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Air pollution linked to higher suicide risk, international research suggests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/air-pollution-linked-to-higher-suicide-risk-research-suggests

"Water pollution has long been a threat to the Great Barrier Reef – plans to fix it aren’t up to the task"
#GreatBarrierReef #Environment #Oceans

Water pollution has long been a threat to the Great Barrier Reef – plans to fix it aren’t up to the task
There’s one big threat facing the Great Barrier Reef which Australian authorities can solve. But will they?

Aktivistien piilottamaan kameraan tallentui, kuinka sikatilan työntekijä lyö ja potkii sikoja #eläinoikeudet

Aktivistien piilottamaan kameraan tallentui, kuinka sikatilan työntekijä lyö ja potkii sikoja
Eläinoikeusjärjestön kuvaamat videot näyttävät sikaloita sisältä.

A look at AI's potential impact on insurance-coverage decisions like prior authorization as the Trump admin starts to pilot using AI to evaluate Medicare claims (Joshua Cohen/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/will-ai-fix-prior-authoriza…

Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse?
The government is piloting a program that uses AI for insurance-coverage decisions.

Trump threatened Canada with additional tariffs over wildfire smoke:
“This is Willful Negligence, and becoming a yearly occurrence,
costing the United States Billions of Dollars, which cost of this pollution must of necessity be added to the TARIFFS Canada is currently paying.”
Trump’s rhetoric was presaged by Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) introducing a bill to sanction Canadian officials found “responsible” for the fires,
revoke their visas and express a sense of Cong…

GOP Senator Calls For Stripping Visas From Canadian Officials Because Of Wildfires
“We will not tolerate this incompetence,” vowed Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, who may not understand how climate change works.

POL-GF: Radfahrer bei Sturz schwer verletzt Sassenburg (ots) - Heute Vormittag gegen 09:20 Uhr wurde die Polizei Gifhorn zu einem Verkehrsunfall auf der Kreisstraße 31 zwischen Neudorf-Platendorf und Schönewörde gerufen. Den bisherigen Ermittlungen zufolge fuhr ein 86-Jähriger mit seinem ... https://www.presseportal.de/b…

Pollutionwatch: How harmful ozone builds up near ground in heatwaves https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/10/pollutionwatch-ozone-air-pollution-heatwaves-europe

Two-thirds of the world’s population will soon have to contend with too little water or poor quality water https://www.earth.com/environment/water-pollution-could-leave-billions-without-enough-clean-water/

Two-thirds of the world’s population will soon have to contend with too little water or poor quality water
Water quality may worsen water scarcity, leaving billions without enough suitable water for homes, farms, factories and power.

Indonesia’s wildfire season surges as haze spreads into Malaysia https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/indonesias-wildfire-season-surges-as-haze-spreads-into-malaysia/

Indonesia’s wildfire season surges as haze spreads into Malaysia
JAKARTA — Haze from fires in Indonesian Borneo has drifted across the border into the Malaysian portion of the island, pushing air pollution there to “very unhealthy levels” and causing school closures. On Aug. 12, Sarawak’s Tebedu district, near the Indonesia-Malaysia border, recorded an air pollution index (API) exceeding 200, considered “very unhealthy,” prompting the […]

Hidden microplastic pollution in Swiss waters uncovered #switzerland

Hidden microplastic pollution in Swiss waters uncovered
Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters that originate either from manufactured products or from the breakdown of larger plastic items. They can now be found everywhere, from oceans and rivers to soils and indoor air. Because most plastics degrade very slowly, these particles can remain in the environment for decades or centuries.