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New restrictions on drivers come into force in central London today, so how do these compare with the rest of the word?

Fine particles in the air have been linked to cancer, strokes, asthma, heart disease and possibly dementia.

As Sadiq Khan launches ultra-low emissions zone in London, Rosamund Kissi-Debrah says it is still not enough

The mother of a schoolgirl who died of an asthma attack linked to air pollution has warned time is running out to save other children from a similar plight and called on politicians to do more to tackle the crisis.

On the day mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launched the city’s new ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) to improve deadly air pollution, Rosamund Kissi-Debrah urged others to follow his example and called on him to go even further, faster.

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Plastic bags only 1% of plastic in freshwater after sustained efforts to reduce their use

Plastic bottles, the detritus of our throwaway water and soft drinks habits, are the most prevalent form of plastic pollution in European waterways, according to a new report.

Food wrappers, including crisp and sweet packets, were the second biggest form of plastic pollution in rivers, followed by cigarette butts. All of these forms of litter can cause problems for wildlife and fish, and are hard to clean up once they have found their way into the water.

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Goulburn Valley fruit grower cuts grid power consumption by one-third, and annual electricity costs by $62,000 a year, after installing 200kW of solar.

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Tesla issues quarterly production and delivery report, citing Europe and China expansion as reason for drops in production and deliveries.

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Decreasing costs in battery and R&D combined with reduced fuel costs could see EVs priced much lower than that of petrol cars by 2030, says the ICCT.

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Despite the reputation of the dingo as being a "stock killer" there's an ongoing debate about the role they play in Australia's ecosystems.

British Heart Foundation says Ulez will help reduce 36,000 annual UK pollution deaths

The ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) across London will help reduce the 36,000 deaths caused in the UK every year by outdoor pollution, the British Heart Foundation said as it welcomed the new vehicle charging zone that will launch on Monday.

According to the leading heart charity, a significant proportion of air pollution-related deaths are in the capital, where pollution levels are often at their highest.

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Huon pines in Tasmania have locked up significant amounts of mercury pollution from the state's mining industrial history. And that can be released back to the atmosphere in bushfires. Larissa Schneider, DECRA fellow, Australian National University Kathryn Allen, Academic, Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne Simon Haberle, Professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

With demand set to rise across the world, Australia is set to become a global primary producer of hydrogen

In March, the Queensland University of Technology made history when it achieved the first export of a small quantity of clean, green hydrogen produced in Australia from renewable energy, to Japanese energy giant JXTG – proving that it was in fact possible.

Hydrogen is increasingly being seen as an alternative to LNG and other fossil fuels and Australia has a lot togain from a new export industry, with companies such as Woodside Energy and Siemens already investing.

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An exhibition in Hertfordshire displays items for the first time since the mid-19th Century.

New report ranks deadliest cities for feathered travelers, who often collide with glass-covered or illuminated buildings

Scientists estimate that at least 100 million and maybe as many as a billion birds die each year in the US when they collide with buildings, especially glass-covered or illuminated skyscrapers. And, in a new report, conservationists now have a better idea which American cities are the deadliest for those on the wing.

Chicago, with its many glass superstructures that spike into what is the busiest US avian airspace during migration, is the most dangerous city for those feathered travelers. More than 5 million birds from at least 250 different species fly through the Windy City’s downtown every fall and spring.

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Secmol is an Indian school pioneering practical green education in one of the harshest environments.

Blue sky thinking is a feature of much discussion around the future of our cities — but will it really help us create the sustainable cities of the next century?

British photographer Stephen Gill would often gaze out of a window of his home in Skåne, Sweden, to find a vast yet empty sky. A bird enthusiast from a young age – his first teenage photographic project focused on bird tables – he determined to capture Skåne’s native species and placed a pillar at the end of a field and a camera with a motion sensor opposite. The experiment worked: dozens of birds unwittingly posed for the camera. “Viewing what had taken place often left me stunned,” Gill says. Once, “a white-tailed eagle somehow managed to perch on the 6cm diameter stage”. His study, now a book called The Pillar (out 20 April, Nobody Books, with words by Karl Ove Knausgård), continued for four years: “I simply could not stop as infinite variations kept presenting.”

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The energy used in producing food which is wasted in the US is enough to power countries such as Sweden or Switzerland.

California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee (IEMAC) should focus its attention on the WCI programme's allowance oversupply and provide concrete remedies if a problem if determined, along with examining the state's current forestry offset protocol, a legislator said Friday.

California regulator ARB is proposing to establish a “firm maximum” price for Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits and an advance crediting mechanism to bolster the programme’s existing cost containment provisions, officials said at a workshop on Friday.