The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Europe’s biggest petrochemical plant in 30 years a ‘carbon bomb’, court to hear

Environment groups challenge decision to approve £3.5bn Ineos facility in Antwerp saying it will make climate crisis worse

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023

'Noisome stinking scum': how Londoners protested river pollution in the 1600s

The UK government and water companies have recently been heavily criticised for allowing raw sewage and other pollutants to spill into the nation’s waterways.

The Conversation · Apr 24, 2023

Europe ‘failing its children’ on air pollution, EEA says

Dirty air causes premature death of at least 1,200 children across Europe every year, says European Environment Agency

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023

Biden plans to slash planet-warming pollution from power plants

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing to propose limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants that are so stringent they could almost wipe out the U.S. electricity sector’s planet-warming pollution by 2040.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023

Plenty of bumps ahead on the road to a clean, green EV revolution

Electric vehicle proponents and environmental groups contend laws should be bold in order to get more clean, green cars on the road

The New Daily · Apr 22, 2023

It's a lean green machine

Natural resources and the environment is one topic in which parties are competing to win support from voters in the general election next month. Almost every party has announced policy proposals to protect people from environmental harm and promote a clean and sustainable development.

Bangkok Post · Apr 22, 2023

Study: Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases likelihood of flu attack

Women are more vulnerable to severe respiratory infections caused by a variety of viruses during pregnancy, including influenza A virus (IAV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Apr 22, 2023

Happy Earth Day! Reason Recycles 5 Decades of Environmental Coverage

A selection of Reason's most incisive articles on population, pollution, resource depletion, biodiversity, energy, climate change, and the ideological environmentalists' penchant for peddling doom.

Reason · Apr 21, 2023

Cooking pollutes your home and increases your health risks – but better ventilation will help

Most of us will spend more than two-thirds of our lives at home. But even indoors, many people will still be exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution – much of it resulting from cooking.

The Conversation · Apr 21, 2023

Every breath a struggle in country's toxic air

An elderly patient hooked up to a tangle of tubes lies struggling for breath in a Nonthaburi hospital as Thailand battles a “drastic increase” in respiratory problems caused by a spike in air pollution.

Bangkok Post · Apr 21, 2023