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"Supercharged dust storms are exposing millions to deadly air pollution"
#Pollution #AirPollution

Supercharged dust storms are exposing millions to deadly air pollution
More people are getting sick due to sand and dust storms that are now more intense and frequent, contributor Sean Mowbray reported for Mongabay. The intensifying storms have exposed many millions more people to dangerous levels of particulate pollution across the world. In some regions, it has also triggered outbreaks of respiratory and infectious diseases. […]

📢 Piloten stimmen für Streik bei der Lufthansa
Bei der Lufthansa droht ein umfassender Streik der Piloten. Bei einer Urabstimmung votierte eine sehr deutliche Mehrheit für einen Arbeitskampf bei der Lufthansa-Kerngesellschaft und der Frachttochter Lufthansa Cargo, wie die Gewerkschaft Vereinigung Cockpit mitteilte.
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Piloten bei der Lufthansa stimmen für Streik
Bei der Lufthansa droht ein umfassender Streik der Piloten. Bei einer Urabstimmung votierte eine sehr deutliche Mehrheit für einen Arbeitskampf bei der Lufthansa-Kerngesellschaft und der Frachttochter Lufthansa Cargo.

Wetlands efficiently remove nitrogen pollution from surface water, leading to cost savings for municipalities https://phys.org/news/2025-10-wetlands-efficiently-nitrogen-pollution-surface.html

Wetlands efficiently remove nitrogen pollution from surface water, leading to cost savings for municipalities
Wetlands are an important part of the ecological system, providing a myriad of benefits for people, wildlife, and the environment. They also serve as "nature's kidneys," filtering out pollutants from surface water. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finds that wetlands along the Mississippi River Basin effectively clean up nitrogen runoff from agricultural fields. The researchers also show this can lead to significant savings for local drinking water treatment faciliti…

For decades, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable.

Real Pollution Levels: Air monitors at coke manufacturers, chemical plants and other industrial facilities showed far higher emissions than the estimates, records viewed by ProPublica show.

Trump Halts New Rules: The Trump administration has halted rules requiring more than 130 industrial plants to install air monitors and comply with new e…

The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real Emissions Are Far Worse.
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.

Graham Platner's national finance director has resigned (Christopher Burns/Bangor Daily News)
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/10/31/politics/elections/maine-graham-platner-national-finance-director-resigns-ronald-holmes-iii/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p58#a251031p58

"Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned"
#Plastic #Plastics #Pollution

Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned
Cigarette filters are one of the biggest sources of plastic pollution and they serve no purpose.

It would be so cool to live on the sea

😮‍💨 Community air monitors give Detroiters new power against pollution
#detroit

Community air monitors give Detroiters new power against pollution
By Brian Bienkowski Detroit suffers from some of the worst air quality in the nation. But last year the startup JustAir partnered with Wayne County to put up 100 air monitors, shining a light on the worst sources of pollution and empowering residents and local officials.

A report tied Iowa’s water pollution to agriculture. Then the money to promote it mysteriously disappeared https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/iowa-agriculture-water-pollution

Supercharged dust storms are exposing millions to deadly air pollution https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/supercharged-dust-storms-are-exposing-millions-to-deadly-air-pollution/

Supercharged dust storms are exposing millions to deadly air pollution
More people are getting sick due to sand and dust storms that are now more intense and frequent, contributor Sean Mowbray reported for Mongabay. The intensifying storms have exposed many millions more people to dangerous levels of particulate pollution across the world. In some regions, it has also triggered outbreaks of respiratory and infectious diseases. […]