The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

The River Lim, in Lyme Regis, was once a booming wildlife haven for countless species but has now been declared 'ecologically dead' with locals saying sewage leaks are responsible

New vehicles imported to New Zealand may have to meet tougher air pollution standards from 2025, more than a decade after the same rules were introduced overseas.

According to a study from the University of California, Irvine, exposure to traffic-related air pollution causes memory loss, cognitive decline, and the activation of brain pathways linked to the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Read further on Dynamite News:

A 16,000-LITRE oil spill by Shell last summer in Nigeria allegedly polluted drinking water, contaminated farmland and killed hundreds of birds,…

The precise mechanism through which air pollution influences the prognosis of ischemic stroke, or stroke caused by a decrease in blood supply to the brain, is unknown. Read further on Dynamite News:

The discovery could pave the way for pollution clean-up efforts in the future

City departments, including those involved with planning and zoning, will be required to produce an “environmental justice action plan” by Sept. 1.

Vales Point Power Station and its associated coal mining operations have had 57 licence breaches over the 23 years.

Doctors will embark on a three-day bike ride around the Greater London boundary on Saturday to “celebrate” the imminent expansion of the ultra-low emission zone.

On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration proposed new regulations to curb carbon pollution from existing power plants. The new rules replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was proposed in 2015 but ran into multiple legal challenges and never took effect. Nonetheless, in a high-profile 2022 ruling, West…

After a childhood on the dump, John Chweya wants to ensure rights are enshrined in plastic pollution treaty