The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

As rusting war-era ships decay on the seafloor, their toxic cargoes pose an urgent but often overlooked environmental risk.

A battle is raging over the future of Wimbledon Park due to plans for a massive expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

Exclusive: Doctors say clean air zones need expanding, after 45,458 visits in first half of this year – up from 31,376 last year

MEGA farms in Scotland, including some with more than a million animals, have repeatedly leaked excrement and failed to monitor contamination,…

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin

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India emits the highest amount of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) in the world and is the second-largest emitter of ammonia (NH₃), according to a new analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. The report warns that these gases are forming toxic secondary pollutants, particularly ammonium sulfate, which…

Extreme air pollution from farming fires meets high population density, causing substantial harm to health

It comes as officials, business leaders and scientists gather in Uruguay this week to discuss the next phase in the UN Global Framework on Chemicals.

There have been more troubles for the cargo ship that caught fire earlier this month off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain

Only three countries are estimated to have less than 10 per cent of their populations exposed to harmful noise levels.