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  1. 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

  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. 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/

  7. 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

  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. #EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on #datacenter plans

    By MATTHEW DALY
    Updated 1:37 PM EDT, September 3, 2026

    WASHINGTON (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."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/epa-data-ce

    #USPol #EPAFail #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #EnergyWaste #CorporateGreed #CorporateColonialism #DatacenterMoratoriums #Datacentres #Hyperscale #PhysicalMedia #NoPublicComment #SneakyTechGiants #AI

  13. #EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on #datacenter plans

    By MATTHEW DALY
    Updated 1:37 PM EDT, September 3, 2026

    WASHINGTON (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."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/epa-data-ce

    #USPol #EPAFail #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #EnergyWaste #CorporateGreed #CorporateColonialism #DatacenterMoratoriums #Datacentres #Hyperscale #PhysicalMedia #NoPublicComment #SneakyTechGiants #AI

  14. #EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on #datacenter plans

    By MATTHEW DALY
    Updated 1:37 PM EDT, September 3, 2026

    WASHINGTON (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."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/epa-data-ce

    #USPol #EPAFail #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #EnergyWaste #CorporateGreed #CorporateColonialism #DatacenterMoratoriums #Datacentres #Hyperscale #PhysicalMedia #NoPublicComment #SneakyTechGiants #AI

  15. #EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on #datacenter plans

    By MATTHEW DALY
    Updated 1:37 PM EDT, September 3, 2026

    WASHINGTON (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."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/epa-data-ce

    #USPol #EPAFail #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #EnergyWaste #CorporateGreed #CorporateColonialism #DatacenterMoratoriums #Datacentres #Hyperscale #PhysicalMedia #NoPublicComment #SneakyTechGiants #AI

  16. #EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on #datacenter plans

    By MATTHEW DALY
    Updated 1:37 PM EDT, September 3, 2026

    WASHINGTON (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."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/epa-data-ce

    #USPol #EPAFail #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #EnergyWaste #CorporateGreed #CorporateColonialism #DatacenterMoratoriums #Datacentres #Hyperscale #PhysicalMedia #NoPublicComment #SneakyTechGiants #AI

  17. 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
  18. 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 ...

  19. 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

    theguardian.com/environment/20

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

  20. Introducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact | Sadiq Khan
    By Sadiq Khan

    Critics said I was attacking motorists. It’s more important for me that the city’s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollution

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Airpollution #Pollution #Environment #Health #Society #UKnews #Transport #London #TheGuardian #SadiqKhan