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  1. Today is #CleanAirDay!

    #Outdoor #AirPollution is a #risk factor for human #health, with 4.32-4.92 million attributable deaths in 2021/23 (#WHO, HEI/IHME_UW, #GBDstudy).

    #UN target #SDG 3.9 says: “By 2030, substantially #reduce the #number of #deaths … from … air … pollution”. However, this number #increased from 4.22 million in 2015 to 4.32 million in 2021, according to WHO. The world is #backsliding on the target.

    #GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #SDG3 #2030Agenda #ambient #air #pollution

  2. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  3. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  4. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  5. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  6. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  7. How haze from Indonesian fires impacts Southeast Asia

    Jakarta – Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as the vast archipelago has spent weeks battling to…
    #EuropeSays #Japan #JP #AirPollution #climatechange #ENVIRONMENT #Indonesia #Nihon #smog #SoutheastAsia #wildfires
    europesays.com/japan/86903/

  8. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  9. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  10. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  11. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  12. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  13. 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
    www.lgcplus.com/services/env...

    Isaac Beevor: Oxfordshire now ...

  14. 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/
  15. 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/
  16. 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

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #environment #pollution #household

  17. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/25/new-york-times-e-p-a-moves-to-curb-public-input-on-data-centers/
  18. 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

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

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