The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs

The Trump administration announced on March 12, 2025, that it is “reconsidering” more than 30 air pollution regulations in a series of moves that could impact air quality across the United States.

As she watched her five-month-old son lying in intensive care, wires and tubes crisscrossing his tiny body, Uyanga cursed her hometown Ulaanbaatar and its chronic pollution.

Mike Kane also told MPs there is currently ‘no sign of pollution’ from either of the vessels involved.

Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan. 31, 2025, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump. Among those were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which asks respondents about their gender identity and sexual orientation and tracks behaviors like smoking and…

Invisible pollutants fill the air around us, and their effects on the human body shouldn’t be underestimated.

Thirteen of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in India, with Byrnihat in Meghalaya topping the list, according to the World Air Quality Report 2024 by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir.

Global study finds 126 of the 138 countries analysed – 91.3 per cent – exceeded safe air quality limits

Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17 per cent of global cities meeting WHO air pollution guidelines