The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Safety schemes to launch around schools that will see some roads closed to pupil drop-offs

The ‘School Streets’ initiative aims to reduce air pollution, congestion, idling and problem parking

Manchester Evening News · Feb 8, 2023

Indoor air quality should be monitored in public places, says Chris Whitty

England’s chief medical officer and colleagues call for push to understand health impacts of indoor pollutants

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

Now even the Environment Agency workers are on strike

"Running the agency and its staff into the ground is an act of wilful negligence by ministers"

Bristol Post · Feb 8, 2023

Major plug-in hybrid cars pollute more than official measures suggest

BMW, Renault and Peugeot PHEVs all exceeded carbon dioxide output claimed in standard lab tests, on-road tests show

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

‘War on cigarette butts’: Coalition plan to reduce pollution ‘never existed’, Tanya Plibersek says

Up to 9bn plastic cigarette butts are discarded and washed into waterways in Australia each year

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2023

Farming, pharmaceutical and health pollution fuelling rise in superbugs, UN warns

Sewage, poor sanitation and a lack of regulation give rise to antimicrobial resistance and threaten global health, report says

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023

In A New Study Found Electric Cars Reduce Air Pollution And Increases Public Health

Scientists said asthma attacks and other respiratory problems fall as more electric cars are on the road & drop in polution.

Zenger · Feb 7, 2023

Commentary: The Great Salt Lake is disappearing. Utah has until March 3 to save it

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.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2023

Dirty truth: Study suggests new way climate change is fueling itself

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.

The Orange County Register · Feb 7, 2023

Government could still require Greater Manchester to enforce Clean Air Zone charges

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

Manchester Evening News · Feb 7, 2023