The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

A green sludge has emerged at Lake Bonney after a levee was built to cut it from the swollen River Murray, as health authorities warn against swimming in the popular Riverland lake.

Waiting, while doing nothing, is a lost opportunity in the fight for cleaner air.

Oil and gas companies are increasingly reusing “produced water” as West Texas aquifers are being depleted and the practice of injecting wastewater into disposal wells triggers more earthquakes.

Mercury pollution is a global threat to human health, especially to unborn babies and young children. Exposure to methylmercury, a type that forms when mercury washes into lakes and streams, can harm children’s brain development and cause symptoms including speech impairment and muscle weakness in adults who consume seafood as…

European Union governments and lawmakers reached a deal Sunday on key elements of the 27-nation bloc’s green deal

Pollution in India’s second city Mumbai was worse this week than even the notoriously smoggy capital, Delhi, as experts warned that hazardous air pollution was likely to affect more parts of the country in future.

A conservation group is suing in federal court over a U.S. agency's timeline for dredging a Georgia shipping channel, saying dredging in the summertime would threaten rare sea turtles

Particulate matter, which is hazardous to lungs, has been pulled in from India by Cyclone Mandous

"The people there are tired of being studied. We need to take action.”

Ministers accused of only doing half their job and leaving gaps in protections

Environment secretary disappoints campaigners by failing to set overall targets for river health and protected habitats