The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Settlement for disaster that resulted in plumes of toxic chemicals in Ohio town includes funds for cleanup costs

For 140 years, gold mines in Johannesburg, South Africa have been leaking wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The acid mine drainage from Johannesburg’s estimated 278 abandoned mines and 200 mine dumps includes uranium (a radioactive metal), toxic arsenic, copper, cobalt, nickel, lead and zinc. Acid mine drainage can pollute land…

Nobody really knows how much plastic is in the world’s rivers or where it accumulates.

About 44% of seabird species are known to eat plastic and some are particularly badly affected, causing malnutrition and new diseases.

Ten days into starting my PhD to research trace metal pollution, I found myself at a beautiful small private farm in rural Wales. A clear stream flowed past lush pastures and copses of trees, while sheep and horses grazed nearby. Even the nearby abandoned mine site, the reason for my…

Final dividend hiked by 9% as MPs write to Ofwat boss urging him to deny water firms’ requests in price review process

Countries must protect oceans by reducing fossil fuel emissions, world court rules as island states fight for survival.

Wealthy states must cut emissions faster than their developing peers, court says, in major step for climate justice

Sewage overflows during wet seasons are just ‘half the problem, not the full problem’, says the chief medical officer

A U.N. tribunal on maritime law has found that countries are legally required to reduce greenhouse gas pollution

England’s chief medical officer says 19th-century wastewater system ended cholera outbreaks and calls for similar focus now