The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

British Olympian swims the largest lakes in England, Wales, and Scotland in under 24 hours in campaign against water pollution

Hector Pardoe put a unique twist on the famous three peaks hiking challenge to raise awareness of water pollution

Advnture · Aug 29, 2025

One of the most harmful single-use plastics serves no essential purpose

Cigarette butts are the single most littered item on the planet, with an estimated 4.5 trillion discarded each year

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2025

Florida's once-pristine springs threatened by pollution, development and climate change

Florida boasts at least 1,000 freshwater springs, more than any other U.S. state

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2025

South London incinerator under fire after exceeding air pollution limits nearly 1,000 times in 16-month period

The Beddington Energy Recovery Facility generates energy from residual waste that cannot be composted or recycled

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025

Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry responded not by making cigarettes safer, but by making them seem safer. Filters were the perfect innovation – not for health, but…

The Conversation · Aug 28, 2025

Climate-driven Wildfires Reversing Pollution Progress In N. America: Study

Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged wildfires that are undoing decades of progress, a study said Thursday.

International Business Times · Aug 28, 2025

Texas power plants and chemical companies benefit as Trump eases pollution rules, experts say

A two-year delay on new mercury rules benefits coal-fired power plants, while chemical plants got an exemption from stricter air pollution standards.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 27, 2025

Alan Keys obituary

Other lives: Water quality campaigner who promoted natural ways of cleaning up polluted rivers

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025

‘People have forgotten common courtesy’: what do people think of playing music out loud on public transport?

Some applaud TfL’s efforts to stop ‘headphone dodgers’, while others say people should ‘suck it up and get over it’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025

‘It’s a disaster’: drought measure to suck water from River Wharfe met with anger

Campaigners accuse Yorkshire Water of negligence and say plan to top up reservoirs will kill the river’s fish

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025