Global Scans · Pollution · Weekly Summary

• [New] The storm tank installation at Latchingdon will boost resilience to extreme weather caused by climate change, as well as protecting the environment from flooding and pollution. Maldon and Burnham Standard
• [New] To mobilise support, the EU is actively involved in the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution, which includes 65 countries committed to aim high in the negotiations to end plastic pollution by 2040. Environment
• [New] A failure to protect domestic production would leave the UK reliant on more expensive and greater-polluting imports, and threaten thousands of jobs, particularly in small communities. Kent Online
• [New] For every ton of carbon pollution reduced at home because of the Inflation Reduction Act, we will slash up to 2.9 tons of carbon pollution outside of the U.S. The White House
• [New] The proteins extracted by the NTU researchers were found to be rich in antioxidants, which could not only protect human skin from pollutants but could also extend the shelf life of cosmetics like body lotions and moisturisers. ScienceDaily
• [New] Science has provided stark evidence that the world is faced with the triple planetary crisis of nature loss, climate change and pollution, which presents both a risk and an opportunity to sports. News Powered by Cision
• [New] Projects will reduce climate and air pollution while mobilizing private capital and bringing clean technology to communities across America. The White House
• [New] UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has informed a UN environment meeting that it plans to establish zero plastic waste cities along the Indus River to combat the pervasive issue of plastic pollution. DAWN.COM
• [New] Billed as the 'largest-ever investment' in decarbonizing industry, the projects, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, will eliminate 14 million metric tons of pollution each year. Yahoo News
• [New] Based on what we hear, there's no reason to doubt that the climate rules for cars and light-duty trucks are going to cut well over 90% of the carbon pollution from new cars, SUVs and pickup trucks over the next few decades. The Washington Post
• [New] Plastics polluting the world's oceans threaten water quality, marine environments and even food systems. ArabNews
• The proteins extracted by the NTU researchers were found to be rich in antioxidants, which could not only protect human skin from pollutants but could also extend the shelf life of cosmetics like body lotions and moisturizers. phys.org
• The carbon pricing applied to big industrial polluters will cut between 53 million and 90 million tonnes by 2030, while the pricing on consumers will cut between 19 million and 22 million tonnes. CBC
• In Greenland, chemical pollution and radioactive liquid are frozen in ice sheets, left over from a nuclear power plant on a US military research base where scientists studied the potential to install nuclear missiles. Wired
• More than 90% of the world's marine food supplies are at risk from environmental changes such as rising temperatures and pollution, essential to over 3.2 billion people. PubMed Central (PMC)
• As long as global emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases fail to decline and the world continues to tackle aerosol pollution, the world will likely warm faster than experienced in the past. Carbon Brief
• White men in the US see threats from climate change to automobile accidents to air pollution as less risky than white women and women of colour. The Equation
• Biodiversity is under many anthropogenic threats globally, including habitat degradation, habitat loss, biological invasions, overexploitation, pollution, and climate change 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Nature
• The overall combination of reductions in particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants are expected to deliver $13 billion in annual health benefits. The Equation
• The recent UNEP, International Energy Agency, and Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants joint report on the imperative of cutting methane from fossil fuels states that 70% of methane emissions from fossil fuel operations could be reduced with existing technology. IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin
• The global crackdown on methane emissions will get a boost from a watchdog satellite built to track and publicly reveal the biggest methane polluters in the oil and gas industry. The Washington Post
• As noise is the second cause of premature deaths after air pollution, the Commission set a specific target of reducing the number of people chronically disturbed by transport noise by 30% by 2030 (compared to 2017). Representation in Malta
• The EPA rule applies to cars with the model years 2027 to 2032, and will require manufacturers to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases, as well as other air pollution such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter from new passenger cars, light trucks and utes. ABC News

Last updated: 22 April 2024