The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use.

People in Bettws near Bridgend say swarms have made life hell, even prompting some to consider moving

Language in Senate defense bill is probably first step to shield widely used toxic F-gases from regulation

Plastic pollution is a major problem in Nigeria.

Gavin coal plant, now part-owned by Blackstone whose CEO backs Trump, bought Cheshire in 2002 to move people en masse. Two decades later, locals recall its noxious fumes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says flaws in a Vermont program are preventing the state from adequately controlling phosphorus discharges from certain farms, which contribute to severe water quality problems in Lake Champlain and other bodies of water

Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa want international criminal court to class environmental destruction as crime alongside genocide

Low and middle-income countries generally lack access to renewable energy and rely excessively on traditional fuels like firewood and charcoal. In these countries, 2.6 billion people depend mainly on polluting fossil fuels (for electricity) and traditional biomass fuels (such as wood or charcoal for cooking) to meet their daily energy…

City Hall maintains its own research proves the scheme is working ‘even better than expected’