The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Delhi: Stage-III GRAP implemented with 'immediate effect' as air becomes 'severe'

As the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital worsened again reaching the 'severe' category. Read full story on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jan 29, 2025

How Pakistani media misses stories about solutions during smog season

It isn’t just hazy — it’s suffocating. During smog season in Lahore, Pakistan, something as simple as breathing can become a major health risk. People keep their windows shut to protect themselves, yet they can smell smoke even indoors.

The Conversation · Jan 29, 2025

Produce in home gardens near PFAS plant in US contain dangerous levels of chemicals

Research provides more evidence that food is a potentially overlooked exposure route to toxic ‘forever chemicals’

The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2025

Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out

Analysis by campaign group finds utility company had highest rate of ‘no-flow’ samples of any water and sewerage firm in 2024

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025

How dementia could be linked to air pollution in early life

Scottish researchers find childhood pollution a likely factor, but association with mid-life air quality less clear

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025

Air pollution in Thailand’s Bangkok forces more than 350 schools to close

Thai capital ranked as eighth-most polluted city worldwide as microparticles levels soar.

Al Jazeera · Jan 24, 2025

Bangkok Air Pollution Forces 352 Schools To Close

Air pollution in the Thai capital forced the closure of more than 350 schools on Friday, city authorities said, as Bangkok was ranked the world's seventh-most polluted major city by air quality monitor IQAir.

International Business Times · Jan 24, 2025

Ice In The Sky: Thailand's Fight Against Air Pollution

Flying through Bangkok's cloudless blue skies, a small aircraft sprays a white mist over a thick haze of pea soup smog below.

International Business Times · Jan 24, 2025

Clean air investment means no charges for Manchester drivers

The Government has accepted mayor Andy Burnham’s proposals for greater investment instead of a clean air charging zone in Greater Manchester.

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander opposed third runway at Heathrow which Rachel Reeves appears to now back

Exclusive: Heidi Alexander is the eighth Cabinet minister known to have objected to a bigger Heathrow, as has Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025