The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate a federal requirement that states publicize and solicit public input on applications for air pollution permits for a range of industrial facilities, including new data centers and the power plants needed to run them.”

Ulez has been a breath of fresh air for London | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone in London is celebrated by Lorna Henderson, George Coleby and Leonard Neamtu after a study showed its health benefits for children

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/25/ulez-has-been-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-london

#Airpollution #London #Transport #Climatecrisis #Children #UKnews #Environment #Childrenshealth #SadiqKhan #Politics #Health #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Gordon Ramsay’s DC burger joint fills neighbors’ condos with wildfire-level air pollution for 8-9 hours a day https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/15581/ #AirPollution #BurgerJoint #BurgerJoints #DaveRamsey #DouglasDevelopment #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #FineParticulateMatter #GordonRamsay #ResidentialUnits #Restaurant #SteveLeinwand

What happens to people’s health when air pollution is reduced? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/21/what-happens-peoples-health-when-air-pollution-reduced

#environment #AirQuality #Airpollution #pollution #health #PublicHealth

Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn
By Tom Perkins

Trump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/datacenters-air-pollution-epa

#Trumpadministration #DatacentersUS #USnews #USpolitics #Airpollution #Environment #TheGuardian #TomPerkins

Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/datacenters-air-pollution-epa #TrumpAdministration #DatacentersUs #UsNews #UsPolitics #AirPollution #Environment

"What happens to people’s health when air pollution is reduced?"

#Pollution #AirPollution

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/21/what-happens-peoples-health-when-air-pollution-reduced

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says authorities will revoke the permits of companies found to be responsible for forest fires that have left a Malaysian city with the world's worst air pollution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/25/asia-pacific/prabowo-indonesia-fires-world-worst-air/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #prabowosubianto #airpollution #smog #indonesia #climatechange #wildfires #southeastasia

London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?

Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260823-londons-low-emission-zone-is-working-so-why-are-cities-around-the-world-so-cautious-about-clean-air?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#LowEmissionZones #London #Environment #Pollution #UK #AirPollution #Health #Sofia #Bulgaria #Barcelona #Spain #ULEZ #Cities

Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide
By Ajit Niranjan with graphics by Lucy Swan, Harvey Symons and Paul Scruton

An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/23/french-fires-150-years-in-the-making-visual-guide

#Wildfires #France #Extremeheat #Extremeweather #Airpollution #Pollution #Europe #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AjitNiranjanwithgraphicsbyLucySwan #HarveySymons #PaulScruton

Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/23/french-fires-150-years-in-the-making-visual-guide #Wildfires #France #ExtremeHeat #ExtremeWeather #AirPollution #Pollution #Europe #Environment #WorldNews

London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?
By Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/23/london-low-emission-zone-working-other-cities-cautious-clean-air

#Lowemissionzones #Airpollution #London #Health #Pollution #Roadtransport #Environment #UKnews #Worldnews #Society #TheGuardian #FionaHarveyEnvironmenteditor

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 #LowEmissionZones #AirPollution #London #Health #Pollution #RoadTransport #Environment #UkNews #WorldNews #Society

@luckytran Gary, Indiana (apart from featuring in the famous song), also features in Matthew A. Crenson's book, "The Un-Politics of Air Pollution: A Study of Non-Decisionmaking in the Cities". The reason Gary had no #Regulation of #airpollution for a very long time was because no one in the place wanted to upset #US #Steel, which was crucial to the local #economy. The book is a illustration of Bachrach & Baratz's 2nd Face of (political) Power.

Cleaner city air linked to better cognitive development in children https://www.earth.com/environment/cleaner-city-air-linked-to-better-cognitive-development-in-children/

#city #cities #environment #AirQuality #AirPollution #health #cognition #children

Delhi's electric tuktuk boom gets a hacking shock
By Angus Mackintosh, Rachel Clayton, and Som Patidar

Rickshaw drivers are pushing back on plans to ban all new non-electric versions of the vehicle from next January.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/delhi-electric-rickshaws-ev-policy-india/107055812

#ElectricVehicles #AirPollution #SharedTransport #HumanInterest #AngusMackintosh #RachelClayton #SomPatidar

#Airpollution and brain damage: what the science says | @Nature.com
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00053-y

#Epidemiologicalstudies have linked dirty air to #dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause.
By Liam Drew

Research around the world has linked polluted air to increased risks of dementia, depression, anxiety and psychosis. Credit: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Huh, forest fires everywhere.

#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #forestfire #forestfires #wildfire #wildfires #forest #forest #fire #fires #environment #environmental #enviroment #enviromental #indonesia #kalimantan #borneo #indonesian #indonesians #sad #imsad #iamsad #savenature #saveearth #pollution #airpollution #ecology #ecosystem #elnino #elniño #drought #climate #southeastasia #asia #everywhere

What happens to people’s health when air pollution is reduced?
By Gary Fuller

Growing evidence that cutting coal use and bans on high-polluting vehicles are leading directly to health benefits

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/21/what-happens-peoples-health-when-air-pollution-reduced

#Airpollution #Environment #Health #Lowemissionzones #Healthpolicy #Society #Cities #Greece #UKnews #Worldnews #Europe #Coal #TheGuardian #GaryFuller

Study finds London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone, introduced in 2019, has already had beneficial effacts on children’s lung development

#ulez #london #airpollution

https://theconversation.com/ulez-linked-with-better-lung-growth-in-children-research-finds-289997

19-Aug-2026
Choice of tree species affects urban #airQuality

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1140356

#science #environment #cities #airPollution #trees