Alabama, Florida and Mississippi are receiving more than $103 million in BP oil spill settlement money for new and continued coastal projects.  “These projects, combined with existing investments, continue to advance our goal of protecting and restoring species and habitats impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill,” Jeff Trandahl, executive director and CEO of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, said Thursday.

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BP oil spill fund: $103M to projects in 3 Gulf states

The CAQM had constituted a five-member "Enforcement Task Force" (ETF) on Thursday to monitor and supervise the implementation of its directions through inspection teams or flying squads.

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Delhi-NCR Air quality panel forms 40 flying squads to monitor compliance

Construction activities have been halted at the moment in the national capital as per instruction of authorities

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DMRC plans to install more anti-smog guns to curb pollution at its sites

Under the plan, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation will repair unpaved roads in areas such as the Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, a freight hub, and buy more mechanical sweepers

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Delhi pollution: North MCD draws ₹515 crore plan to curb road dust

There was a marginal drop in the pollution levels in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad on Sunday due to wind speeds, enough to bring back the air quality index (AQI) of the three cities back to the ‘poor’ from the ‘very poor’ category, according to weather experts

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Antalya, a Mediterranean gem of Turkey, will host a three-day international environmental summit starting on Tuesday. The province will be the venue for...

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Med pollution under spotlight as Turkey hosts international summit

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A swathe of pollutants and indicators of poverty have been linked to changes in the ratio of baby boys to girls born to millions of parents.

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Are pollution and poverty alerting the sex ratio of our babies?

"High quality nozzles with droplet sizes of 10 to 50 micrometers are used for greater impact. With the gradual expansion of construction work, more such ASGs shall be introduced at the sites in the days ahead," the DMRC said.

Delhi Metro tackles air pollution with 14 anti-smog guns

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