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The Government’s optimistic environmental plan has received some criticism.

While some vehicles can face a charge of up to £50 a day, not all motorists will have to pay the pollution toll

Environment secretary sets lower 10-year objective for cleaner air but researchers say their goal is reachable with stronger action

Campaigners in Oxfordshire, Cotwolds and Cumbria say houses should not be occupied until systems can cope

Pilot program in the Bronx, New York, found striking differences in the levels of harmful indoor chemicals after the switch

The Biden administration banned the dumping of mining waste near Bristol Bay, Alaska, issuing a decree that thwarts longstanding plans to extract gold, copper and molybdenum because of potential harm to the region’s thriving sockeye salmon industry.

The Government has been criticised for allowing “killer pollution” to contaminate playgrounds by not being ambitious enough with air quality targets.

The presenter lives in one of the most polluted boroughs in the capital

Take a walk or drive through the streets of most Nigerian cities, and you will see plastic waste everywhere. The country’s rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic. Nigeria is estimated to generate about 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually. Plastic accounts for 15% of the…