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Toxic foam covers one of India’s most famous beaches
Speed Read Children have been playing in ‘acrid’ white suds despite medical warnings
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Unsafe air: pollution causing kidney failure and sepsis
In Depth Study finds pollution may be deadlier than previously thought even at low levels
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Cleaning up India: will citizens be compensated for pollution?
In Depth Supreme Court says Indian states may be forced to pay for failing to tackle growing crisis
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‘City of smoke’: how the West is poisoning Indonesia’s food chain
In Depth The Southeast Asian nation is burning mountains of imported plastic waste
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British city bans diesel cars
Speed Read Bristol will become the first UK city to drive polluting vehicles from its streets
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Minister compares Delhi to ‘gas chamber’ as pollution crisis worsens
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Brazil oil spill: who is responsible?
In Depth Leaked documents show government blames Venezuela for mystery spill that has affected more than 1,000 miles of pristine coastline
By Gabriel Power, The Week UK Last updated
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World Car-Free Day 2019: what is it and how is London involved?
In Depth Cities around the world will ban cars on Sunday to raise awareness of air pollution
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London house prices: new pollution hotspot website threatens to push down values
Speed Read Buyers encouraged to ask for major discounts in areas with dirtiest air
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Can the UK reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050?
In Depth Theresa May makes pledge in new government plan to tackle climate change but critics say financial cost will be too great
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Government plastic ban: which products are affected?
Speed Read Michael Gove will ban straws, stirrers and cotton buds in crackdown on pollution
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Vehicle pollution ‘causes 4m child asthma cases a year’
Speed Read Report calls for urgent government action to prevent 11,000 new cases a day
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Toxic air ‘will shorten children's lives by 20 months’
Speed Read Study finds that air pollution contributes to nearly one in every 10 deaths
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Air pollution more deadly than smoking, says report
Speed Read Scientists found dirty air kills 8.8m people worldwide each year
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