The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex

Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025

Police crack down as hundreds protest against Delhi’s toxic air

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi accuses Narendra Modi government of treating citizens like criminals for demanding clean air

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2025

Air pollution levels surge in India's capital, sparking rare protests

A thick layer of smog has enveloped India’s capital, New Delhi, as pollution levels surge, worsening a public health crisis

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2025

‘Not everyone can afford air purifiers’: Delhi protest seeks answers on air crisis

As toxic air continued to blanket Delhi-NCR, activists gathered at Jantar Mantar to protest the governments’ continued failure to confront the crisis.

Newslaundry · Nov 7, 2025

As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?

Ten years on from the landmark Paris Agreement, countries have taken big strides in limiting emissions and the clean energy transition is accelerating rapidly. But geopolitical headwinds are growing and the damage bill for climate pollution is rising. Climate action hangs in the balance.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2025

Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’

Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

Delhi’s double whammy: Air getting toxic, AQI data under cloud

While Delhi’s air gets worse, questions have emerged around the credibility of the air quality index data in the national capital. Many feel unsure about which government app or website to rely on for accurate information about the air they breathe.

Newslaundry · Nov 5, 2025

Thames Water among six water firms to have bonuses for top bosses blocked

More than £4 million of potential bonuses were banned under new rules on performance-related executive pay, regulator Ofwat said.

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst air pollution, analysis finds

Exclusive: Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025

Air pollution in Amazon rainforest worse than big cities like London and Beijing, new data shows

The cause of the pollution is largely fires set by humans to clear forest for cattle and pasturelands, according to the peer-reviewed findings

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025