The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

‘The air tastes like burnt plastic’: Skopje’s chronic pollution problem

Capital of North Macedonia is a PM2.5 hotspot where people fear for their health. Is there hope for change?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023

Methodology behind the Guardian’s air pollution in Europe investigation

The project has employed various data sources, from road and land use data to meteorological information

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023

Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air

Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023

Johnson unveils city reforms to fight environmental racism

“In the greatest city in the world, no neighborhood should have to suffer the burdens of pollution more so than any other neighborhood,” the mayor said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 18, 2023

'A public health emergency': Glasgow parents back Low Emission Zone

GLASGOW parents have teamed up with a number of campaign groups to show support for the city’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) amid a judicial review.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 18, 2023

Desert dust storms carry human-made toxic pollutants, and the health risk extends indoors

Humans have contended with dust storms for thousands of years, ever since early civilizations appeared in the Middle East and North Africa. But modern desert dust storms are different from their preindustrial counterparts.

The Conversation · Sep 18, 2023

What are Ulez cameras and where are they located?

Ulez was first introduced in 2019

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2023

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells climate marchers to be ‘too big and too radical to ignore’ – as it happened

Demonstration falls days before the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit, at which Joe Biden is expected to be a no-show

The Guardian - US · Sep 17, 2023

Madras HC stays order of single bench permitting sale of idols made of plaster of paris

MADURAI: Granting stay on the operation of the order passed by a single bench which had directed the authorities not to prevent a man from selling idols made of plaster of paris in Tirunelveli district, Madras high court in a special sitting on Sunday made it clear that there shall…

The Times of India · Sep 17, 2023

How anti-Ulez campaigners misused air pollution finding in Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah death

Three years after unprecedented inquest ruling, absence of other cases has left a gap for pollution sceptics to exploit

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2023