#airpollution — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #airpollution, aggregated by home.social.
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Volcanic eruption halts flights at Jakarta and seven other Indonesian airports https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/06/volcanic-ash-cloud-halts-flights-at-indonesias-main-international-airport #AirTransport #Indonesia #Singapore #AirPollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #WorldNews
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Volcanic eruption halts flights at Jakarta and seven other Indonesian airports https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/06/volcanic-ash-cloud-halts-flights-at-indonesias-main-international-airport #AirTransport #Indonesia #Singapore #AirPollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #WorldNews
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Volcanic eruption halts flights at Jakarta and seven other Indonesian airports https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/06/volcanic-ash-cloud-halts-flights-at-indonesias-main-international-airport #AirTransport #Indonesia #Singapore #AirPollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #WorldNews
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Volcanic eruption halts flights at Jakarta and seven other Indonesian airports https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/06/volcanic-ash-cloud-halts-flights-at-indonesias-main-international-airport #AirTransport #Indonesia #Singapore #AirPollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #WorldNews
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Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as firefighters battling to contain blazes that have scorched large swathes of Borneo and Sumatra. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/06/climate-change/indonesian-fires-haze-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #wildfires #climatechange #airpollution #smog #environment #indonesia #southeastasia
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Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as firefighters battling to contain blazes that have scorched large swathes of Borneo and Sumatra. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/06/climate-change/indonesian-fires-haze-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #wildfires #climatechange #airpollution #smog #environment #indonesia #southeastasia
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Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as firefighters battling to contain blazes that have scorched large swathes of Borneo and Sumatra. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/06/climate-change/indonesian-fires-haze-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #wildfires #climatechange #airpollution #smog #environment #indonesia #southeastasia
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Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as firefighters battling to contain blazes that have scorched large swathes of Borneo and Sumatra. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/06/climate-change/indonesian-fires-haze-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #wildfires #climatechange #airpollution #smog #environment #indonesia #southeastasia
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Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as firefighters battling to contain blazes that have scorched large swathes of Borneo and Sumatra. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/06/climate-change/indonesian-fires-haze-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #wildfires #climatechange #airpollution #smog #environment #indonesia #southeastasia
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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https://www.europesays.com/africa/412424/ Nigeria fishing communities demand cleanup after crude-loading spill fouls Nembe Creek #AirPollution #BadFossilFuelIndustryNews #BadNews #Business #ChangeTheWayYouGetInvolvedOnClimateIssues #ExploreCriticalClimateIssues #Home #Nigeria #Outdoors #YahooNews
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/411745/ Egypt launches early-warning drive against ‘Black Cloud’ air pollution #AirPollution #BlackCloud #Egypt
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https://www.europesays.com/people/215918/ Elon Musk says SpaceX’s secret foundry can tackle AI’s power bottleneck by producing turbine parts #AI #AirPollution"slightly #ElonMusk #Google #Musk #SpaceX #TheInternationalEnergyAgency
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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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#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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#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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#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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#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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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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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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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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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Shein faces Paris store closure as host’s new management calls partnership a ‘strategic mistake’
One of fast fashion‘s biggest names is facing a setback in one of the world’s style capitals, as…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Paris #airpollution #Badfastfashionindustrynews #BadNews #Breakupwithfastfashion #Business #Changethewayyougetnewclothes #fashion #Fastfashion #home #tiktok #YahooFinance
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/18/ulez-hardest-decision-mayor-london-impact-sadiq-khan. Why the Hell should it have been "hard" for #SadiqKhan to do the right thing on #airpollution & for #publichealth, particularly when it came to the #health of #children, the #elderly & the #disabled? Why should the #selfish #interests of #motorists & #motor #manufacturers take priority over them? Why are #politicians, of #Left & #Right, so wilfully myopic?
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Preparing for the 41st Bridger Ridge Run
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. …
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/23/alarm-hospital-lung-admissions-children-england-poorest. "Children living in the poorest areas across #England are 40% more likely to be admitted to #hospital for #respiratory #infections, an #analysis of #NHSEngland #data shows, with experts raising the alarm on the #impact of #airpollution on young people’s #health."
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Wildfire Smoke Spreads Across the Northeast as Temperatures Spike
New York City on Wednesday night smelled of smoke and the sky turned a faint orange as air…
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Wildfire Smoke Spreads Across the Northeast as Temperatures Spike
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Vertical gardens are a practical – and beautiful – way to cool down cities https://www.allforgardening.com/1789688/vertical-gardens-are-a-practical-and-beautiful-way-to-cool-down-cities-2/ #AirPollution #botany #garden #gardening #GardeningIreland #gardens #GreenArchitecture #LiveableCities #plants
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Trump Eases Restrictions on Climate ‘Super Pollutants’
President Trump announced on …
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#ElonMusk’s #xAI is being sued for using #polluting #generators at its #datacentre near Memphis. Despite the lawsuit, xAI plans to buy $2.8 billion more #turbines, including $2 billion worth of mobile #gasturbines, which are currently under scrutiny for violating #airpollution regulations. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/musks-xai-is-being-sued-over-its-data-center-generators-now-its-buying-2-8b-more/?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI
