The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Britain’s rivers and coasts are polluted – there’s no escaping that fact – and water companies are coming under more and more pressure to fix things. Most recently, a law firm has announced its plans to take collective legal action against the UK’s six biggest water companies over alleged pollution…

Indonesian authorities are blaming the dry season and and motorized vehicles as the main causes of air pollution in Jakarta, after a Swiss air quality technology company named the city as the most polluted in the world

Levels of contaminants such as arsenic and lead at Casey eclipsed international quality guidelines between 1997 and 2015, study finds

The announcement comes after neighbouring Merton Council announced it was also launching a scrappage fund

Chennai-based 'Poovulagin Nanbargal' and 'Manthan Adhyayan Kendra' released a report highlighting health hazards caused by two thermal power stations and a mine in Neyveli and Cuddalore. Findings showed high levels of mercury, selenium and fluoride in drinking water sources, air and soil pollution, and lack of adequate health facilities. Report…

Commentary: The public debate has yet to be won on the scale needed to save the planet

A new study raises questions about the quantity of plastic in the ocean, but the threat itself is clear

A new study suggests cutting pollution could reduce the use of such services by dementia patients by as much as 13%

The emergence of a possible link between air pollution and antibiotic resistance shows why action to clean up air is so badly needed