The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Firm under fire as it admits huge increase in pollution as it pushes for 59 per cent bill hike and pays out £195million to shareholders

Incidents from sites and pipe network increased by 19 last year to 350 amid delays in investment, company says

Exposure to fine particulate matter in two weeks leading up to egg collection cuts odds of live birth fell by 38%

Exposure to fine particulate matter before egg retrieval (oocyte retrieval) in IVF can reduce live birth odds by around 40%.

Research suggests impact of pollution begins before conception by disrupting the development of the egg

ENVIRONMENTAL rule-breaking in Argyll’s commercial forests has polluted protected lochs – including one home to Scotland’s rarest freshwater…

Senegal's recently elected president, Bassirou Dioumaye Faye, has promised to renegotiate mining, gas and oil contracts signed with foreign companies. At a top-level summit in Paris this week, his mining minister set out how the new government plans to break away from old practices and alliances.

More sewage leaked into a Queensland river than first reported after a "catastrophic" spill, says an independent report critical of delay in detecting the flow.

More than seven percent of all deaths in 10 of India's biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said Thursday, leading researchers to call for action to save tens of thousands of lives a year.

Decision by supreme court means water companies could be sued for damage caused by dumping of human waste

The study discovered that childhood exposure to air pollution is linked to lung issues during childhood, which in turn are consistently associated with respiratory problems in adulthood.