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Plus, pushback to new OLT rules and an aging building's green glow-up Nano-sized particles spewed fr

Plus, pushback to new OLT rules and an aging building's green glow-up [The Star] First Up [By Kevin Jiang] By Kevin Jiang Good morning. Here’s the latest on the ultrafine particles in our air, pushback to Ontario Land Tribunal changes and the rise of solar power. DON’T MISS R.J. Johnston/The Star climate crisis [These tiny particles are linked to hundreds of deaths in Toronto]( Nano-sized particles spewed from vehicle exhaust and industries in Canada’s two largest cities are linked to an estimated 1,100 deaths each year — including 600 mortalities in Toronto — according to a new study. “Where you live determines how much of this exposure you have,” a study author tells Moira Welsh. Yet despite the danger, ultrafine air particles have gone unregulated. [Take a look at what can be done](. - By the numbers: Ultrafine particles are linked to a 7.3 per cent increase in the risk of non-accidental death. Respiratory deaths accounted for the highest increase in mortality, at 17.4 per cent, followed by coronary artery disease at 9.4 per cent. - Toxic air: We’re still discovering the extent of air pollution’s toll on our bodies. A 2023 study found [just two hours of exposure to traffic emissions led to these deficiencies in the brain](. - Meanwhile: New research suggests wildfire smoke could be worse for your cognition than other sources of air pollution, [linking it to an increased risk of dementia](. Richard Lautens/The Star provincial politics [Why some call Ontario’s new OLT rules an attack on ‘citizen rights’]( Environmental groups and residents say they’ve been silenced after a provincial law change banned third parties from appealing developmental decisions at the Ontario Land Tribunal, Noor Javed reports. “It’s really a problem to cut out active engaged citizens, who deeply care about their communities, from the equation,” a lawyer for the Canadian Environmental Law Association said, adding that [the move will ultimately lead to poorly planned and less safe communities](. - Word from Doug Ford: The province justified the changes by saying they will “help communities get quicker planning approvals for housing projects.” Residents can always provide input to their locally elected councils instead, a spokesperson for Housing Minister Paul Calandra said. - But: Will local officials listen? Some advocates, like the group Friends to Conserve Kleinburg, say they only turned to the OLT after realizing they had no support from the city. Giovanni Capriotti for The Star green living [They needed new balcony railings — landlords installed solar panels instead]( When an aging apartment block on Wilson Avenue needed new balcony railings, landlords decided to ditch the typical glass for specially-designed solar panels. They’re tough enough to weather the elements and so effective they don’t even need to point at the sun, Marco Chown Oved reports. [With solar panels becoming radically cheaper and more powerful, could a similar design soon come to your home?]( - Energy revolution: Building-integrated photovoltaics are the new frontier — essentially solar panels disguised as marble, wood or steel that can be installed anywhere on a building, not just the roof. They’re being built here in Toronto and shipped around the world. - Cost analysis: While the panels were more expensive to install than glass, they’re expected to pay for themselves several times over through savings on the power bill, experts say. - David Olive’s take: If the world is at the “dawn of the solar age,” Canada didn’t get the memo. Yet even without a federal plan to significantly boost solar power production, [scores of community-based solar installations are blooming across the country]( WHAT ELSE [Toronto was under yet another heavy rainfall advisory]( as parts of the Don Valley Parkway flooded last night. Toronto area home prices dropped in July while real estate listings kept piling up. [Here’s your real estate forecast](. It’s official! Kamala Harris is the Democratic presidential nominee — [she will face off against Donald Trump this fall](. [Japan’s share benchmark soared nearly 11 per cent]( a day after massive sell-offs sent global markets crashing. Why do election polls go wrong? [Aisling Murphy discovered one reason when she polled for CNN in 2016](. Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country [while thousands of protesters stormed her official residence](. Canada’s Olympic beach volleyball duo [toppled the Americans to reach the quarter-finals in a stunning upset](. The dirty water in the Seine was just one issue. [Here’s the other problem Olympic triathletes were facing](. The Canadian Olympic Committee [pulled the accreditation from sprinter Andre De Grasse’s coach](. [Meghan Markle talked about what she has “overcome”]( in a new TV interview alongside Harry. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is coming to Toronto in 100 days. [Are you … ready for it?]( Are you in need of a U.S. visitor Visa? [Watch out for these online scams](. POV David Cooper/The Star [Bumper-to-bumper traffic makes the long-weekend cottage commute a nightmare. It doesn’t have to be that way.]( CLOSE-UP Courtesy of Howard X PARIS: No, Kim Jong Un didn’t swing by the boxing match between China and North Korea on Sunday — but professional Kim impersonator Howard X sure did. [He tells Allan Woods how he found his calling — and why he decided to crash the Olympics.]( Thank you for reading. You can reach me and the First Up team at [firstup@thestar.ca](mailto:firstup@thestar.ca?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=emailutm_email=6C53B63A8E3FAD70AD4EF13004527437&utm_campaign=frst_217857). I’ll see you back here tomorrow. If you're not enjoying these emails, please tell us how we can make them better by emailing newsletterfeedback@thestar.ca. Or, if you'd prefer, you can unsubscribe from this newsletter by clicking the first link below. 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