The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Hobart and Canberra ranked among top 10 global cities with lowest air pollution, analysis finds

Sydney the worst-ranked Australian city at 150th in Auto Trader analysis, receiving a poorer score than London

The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2024

Delhi becomes world’s most polluted city as AQI levels reach 1,000

Scale reading for fine particulate matter crosses the 1,000 mark in Delhi for the first time this year

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024

Africa is battling plastic pollution and waste crisis, activists say

Africa continues to grapple with plastic pollution, a waste crisis, and limited investment, activists report, as discussions unfold at the UN climate meetings in Azerbaijan. To shed light on these overlapping challenges, RFI interviewed campaigners and negotiators from across the continent.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 13, 2024

Amid Earth's heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions

Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024

Fossil fuel emissions reach new high in 2024, annual assessment warns

No clear signs yet of the urgently-needed peak in pollution to curb global warming, scientists say.

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024

Biorecycling CEO displays a jacket made from pollution but says people still don’t believe it's real or even possible

LanzaTech’s Jennifer Holmgren is calling for backup in her war against the “Ministry of No.”

Fortune · Nov 12, 2024

NZ’s food manufacturers are embracing the idea of a circular economy but are slow to implement it

Around the world, the growth of industry and consumption has escalated environmental damage through increased emissions, waste and pollution from landfills.

The Conversation · Nov 12, 2024

Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show

Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests

The Guardian - US · Nov 12, 2024

Four out of five people in Africa use wood for cooking: a transition to clean fuels would cut emissions and save lives, a model for Nigeria shows

Four in every five people in Africa cook using wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels in open fires or inefficient stoves. This releases harmful pollutants and leads to respiratory illnesses and heart disease, particularly among children.

The Conversation · Nov 12, 2024

Growing pollution in Pakistan's Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say

Officials say worsening air pollution in the past month has sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024