The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

President Joe Biden’s administration has finalized regulations that protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution

Drivers of private cars will not be charged the daily fee to drive in Newcastle City Centre, but tolls will apply to taxis, vans, buses and HGVs

Plastic Pollution crisis has been identified as an environmental problem similar in scope and complexity as global challenges like climate change. Read on for details:

Bottles. Plastic bags. Surgical facemasks. These are just some of the 29,029 items we found along the 180km Araromi coastline Nigeria in nine months while studying marine litter. The litter weighed in at a hefty 465.54kg.

Images taken this month of a cove near Ardtreck Point Lighthouse reveal shocking levels of waste including bottles, crates and bags along with wood and rope.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The developer is selling the benefits of a truck parking area but community members say traffic and diesel pollution are already unbearable.

A UIC chemist calls the analysis from air monitoring around Sims Metal Management problematic, providing “no useful information for many important pollutants.”

Scientists warn it is impossible to stop children ingesting the tiny plastic particles as well as even smaller nanoplastics

The Clean Air Zone finally starts today, putting charges on some high-polluting vehicles driving into Newcastle

A radical project to clear the world's oceans of 'plastic islands' is beginning to have an impact — through the simple act of enjoying a nice mid-priced white, red or rosé