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With carbon capture boom, a wariness in historic Louisiana Black community over more pollution

Nov. 01, 2024 16:32 PM EDT

ELKINSVILLE, La. (AP) — A dispute over a planned ammonia plant near a historic Black town in southeastern Louisiana ratcheted up a notch Friday with a challenge to the state's approval process. The battle over the plant is occurring despite the fact that part of the impetus to...

Toxic smog cloaks India's capital as Diwali firecrackers push air pollution to hazardous levels

Nov. 01, 2024 03:30 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — A thick layer of toxic smog cloaked India’s capital on Friday as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, pushed air pollution to hazardous levels. New Delhi's air quality index plunged into the “severe” category,...

Los Angeles County sues Pepsi and Coca-Cola over plastic bottles

Oct. 31, 2024 19:01 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County is taking on Pepsi and Coke for their role in plastic pollution. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the county alleged PepsiCo and Coca-Cola companies have misled the public about the recyclability of their plastic bottles and downplayed the...

World may be merely scratching the surface on the scope of climate-changing methane emissions

Oct. 31, 2024 17:48 PM EDT

The amount of the powerful climate-changing gas methane spilling out of oil and gas equipment, coal mines and landfills globally is nowhere near fully documented and what is known is “only scratching the surface” according to the CEO of one the companies that tracks methane with its own...

UK apologizes for child's death in case that made air pollution in low-income areas a national issue

Oct. 31, 2024 12:48 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The British government has apologized for the death of a 9-year-old girl who is believed to be the first person in the U.K. to have air pollution listed on her death certificate, after a decade-long battle that highlighted the risks vehicle emissions pose to children in low-income...

Use of smoke-emitting firecrackers renews air pollution debate in India's capital ahead of Diwali

Oct. 31, 2024 01:35 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — As India gears up for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, people are divided over whether they should celebrate by setting off firecrackers, which worsen the country’s chronic air pollution. Diwali, which will be celebrated Thursday, is marked by socializing...

Biden announces $3B to reduce carbon emissions at US ports, 'the linchpin to America’s supply chain'

Oct. 29, 2024 15:50 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to boost climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country, including Baltimore, where a bridge collapse killed six construction workers in March and disrupted East Coast shipping routes for months. ...

AP PHOTOS: River and air pollution in India's capital pose a severe health threat to residents

Oct. 29, 2024 07:41 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — One of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna in New Delhi, is covered with white toxic foam, with vast sections frothing as a result of pollutants discharged from industries around the city. The pollution poses a severe health threat to residents since the river provides more...

Albania stops a ship suspected of harboring massive amounts of toxic waste from docking

Oct. 28, 2024 21:04 PM EDT

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania prevented Monday a ship suspected of transferring a huge amount of hazardous waste from docking at Tirana’s main port, officials said, after a watchdog group alerted authorities. The Turkish-flagged Moliva XA443A ship was kept about a mile away from...

Maine asks hunters to avoid eating deer, turkey in some areas because of PFAS contamination

Oct. 28, 2024 14:33 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's traditional fall hunting seasons are in full swing, but hunters are being asked to avoid eating their game in parts of the state because of the possibility of harmful chemicals in animal meat. Hunters from around the Northeast trek each autumn to...