The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Wild swimmers are safer in lakes and rivers where beavers live, thanks to their pollution blocking dams, study finds

Researchers uncovered the cleansing effects of dams after monitoring beaver-engineered water systems

Advnture · Feb 27, 2025

‘People’s commission’ to examine future of water industry in England and Wales

Inquiry set up by academics and campaigners to rival ‘too limited’ government-established commission

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2025

Big corporations are getting away with catastrophic air pollution – putting Canadians at risk

Millions of kilograms of toxic pollutants, over 17,000 deaths annually and environmental laws that aren’t being diligently enforced. This is the troubling picture that emerged when we, a group of environmental researchers, investigated trends in air pollution enforcement in Canada.

The Conversation · Feb 26, 2025

Climate conditions caused ‘unexpected’ changes in more than a third of 24,000 US lakes

Rising temperatures and nutrient pollution allows for the growth of algal blooms that can impact drinking water and kill wildlife

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Colorado is tackling air pollution in vulnerable neighborhoods by regulating 5 air toxics

The Globeville, Elyria-Swansea and Commerce City communities in metro Denver are choked by air pollution from nearby highways, an oil refinery and a Superfund site.

The Conversation · Feb 25, 2025

The clean air gap: What India knows it needs vs what it’s actually doing

Despite India’s claims of progress in reducing air pollution through the National Clean Air Programme, the country is far behind targets and even ranked among 10 most polluted nations last year. But this is a problem compounded by many unimplemented recommendations – made by government committees, non-government organisations, and research…

Newslaundry · Feb 25, 2025

Elimination of federal climate tools, some used to inquire in to Musk’s firms, sparks alarm

Environment justice advocates say tools to study pollution in vulnerable communities by companies, including xAI and SpaceX, have disappeared

The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2025

Rolling back on climate actions may spell rise in preventable illness – study

Net zero policies would result in fewer deaths saving UK billions, say researchers

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025

Dark side of bright nights taking toll on forgotten invertebrates

From bats to moths, species working the night shift are suffering as light pollution soars

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025

River Wandle oil spill has 'undone decades of work' to return wildlife to London river, MP warns

Over 4,000 litres of oil spilled into the River Wandle on Tuesday with MP describing it as ‘environmental disaster’

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025