The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Language in Senate defense bill is probably first step to shield widely used toxic F-gases from regulation

Plastic pollution is a major problem in Nigeria.

Gavin coal plant, now part-owned by Blackstone whose CEO backs Trump, bought Cheshire in 2002 to move people en masse. Two decades later, locals recall its noxious fumes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says flaws in a Vermont program are preventing the state from adequately controlling phosphorus discharges from certain farms, which contribute to severe water quality problems in Lake Champlain and other bodies of water

Low and middle-income countries generally lack access to renewable energy and rely excessively on traditional fuels like firewood and charcoal. In these countries, 2.6 billion people depend mainly on polluting fossil fuels (for electricity) and traditional biomass fuels (such as wood or charcoal for cooking) to meet their daily energy…

City Hall maintains its own research proves the scheme is working ‘even better than expected’

Big River Watch scheme asks general public to help monitor state of rivers after years of deregulation

The Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act aims to address a situation that has led people to move out of the area

We have used machine learning to identify the biggest plastic pollution hotspots across more than 50,000 towns, cities and rural areas worldwide. Our new global model reveals the most detailed picture of plastic pollution ever created with the highest environmental concentrations in India, predominantly because so much of its waste…

After identifying flaws in the state’s air monitoring, the Tribune hosted workshops to inform Houston Ship Channel communities.

Harm to health is not confined to winter when people are using stoves and fireplaces, study shows