The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Utilities argue proposed EPA power plant rules are too strict, while environmental groups say they should reduce climate pollution even more.

Chennai-based 'Poovulagin Nanbargal' and 'Manthan Adhyayan Kendra' released a report highlighting health hazards caused by two thermal power stations and a mine in Neyveli and Cuddalore. Findings showed high levels of mercury, selenium and fluoride in drinking water sources, air and soil pollution, and lack of adequate health facilities. Report…

Global study suggests connection has strengthened over time across every country and continent

The emergence of a possible link between air pollution and antibiotic resistance shows why action to clean up air is so badly needed

Researchers studied more than 5,000 patients with various types of dementia over a nine-year period.

The closure is equivalent to taking 110,000 cars off the road.

Can clean air zone cut pollution-linked deaths as doctors hope?

Dozens residents from Aguereb given prison sentences for demonstrating against a massive rubbish dump in a national park.

The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough