The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Unsafe PM2.5 dust levels in 23 provinces

PM2.5 dust levels over the safe limit of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m3) were reported from areas in 23 provinces across the country on Tuesday morning, the Pollution Control Department said.

Bangkok Post · Jan 24, 2023

EPA considers tougher regulation of livestock farm pollution

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will study whether to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that pollute waterways

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Newcastle Clean Air Zone: One week to go until city centre pollution tolls are launched

The first tolls from the Newcastle Clean Air Zone will be issued next Monday, January 30

Chronicle Live · Jan 23, 2023

Scotland did not breach air pollution limits in 2022, new figures show

NEW figures have been released which show Scotland did not breach legal air pollution limits in 2022 for the first time, excluding the impact of…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 23, 2023

Scotland's most polluted streets named as road in Glasgow crowned dirtiest

New research found Scotland as a whole had met its air pollution targets for the first time except 2020 when the country was in lockdown.

Daily Record · Jan 23, 2023

Mayors file legal complaint over plastic waste washed up on French coast

A hundred people gathered on a beach in Pornic on France's north western coast (Loire-Atlantique) on Saturday to denounce the pollution of plastic micro-beads washed up there and on other beaches in recent weeks. Several elected officials have filed a legal complaint against what they describe as an "environmental nightmare".

Radio France Internationale · Jan 22, 2023

LPG versus dirty fuel use in Ghana: bring gas supplies closer to people and more of them will use it

Hundreds of millions of people living in sub-Saharan Africa still use polluting cooking fuels. A recent survey across 33 countries in the region found that over 90% of households were found to use firewood, charcoal, or other heavily polluting fuel as their primary cooking fuel.

The Conversation · Jan 22, 2023

Freezing fog warnings issued by Met Office as cold snap bites

The yellow weather warning is in place between midnight and 11 am today (January 22)

Wales Online · Jan 22, 2023

Weather warnings issued over freezing fog

The Met Office said the haze will be so thick that visibility drops as low as 50m in some parts of England.

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2023

Gas stoves are giving your kid asthma

No, the government isn't coming for your stove. Yet parents might want to rip them out themselves

Salon · Jan 21, 2023