The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Young designers create app to help tackle substance abuse and plastic pollution

Two budding innovators win nationwide competition for app that will help those battling substance abuse and plastic pollution

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2023

Bring more trees to under-resourced neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with less tree canopy tend to have more people of color and lower incomes, and residents pay the price with greater pollution and higher temperatures. We need action to make trees more equitably available, the Morton Arboretum president writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 29, 2023

The Environmental Justice Exchange: An Air Pollution Fight in Pilsen

Environmental reporter Brett Chase was joined by community experts Mary Gonzales, Tanya Lozano, Theresa McNamara and Olga Bautista for a conversation about air pollution and a scrap-metal operation in Pilsen.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 28, 2023

E coli levels in Suffolk river in Thérèse Coffey constituency far above legal limits, data shows

As environment secretary visits water treatment works on Deben, Anglian Water data reveals E coli levels exceed bathing water status

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023

British gardeners are being warned not to mow their lawns during May and June

Plantlife’s No Mow May campaign encourages people to invite wildlife into their gardens and cut pollution by locking up the mower for at least a month

Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2023

California becomes the first state to adopt emission rules for trains

California approved a rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state's latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change.

WEKU · Apr 27, 2023

Dyson's air-cleaning Zone headphones finally launch in the UK next month, just don't look at the price

The Dyson Zone headphones will clean the air as you tune into your favourite playlists. That might sound clever but don't look at how how they'll cost.

Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2023

Depressed? Anxious? Air pollution could be among the reasons why, research finds

A Mexican scientist’s work adds to growing evidence that breathing polluted air causes heart and lung damage and also neurodegeneration and mental health problems.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 27, 2023

Irish government urged to tackle killer air pollution new EU report found is claiming young lives

"We are failing to protect future generations from the health harms arising from toxic air"

Irish Mirror · Apr 27, 2023

South West Water fined £2.15m for dumping sewage in sea and rivers

Judge says pollution ‘will no longer be tolerated’ after investigation found significant environmental harm

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2023