The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Increased flooding blamed on years of government delays over ‘sponge cities’ rules

The Centre’s ambitious attempt to improve air quality in some of India’s most polluted cities suggests that a majority of Indian cities are far from making significant progress. In 49 cities whose particulate matter numbers were consistently available for five years, 27 cities showed a decline in PM 2.5 —…

Forty-eight of the 77 provinces had unsafe levels of ultra-fine dust on Tuesday morning, 21 of them reporting red-level air pollution.

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has sought more time to file a detailed report before the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal on the ammonia leak from Coromandel International Limited.

Industrial developers describe large facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.

The Horley treatment works near Gatwick Airport has flooded four times since October

GLASGOW and Edinburgh have been shown to have the “cleanest air” in a study of UK cities and towns.

A salt patch on the island of Kauai is one of the last remaining in all of Hawaii

Environmental lawyers say TCEQ, the state watchdog agency lets polluters escape regulation through legal loopholes.

"[Food] choices not only impact your own health, they affect the health of the planet too"

Adopting a healthier diet will probably feature prominently in many of our new year’s resolutions. But it’s often challenging for people to live up to their intentions.