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24.05.2022 / 08:07

Higher air pollution linked to more severe cases of COVID-19, study suggests

People living in areas with higher levels of air pollution are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 illness that leads to hospitalization and even death, a new study suggests.

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Montreal air quality ranks worst in the world as officials urge people to stay indoors

Quebec on Sunday as more than 110 wildfires raging in the northern parts of the province set more communities on high alert for new evacuation orders.Environment Canada issued smog warnings for wide swaths of the north, south and west of the province, including Montreal, Quebec, Laval, Longueuil and Trois-Rivières.In Montreal and Ottawa, the air quality health index was listed at 10 or more, a level described as “very high risk.”Environment Canada said the poor air quality due to the forest fires will likely continue until Monday morning, adding the risk is highest for people with lung or heart disease, elderly people, children, pregnant women and those who work outdoors.“Stop any outdoor activities and contact your health care provider if you or someone in your care experience shortness of breath, wheezing (including asthma attacks), severe coughing, dizziness or chest pain,” it wrote.

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Canada owes $200M across 3 provinces after underestimating carbon tax revenue

carbon tax during the first year of the program.Finance Canada thought the new price on pollution would bring in about $2.3 billion in 2019. When the final tallies were counted however, the program raised $2.42 billion.By law, all revenued from the carbon price are to be returned to the province in which they were raised, with 10 per cent going into funds to help smaller businesses, schools, hospitals and municipal governments cut their own emissions and 90 per cent going to families through income tax rebates.The government didn’t meet that threshold in Ontario, Manitoba or New Brunswick.

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Plastic waste from personal protective equipment — the other coronavirus ‘plague’

landed in Toronto, delivering 130 tonnes of medical supplies from China, including personal protective equipment (PPE).The Antonov AN-225 has circled the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing shipments of equipment to countries crying out for supplies to tackle the novel coronavirus.PPE is vital to health-care workers as they treat the millions of cases worldwide. Face masks, however, are now commonly used among the general public.It’s recommended that Canadians wear non-medical face coverings in their everyday lives where physical distancing isn’t possible.

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Green energy surpasses coal as top power source during coronavirus lockdowns

As coronavirus lockdowns continue, Earth has had some breathing room to recover.

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Mutant enzyme could break down plastic bottles for recycling in hours, scientists say

Scientists say they’ve “engineered” a mutant bacterial enzyme that can easily break down plastic bottles for recycling in a matter of hours.

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Los Angeles air quality the best it’s been in decades, thanks to coronavirus

The environment continues to benefit from everyone staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Could the COVID-19 pandemic be an environmental inflection point?

Our cars are sitting in our driveways as many of us work from home, huge airlines are mothballing their fleets, and businesses around the world have closed their doors due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Air pollution plummeted in China due to coronavirus. It’s starting to go up again

When China enforced strict lockdowns and factory closures to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus earlier this year, the rate of air pollution over the country went down significantly, satellite imagery shows.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0