Pollution
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New official guidance also backs planting trees, supporting cycling and encouraging take-up of electric vehicles to tackle crisis that causes 40,000 early deaths a year
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Weatherwatch White and silver cars are cooler than dark ones and need less air conditioning, so fuel is saved and air pollution reduced
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Editorial: Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021. We cannot afford this addiction
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Invisible plastic Invisible plastic: microfibers are just the beginning of what we don’t see
Mary Catherine O'ConnorThe tiny pollutants in our clothes are forcing us to look harder for, and think more carefully about, the ways humans have shaped the environment -
A million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute, and it’s becoming a real problem for waste build up in our oceans
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The city is not just restricting sales but working to ensure people have access to safe high-quality tap water
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In the global rush for bottled water, China leads the way. But while cities lack official recycling schemes, some residents are turning the tide of plastic waste into cash and keeping it out of landfil in the process
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Exclusive: Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021, far outstripping recycling efforts and jeopardising oceans, coastlines and other environments
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UK will not be bound by EU deal and opposition MPs say Tory government unlikely to have political will to develop equivalent system
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A Greenpeace research expedition into plastic waste finds devastating pollution on Scottish beaches and seabird colonies
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Our fear of sharks is tinged with subconscious guilt
Philip HoareA blue shark sparked panic at a Spanish beach but our irreconcilable attitudes to the sea ought to worry us more
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Mayor of London wants urgent meeting with new environment secretary to press for action on toxic air quality
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Six new vehicles including Land Rover and Suzuki are adding to air pollution crisis, despite stricter rules coming in months
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Weatherwatch Study of Gobi sand blowing over east China finds air stagnates and human-made pollution rises when dusty winds die down
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Rising temperatures and southerly winds expected to bring toxic air to large parts of England and Wales on Wednesday
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Sadiq Khan wants to cut 3m car journeys a day and encourage cycling and walking in effort to reduce congestion and air pollution
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Teenager and woman drown in separate incidents as sweltering heat forces Royal Ascot to consider relaxing dress code
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Supermarket handed record fine for single incident of pollution after 23,500 litres of fuel escaped in Haslingden
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Weatherwatch Green roofs and walls insulate buildings and soak up rain. And like trees and hedges, they absorb pollutants. What’s not to like?
Murder most foul: polluted Indian river reported dead despite 'living entity' status