The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

We often describe the stillness and quiet of the desert as timeless. But deserts are dynamic and desert lakes fragile, none more so than Utah’s Great Salt Lake.

Healthy, undisturbed soil sinks carbon, storing what’s generated when plants and other living things decompose so it doesn’t get released as a planet-warming greenhouse gas.

Greater Manchester has still not convinced the government that it will improve air quality enough without introducing charges

Critics slam SoCal air regulator for adopting weak emissions rules for the potent carcinogen ethylene oxide

Company rebuts claims by scientists that ‘uncontrolled and unscientific’ practices highlight dangers of going ahead with seabed mining

Pollution from wood stoves, popular among middle classes, missed from monitoring which focuses on roads but is just as if not more harmful

A smoldering fire has persisted in a tangle of dozens of freight cars, some carrying hazardous materials, that derailed in Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line

Toxic PM2.5 dust levels in Bangkok and surrounding provinces from Monday to Saturday are likely to improve thanks to the rather strong southerly wind that will blow away the dust, according to the Pollution Control Department's Sunday press release.

After working as a lighting consultant for two decades, Landon Bannister has become the president of an organisation fighting for the preservation of starry skies — and, somewhat ironically, arguing for cutting back on illumination.

PATIALA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Punjab chief secretary, Punjab Pollution Control Board and Ropar district magistrate to look into the alleged huge water pollution taking place in River Satluj near Gurudwara Patalpuri Sahib at Kiratpur Sahib, of Ropar district and take remedial action in accordance with law.

Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may may be about to change.